The Chatterbox

by Daisy Chow, tablehopper editorial assistant. Tell Tale Preserve Company and tea-purveyor Naivetea have teamed up to create KETTLE WHISTLE, a new spin on the afternoon tea service: it’s like William Werner’s dashing culinary creations are having elegant rendezvous with a well-curated collection of oolong teas in a…

I heard about a butcher shop opening in the Dogpatch months ago, but the [fill in the blank] building owner wasn’t very forthcoming with contact info for me. Sure enough, a good friend ends up passing along info to me about OLIVIER’S BUTCHERY, a traditional French butcher who…

A couple non-restaurant dining options for y’all: this Thursday June 23rd and Friday June 24th, SILVER.SPOON (from Copenhagen) is partnering again with GRAFFEATS for Summer School, offering a five-course dinner that will take place in an unexpected location: a high school library. There will also be cocktails from…

There are all kinds of author events coming up in the Bay Area. And you should come, because authors are cool. Next Tuesday June 28th, Joyce Goldstein will be at COOKS’ BOOK CLUB OF FOURTH STREET (a collaboration with Books Inc.). She will discuss her numerous (fabulous) books, and will…

There was a flurry of excitement on Twitter last Friday with some speculation about beer and wine license activity for ~STATE BIRD PROVISIONS~, an upcoming restaurant project from Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, the beloved and talented culinary team that was behind the now-shuttered (and still-missed) Rubicon. Well, now I…

Opening on Thursday June 16th in the former Citizen Cake space in Hayes Valley is ~BOXING ROOM~, the latest project from The Absinthe Group (which includes Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, Arlequin Café, Arlequin Wine Merchant, and Comstock Saloon, in partnership with former Absinthe head bartenders Jonny Raglin and Jeff Hollinger)…

Big news at 111 MINNA in SoMa: a permanent restaurant called DA BETTINA will be opening in the longstanding gallery/event space at the end of August. Chef Josh Birch is spearheading the project (which he named after his mother), and is working closely with 111’s owner, Eiming Jung.…

Over on 24th Street, Sugarlump café is soon going to host a casual dinner service six nights a week through SOUS BEURRE KITCHEN. Chef Michael Mauschbaugh is setting up a kitchen in the space, and is going to offer a nightly changing menu of Italian and French country kitchen dishes.…

According to a license transfer posted a while ago, TWO SISTERS BAR AND BOOKS is taking over the Marino space in Hayes Valley; I finally got to track down and catch up with the new owners on their plans. The two sisters, Mikha Diaz and Mary Elliott, were inspired traveling…