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Subscribe to tablehopper and discover why it’s a must-read, insider newsletter for anyone who lives to eat in San Francisco, for 19 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

This Week: It's Time for Dirty Dishes
The Chatterbox

This Week: It's Time for Dirty Dishes

DIRTY DISHES, the new street food and DJ party, returns to The Lookout in the Castro this Thursday April 22nd. This upcoming third event will be featuring The SF Soup Lady, Ninja Pie Cart, Mad4Madelines, and Pearl’s Kitchen, with DJs Gordon Gartrell and B-haul holding it down, with…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Dining Out for Life Is Thursday April 29th
The Chatterbox

Dining Out for Life Is Thursday April 29th

Next Thursday April 29th is the annual DINING OUT FOR LIFE fundraising event, when for one night, more than 3,500 restaurants around the nation donate a portion of their proceeds to the licensed organization in your area to fight HIV/AIDS. While the event is occurring in numerous cities,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Noodle Fest Comes to Chinatown and North Beach
The Chatterbox

Noodle Fest Comes to Chinatown and North Beach

Get that fork ready for some twirling and those chopsticks primed for some slurping: on Sunday May 2nd is NOODLE FEST 2010: CHINATOWN AND NORTH BEACH, A CULTURAL AND CULINARY CELEBRATION. This unique street fair will feature noodle and pasta dishes from over thirty restaurants from Chinatown and North Beach,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

You Can't Touch This

Nothing makes my week like an MC Hammer sighting. Both will.i.am and MC Hammer had dinner in the private dining room upstairs at Waterbar with several tech titans, including Biz Stone (Twitter) and others. Managing partner Pete Sittnick, ever the prankster, exclaimed, “You can’t touch this” when…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

Dish Opening in Mill Valley

Peter Schumacher of the Buckeye Roadhouse and Bungalow 44 is partnering with Mike House to open DISH in Mill Valley this May. It’s moving into a new building, and will be a family-friendly restaurant that Schumacher described as “Grove-meets-Chow.” Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Lush

Help Chile, One Glass at a Time

I received this note from Chris Deegan, the wine director at ~NOPA~, about a new feature he has implemented on the restaurant’s wine list to help support Chile as the country recovers from the devastating earthquake. I’m hoping it inspires some other local places to do the same?…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Tasting Menu Now

Two tablehopper readers spotted Francis Ford Coppola having dinner at Baker & Banker last Friday with his wife, Eleanor. (It was reportedly his second time there.)…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Francis Ford Coppola

Tasting Menu Now April 20, 2010 Two tablehopper readers spotted Francis Ford Coppola having dinner at Baker & Banker last Friday with his wife, Eleanor. (It was reportedly his second time there.)…
Marcia Gagliardi
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