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Opening this Wednesday July 27th is JASPER’S CORNER TAP & KITCHEN, a new bar and modern tavern in the former Ponzu space. (It’s named after one of San Francisco’s first surveyors, Jasper O’Farrell.) Bar manager Kevin Diedrich (previously rocking things over at the Burritt Room) is…

All the way back in 2008, I mentioned a third location of Thai House Express was supposed to open on Valencia Street near 16th Street. After yeeeaaarrrssss of permit delays, a license reveals the project is finally getting warmer. Set to open some time in mid-September, HOUSE 530 will seat…

Permits reveal CEDAR HILL is opening in the former Noodle Theory space in the Marina from chef Jon Rietz and Emily Lai. Inside Scoop reveals Rietz is a Texas native who was recently at Memphis Minnie’s, and will be installing a smoker from Texas. The Southern menu will range…

Another week, another truck pulling up somewhere to take your money or your business. KIDDING. Well, not entirely—you still have to pay to eat. Firing up the engine this week is L.A. import, the NOM NOM TRUCK. On the menu: Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches and Vietnamese tacos, and…

I’m beginning to imagine a huge burger mothership over the city, beaming down its progeny into each neighborhood. The next burger outpost is going to be zapped into the Marina, with SUPER DUPER opening another location in the Johnny Rockets on Chestnut Street. A couple eagle-eyed tablehopper readers sent…

A few special menus for you to take note of, starting with the second installment of chef Eddie Lau’s DUX at ~THE SUMMIT~. The next menu will be an homage to summer ingredients, seven courses in all, for $70. Upcoming dates are Sunday July 31st, August 7th, August 14th,…

Don’t say I didn’t warn you: ~PAL’S TAKEAWAY~ is now offering sandwich delivery to the greater Mission, Bernal, Castro, and parts of SoMa via TCB Couriers. There’s a $25 minimum order for delivery. Follow Pal’s on Twitter for inspiration, and call 415-203-4911 to order ‘em…

Here’s a unique way to support some local non-profits and small businesses that are doing good work in SF: THE 7 SQUARED PROJECT, created by filmmakers Amber Crosby and Kyle Garrett, will create mini-documentaries to showcase seven non-profits and seven businesses doing purposeful, socially responsible work, and they’re…

Who better to learn from than the pros who do the food thing every day for a living? Some upcoming classes are offering just that, check it out. Rachel Saunders, founder of the Blue Chair Fruit Company and author of Blue Chair Jam Cookbook, will be talking about fruit preserving…

tablehopper reader Marc R. alerted me to the upcoming opening of ZAIKA in Berkeley, in the short-lived Meridian International Foods Cafe. This 120-seat Indian restaurant—a sister to India Garden in Pleasanton—is due to open by the end of this week or the beginning of next. Dishes will span…