The Chatterbox

Another brunch spot to add to your list: PIG & PIE on 24th Street in the Mission has added weekend brunch, served Sat-Sun 10:30am-2pm. You can take a peek at the menu here, which includes green eggs and ham (Gruyère cheese and toast, $9) and biscuits and gravy (marjoram-cheddar…

Chef William Pilz of the HAPA SF food truck and pop-up will be at ~TRACE~ in the W Hotel this Thursday September 13th. He and TRACE’s executive chef Paul Piscopo will be cooking a four-course California-Filipino feast together, as a “Guest Wheels” collaboration project. The supper will begin streetside…

Canadian cookbook author extraordinaire Naomi Duguid has written several beautiful books about her travels and eating adventures in Asia. Her most recent is called Burma: Rivers of Flavor, and as the name suggests, it focuses entirely on Burmese cooking. On Tuesday September 25th she’ll be at ~BETELNUT~, talking about…

The 23rd annual tomato dinners at ~OLIVETO~ have been pushed back a little later than usual, owing to a tardy (but awesome) tomato season this year. From Tuesday September 18th until Friday September 21st, Oliveto will be serving a variety of à la carte dishes that will showcase tomatoes in…

In the mood for some serious farm dinner action? The SMIP Ranch is a beautiful farm in Woodside, operated in collaboration with the Bacchus Management Group, which runs Spruce, Café des Amis, and Woodside’s The Village Pub. On Saturday October 6th, they’ll be celebrating this collaboration in the…

And here’s some more news of yet another opening in the Mission! At 2282 Mission Street, in the former Acaxutla location, THE MISSION OYSTER BAR SEAFOOD RESTAURANT is slated to open later this fall. Owner Fredy Gamez worked as a chef at Anchor Oyster Bar for 18 years and…

As previously mentioned on tablehopper, Yigit Pura of Top Chef: Just Desserts is opening a pâtisserie in Macy’s at Union Square. After some construction complications, TOUT SWEET PÂTISSERIE will officially be opening on Saturday September 8th. The first 100 people through the doors on Saturday at 10am will receive…

This Friday September 7th, forageSF’s UNDERGROUND MARKET is back and better than ever. Head over to Public Works and check out a bunch of new vendors, and well as some tried-and-true oldies. Some of the new faces will include OneNinetySeven coffee and spring rolls, Cava Funnel Cakes, and Strong…

The Japanese rice ball specialist ONIGILLY is (softly) opening their first brick-and-mortar location today, after years of popping up all over the place. The owner and chef, Koji Kanematsu, got started in the incubation program at La Cocina, and has been making his delicious onigiri rice ball snack at Justin…

Ready for a good old-fashioned block party, San Francisco style? Excellent, because the PARTY ON BLOCK 18 is coming soon. The biennial event comes to us Saturday September 29th, from 12pm-6pm. Eighteenth Street between Guerrero and Dolores will be closed to cars, and the businesses along the block will be…