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This week's tablehopper: the streets of San Francisco.                     La Palma is back open! Pick up some of the best handmade tortillas in the Bay, and everything on their menu is delicioso! Carnitas to go, fresh salsas. Mexica-tessen heaven. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, dear readers and friends. It’s…

This week's tablehopper: introducing on the fly.                     You’ll find happiness hiding under the béchamel blanket in Troya’s vegetable moussaka. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello dear readers, To those who celebrate, I hope you had a lovely Passover and Easter (here’s a pic of my socially distanced…

This week's tablehopper: the struggle is too real.                     The extraordinarily delicious miso ramen I had delivered from Kirimachi. Read more about their ramen kits in my post on Instagram. Four servings for $40! #supportsmallbusiness Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. How are you doing? I’m sure each of…

This week's tablehopper: where to begin?                     I didn’t know it at the time, but my last meal out was an extra-special one at the counter of The Bump Bar by California Caviar. I so look forward to being able to see a server’s smiling face like…

This week's tablehopper: quesa-beeria.                     The amazing Szechuan poached fish (flounder) in flaming chili oil at Chili House. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi. Sorry this is a couple days late, but to be honest, someone has been a little distracted lately. I also had to unexpectedly spend my Tuesday at…

This week's tablehopper: love and quiches.                     The decadent quiche Lorraine at the just-opened Maison Danel. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy! It’s another sunny day in SF…here’s wishing you a happy Mardi Gras! [throwing beads at you] I’m so looking forward to celebrating tablehopper’s 14th…

This week's tablehopper: here's to 14 years, pho-ck yes!                     I can’t celebrate a tablehopper birthday without Champagne and caviar. As my dear friend Roberta Klugman says, “A day without Champagne is just stupid!” Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy summer! Kidding. But seriously, this weather right now.…

This week's tablehopper: say cheeeeeeese.                     A wedge of Gorgonzola the size of a cake. (At the annual Casa de Case Cena al Magazzino.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang. You ready for me to make you hongry? I’m already thinking ahead to my dinner tonight at 1760, with…

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.                     The bubbly beginning to my weekend caviar and Champagne and bagel brunch of my dreams. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the…

This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision.                     M.Y. China’s off-the-menu ice cream and sugar egg puff/sugar cloud with a Rémy Martin XO Old Fashioned is how we ended the tablehopper Crab and Cognac Feast. Boom! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang! We made it. Barely. Tomorrow we begin…