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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.

The Lush

Bar Adagio Opens Downtown

You just can’t keep a good bar down: even though Cortez Restaurant in the Hotel Adagio has closed, the lobby bar has reopened as ~BAR ADAGIO~, serving cocktails and bar food to the downtown and theater district set. Bar bites include pizzettas ($11—$12), panini ($11-$13, and includes…
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The Starlet

More Fabulous Fabio!

Can’t resist the other Fabio sighting that came in last week, this one from tablehopper reader Jenn M.: “Fabio, the Italian male supermodel, was dining at Houston’s today for lunch with a group of other body-builder type men. Pretty funny! He still has shoulder-length hair although…
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The Chatterbox

Say Hello to Pera in Potrero Hill

Potrero Hill neighbors didn’t have to mourn the closure of Eliza’s for too long, since the restaurant’s replacement, ~PERA~, has already opened in its place. The Mediterranean menu is focused on Turkish and Greek dishes, including meze starters like dolmades, an eggplant dish called satsuka, and zucchini…
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The Lush

A New Wine Director at Delfina

Becky Swanson, who was the wine director at ~DELFINA~ for the past three years, and at the restaurant for five, is going to be moving back to Minneapolis with her boyfriend in the new year. She is talking about opening a wine retail shop, with an education and consulting component.…
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The Chatterbox

Stealth Alley Coffee Returns

Did you miss getting your coffee in the back of ~FOUR BARREL COFFEE~, in that dingy alley off Caledonia? Well, alley coffee is back, and according to their Tweet, it’s where you can get a coffee off their Slayer machine. Or anything else you like to drink from their…
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The Chatterbox

Bill Corbett Is Leaving Michael Mina

Looks like executive pastry chef Bill Corbett is leaving ~MICHAEL MINA~. I’m hearing rumors that Corbett is talking to Daniel Patterson of Coi, but the only confirmation I could get at the moment is “no comment.” Taking his place at Michael Mina is Catherine Schimenti, coming from Tom Colicchio’…
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The Lush

Scribe Winery Post-Harvest Celebration Dinner at Bar Tartine

For the past several years SCRIBE WINERY vintner, Andrew Mariani, and ~BAR TARTINE~chef, Chris Kronner, have been collaborating on dinners, events, and celebrations in the greater Bay Area. From SF Mission District warehouse/wood-oven feasts to barn-raising/goat roasts in Winters, these always prove to be delicious…
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