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This week's tablehopper: it's a good Friday.                     “With Wind” at the @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz exhibit. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy friends. Do you have your Easter plans lined up? Are you on Passover patrol? We have you covered with all kinds of options in our…

This week's tablehopper: beach bummin'.                     Gringas: al pastor tacos with cheese melted on flour tortillas from the incomparable Mister Taco in Cozumel. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hola chicos y chicas. Am back from Cozumel, where my sis and I ate all the tacos. Al pastor for the win,…

This week's tablehopper: luck of the Irish(-Italian).                     A springtime Sunday brunch with Veronica Klaus. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Top o’ the afternoon to you. Hopefully your livers have had enough of a break from Saturday until now to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day all over again. Although truth…

This week's tablehopper: Champagne wishes and caviar dreams.                     The belle of the ball: 1975 Dom Pérignon poured en magnum at GourmetFest 2015. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, friends. Hope your weekend was marvy. It was pretty epic weather, that’s for damn sure. I had a 24-hour jaunt down…

This week's tablehopper: LA confidential.                     Shrimp chips and whipped salt cod with smoked roe at Mister Jiu’s pop-up at Mission Chinese Food this week. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Is it 5pm yet? Is it 6pm yet? Whatever time you get to punch the clock today, I hope it’…

This week's tablehopper: treat yo self.                     At the Grandes Pagos de España wine tasting at Absinthe, chef Ryan McIlwraith’s (preview) tosta de chuleton: sliced porterhouse steak with tximi-txurri and bone marrow hollandaise. I KNOW. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy amigos. Thanks to everyone for the nice notes and…

This week's tablehopper: who are you wearing?                     In yo’ face! The Banh, Baby, Banh at Big Chef Tom’s Belly Burgers. Photo: © tablehopper.com. SF, why you so pretty today? Fresh air, clear skies, plum blossoms scattering on the sidewalks and perfuming our city, a cute songbird chirping…

This week's tablehopper: engine engine number nine.                     Kanpai! The rich and robust sake flight at Yuzuki. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to your weekend, you’re almost there. I don’t know about you, but I have a Lunar Night Market and a Scotch party in my not-too-distant future.…

This week's tablehopper: ram tough.                     A Sazerac and baked oysters Simoneaux at Boxing Room. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hopefully you got enough vitamin D flowing in your system this past sunny weekend so you don’t care about this chilly and gray Mardi Gras. Whatever, we’re not under…

This week's tablehopper: hizzy-kaya.                     The hi-low katsu with cheese at Rintaro (a kind of deliciously dirty dish elevated with excellent Riverdog chicken). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, my fellow spoiled citizens of the Bay Area. Yeah, that’s a 72-degree forecast we’re looking at for this weekend in…