The Chatterbox

We heard from the folks behind BLIND TIGER RESTAURANT AND BAR, who have opened a restaurant in Uptown serving pan-Asian tapas and gastropub fare, with craft cocktails and 20 beers on tap. The menu includes a range of dishes from the raw bar, plus a variety of hot and cold…

THANKS EVERYONE, THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT! BUT YOU STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS WITH THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ENTER HERE AND GOOD LUCK! I am so thrilled to be hosting this upcoming event, one that has me flying from New York back to SF! On Friday…

Wes Rowe has made quite a name for himself in the local burger world over the past couple of years, drawing a line of fans every Wednesday for his weekly WesBurger pop-up at Mojo Bicycle Café. Rowe—a native of Austin, Texas—has a bit of a drawl, and his…

UPDATE: Farnoush Deylamian is no longer involved with the project. Things are getting closer for Kim Alter’s upcoming Hayes Valley restaurant, NIGHTBIRD, opening in the former Stelline and Las Estrellas. To recap, this is her first solo project (and not part of the Daniel Patterson Group, which she has…

Brunch options continue to abound, starting with this exciting piece of news: ~LOCANDA~ is officially opening for weekend brunch, and their first day will be Easter Sunday (March 27th). (However, if you want to swing by for a trial run, the soft opening is this weekend, March 19th-20th.) Some dishes…

Here’s a roundup of new places opening around the city, with a few closures and changes too. First up, for those of you with a medical cannabis card and a penchant for buying edibles, you will want to check out HARVEST in the Inner Richmond. The space looks like…

After the unfortunate closure of Chino (there was a lot I liked there), the Tacolicious team is back at it again with the latest concept for the Mission space: BAR SAN PANCHO. Partner Joe Hargrave tells me it’s going to be a Cal-Mexican cantina, with “simple food, game always…

We wrote an in-depth piece in September about INDIAN PARADOX from first-time restaurant owner Kavitha Raghavan, and you’ve got to hand it to her, she got the place open pretty quickly! Hoodline reports the tiny wine bar and casual restaurant is open as of last Friday, and her chef…

Food and wine festival season is here, and here are a couple you may have seen already on tablehopper as sponsors, plus there’s the famed Pebble Beach Food & Wine, which I am sorry to miss this year, though I’d say New York is a pretty good substitute.…

I was already so excited to have some pints of ~HUMPHRY SLOCOMBE~ ice cream sent to my New York apartment via Goldbely a couple weeks ago (the wonders of nationwide shipping and dry ice!), but now things just got dangerous for NorCal residents. Over the next couple of weeks, you’…