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Encuentro Says "Hola" to Jack London Square

Eric Tucker of Millennium has opened his vegetarian project in Oakland, ~ENCUENTRO CAFE AND WINE BAR~, along with partners Lacey Sher (former owner of Down To Earth Restaurant in Red Bank, New Jersey), and Linda Braz. The Jack London Square cafe is open for lunch during the week and then…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Gather Opening Tonight

Yup, right on schedule, ~GATHER~, the new greener-than-green restaurant in the David Brower Center in Berkeley, opens tonight for dinner. Lunch, breakfast, and brunch will be coming in the New Year. You can read more in my original post. Related Entries * November 10, 2009…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Abruzzo Fundraiser Dinner in San Mateo

How often does someone’s Italian mother fly in to cook a meal for a special event? Exactly. This Thursday December 17th, ~ACQUA PAZZA~ in San Mateo is hosting a reception and dinner with Slow Food San Francisco founder Lorenzo Scarpone to benefit the Galano Dairy Farm in Fossa, Abruzzo,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Porchetta Mondays Return to Poggio

Chef Peter McNee of ~POGGIO~ is once again doing his wintertime whole pig porchetta on Mondays, using milk-fed pigs from Mark Pasternak at Devil’s Gulch Ranch. Chef McNee prepares the porchetta from a whole pig, stuffs it with house-made rosemary sausage, and sews it up before spit roasting it…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Tablehopper Holiday Gift Guide
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Tablehopper Holiday Gift Guide

You can’t deny it: the holidays are coming on, full steam ahead. Fortunately I am surrounded with food-lovin’ family and friends, so it makes holiday shopping easy. Below are ten ideas for folks on your list, or perhaps you want to give Santa a hint about what you’d…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Yamasho Now Open in the Lower Polk

Looks like ~YAMASHO~ is now open in the Lower Polk. I was trying to scout down details for months, including going to the owner’s other place of business in Japantown (Izumiya), to no avail. But, now it’s open, and in addition to the usual sushi bar offerings, there…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Sandbox Bakery Open in Bernal
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Sandbox Bakery Open in Bernal

After the usual annoying amount of delays and setbacks that opening a business in San Francisco entails, Mutsumi Takehara’s ~SANDBOX BAKERY~ is now open as of yesterday, December 7th. Mutsumi’s background includes three years at the La Farine bakery in Oakland, and learned classic French pastry at Chez…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Gracias Madre Opening Delayed to 12/26
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Gracias Madre Opening Delayed to 12/26

The much-awaited 100% organic and vegan Mexican taqueria from the Cafe Gratitude folks, ~GRACIAS MADRE~, is now delayed until December 26th. The menu is full of handmade items, from tortillas to tamales, all made with heirloom corn grown on the restaurant’s organic and biodynamic farm in Pleasants Valley, the…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Here's Johnny

~CAV WINE BAR & KITCHEN~ has a new executive chef, John Maher. He was previously a sous chef at Aqua, and was chef de cuisine at Dry Creek Kitchen, and has trained at The French Laundry. His menu includes dishes such as crispy pig trotters with sauce gribiche ($12), and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Awfully Good

Anthony Myint and Danny Bowien of ~MISSION STREET FOOD~ are offering an offal menu this Thursday December 10th. And since they know industry people are usually the biggest fans of the stuff, they will stay open late for an industry happy hour from 11pm—midnight. All I can say is…
Marcia Gagliardi
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