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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.

Meritage Restaurant at the Claremont Hotel Is Open
The Chatterbox

Meritage Restaurant at the Claremont Hotel Is Open

The Claremont Hotel, Club & Spa property renovation means the restaurant (formerly Jordan’s Restaurant) has been completely redesigned as well. San Francisco-based Ziv Davis Design and Architecture Studio created a look for ~MERITAGE AT THE CLAREMONT~ that is both vintage and modern, and the main dining room has…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

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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The Chatterbox

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…
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The Starlet

Bottega is Like One Big Red Carpet

Considering the lineup of stars BOTTEGA has managed to attract in one week, I’d say it’s our Wine Country version of Spago or Nobu. Marci V., a tablehopper reader, wrote in to let me know she saw David Beckham and his posh wife, Victoria Beckham, along with their…
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The Starlet

Marisa Tomei

Bottega is Like One Big Red Carpet December 15, 2009 Considering the lineup of stars BOTTEGA has managed to attract in one week, I’d say it’s our Wine Country version of Spago or Nobu. Marci V., a tablehopper reader, wrote in to let me know she saw David…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

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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The Chatterbox

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…
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Are You Up for the Adventure?
The Sponsor

Are You Up for the Adventure?

Scharffen Berger and TuttiFoodie.com invite you to enter the fabulous, third annual Chocolate Adventure Contest. So go ahead: invent, create, explore the boundaries of your own culinary imagination. This year the contest accepts entries in two categories—Sweet and Savory—for the chance to win one of two $10,…
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