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As much as you might want to, you just can’t eat out that much, so here are two CSAs offering some fab-sounding proteins to inspire your home-cooked meals: sign up with SIREN SEASA for six weeks of high-quality, local, sustainable seafood, or pickup a Whole Hog cooler from 4505…

Opening this Thursday June 23rd is the splashy new ~BLUESTEM BRASSERIE~ on Yerba Buena Lane from Adam and Stacy Jed. At a tablehopper cocktail preview a couple weeks ago, we got a sneak peek of the Lundberg Design-designed, light-filled, two-level space. It was designed to be flexible for a variety…

Now open in the former Zazil space on the fourth floor of the Westfield Centre is ~CUPOLA PIZZERIA~ from the Lark Creek Restaurant Group, with chef Christian Hermsdorf, previously at Bar Bambino. The primary draw for downtown shoppers (and worker bees) will be the Neapolitan-style pizzas coming out of the…

And in case you’ve been sleeping under a rock, or tablehopper is your sole contact with the outside world, Christian Ciscle (previously of Little Skillet) has opened his solo project, WING WINGS in the Lower Haight in the former Roland’s Bagels space. On the menu: a variety of…

After some ownership changes, adjustments, repainting, hiring, and a temporary closure, ~WEIRD FISH~ is opening once again tonight for dinner. I received a note and a call from owner Timothy Holt, who said he has brought on chef Gavin Braid (Georges, Monk’s Kettle, Wayfare Tavern). The reopening menu will…

Over at ~NOMBE~, executive chef Mari Takahashi and chef de cuisine Pierre Mange have been busy expanding their ramen portion of the menu, aka the “it girl” on SF menus of late. You can choose from three different broths: tonkotsu, a rich pork bone-based white broth; black tan tan-men, a…

Here’s a flavor-tastic and new Sunday supper for you: El Buen Comer, one of La Cocina’s entrepreneurs, is serving homemade, from-scratch Mexican dishes at ~HEART~ every Sunday evening. Chef Isabel Caudillo is cooking up real guisados (stews) and comida corridas (typical plates and meals) from her hometown of…

According to a tweet, it looks like VENGA EMPANADAS is planning to softly open its tiny empanada shop this Friday. You can drool over the menu here, which includes a nice array of vegetarian empanadas, like a five pepper-manchego version I can’t wait to sink my choppers into. Follow…

Over at ~PROSPECT~, you’ll find a new dessert menu in place from pastry chef Sarah Wade. This Philly-raised pastry chef worked under the mentorship of Christine Law at Postrio, as well as two years as a sous pastry chef in Nancy Oakes’ kitchen at Boulevard before moving back to…