The Chatterbox

Starting this evening, ~SAISON~ is launching their wine bar concept, Dcantr. Every Tuesday through Saturday evening (from 6pm-11pm), you’ll be able to swing by Stable Café (the café in the front of the building—Saison is in the back) for a selection of wines and more casual à la…

After riding my bike past the paper-covered windows for some time, it looks like MA•VELOUS, the chic new coffee and wine bar on Market Street, is soft opening on Wednesday November 10th. Owner Phillip Ma is offering quite the coffee experience: the café will change its coffee menu seasonally,…

In a somewhat cryptic press release, ~FARINA~ announced the return of chef Paolo Laboa as mentor chef. In the good news department, he will be back in the kitchen until the brother and sister duo of Fabrizio and Serena Rebollini arrive in San Francisco in the New Year, with Laboa…

This November, you can really embrace carbs (and an ensuing winter physique) at ~THE MOSS ROOM~, when chef Michael Morrison is offering a Sunday Supper that is all about handmade pasta. Every Sunday in November, you’ll be able to tuck into a four-course meal of Dungeness crab capellini (Asian…

After chef Michelle Mah departed from downtown’s MIDI, it wasn’t clear what direction the restaurant was going to head in, but now the Inside Scoop reveals Joseph Manzare is going to open HECHO, basically his tequila, robata, and sushi concept. He’s reportedly going to open it in…

Swing by Chronicle Books this Thursday November 11th at 6pm for LA MARKETA, an “international farmers’ market” with social enterprise Liga Masiva (based in New York). The event is free and will feature street food from across Latin America (two La Cocina businesses will be selling their wares), stories from…

Annoying Daylight Savings Time is in effect, the rain is here, and chillier weather is creeping at my window—but fall flavors are also ramping up, which I love. It was like a full-on assault at tablehopper HQ last week, starting with a delivery of an “autumn panettone” from Emporio…

~COTOGNA~, Michael and Lindsay Tusk’s casual offshoot to Quince, is in the home stretch and due to open this Monday November 8th. The former Myth Café space has been totally transformed into a spacious 62-seat modern trattoria, with a copper-topped counter overlooking the open kitchen (with room for six)…

Any San Franciscan who loves to cook but is limited to only hosting four-person dinner parties due to living in a small apartment will appreciate this little bit of news. Due to open in January 2011 from Jennifer Wu will be COOKHOUSE, a cool space above Vesuvio in North Beach/…