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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.

October 13, 2009
The Health Nut

October 13, 2009

This Wednesday October 14th, the Bay Gourmet Series topic is ~MEALS FOR CHANGE, A NEW PARADIGM~. There will be a tasting party with food, wine, a film premiere, Iron Chef/Luce's Dominique Crenn, and more to introduce Meals for Change, a groundbreaking locally sourced vegetarian and vegan food…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

October 13, 2009

Tablehopper reader Jimmy wrote in to let me know Robert Plant and friends ended up at the R Bar on Sunday night "looking for a local bar" after Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Oh, he found one, yes indeedy. I was told Tony Blair had dinner at Ame. He had…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
October 13, 2009
What’s Cookin’

October 13, 2009

Pant pant pant. And no, it's not because of the warm weather we're having (seriously, where did fall go? It's like we jumped straight to winter, pffffft.). It's more that I'm just barely hanging on here—am treading a sea…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Sip & Savor
The Socialite

Sip & Savor

The second annual ~MERCEDEZ-BENZ SIP & SAVOR EVENT~ is coming up, an evening featuring exceptional wineries and celebrity chefs, all to support the Mission YMCA. San Francisco chefs Justine Miner (rnm restaurant), Srijith Gopinathan (Campton Place), Mattin Noblia (Iluna Basque, Top Chef), and Ryan Scott (RyanScott2Go, Top Chef) will be…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Crown & Crumpet
The Regular

Crown & Crumpet

WARNING: If you have a pair of nuts, you might want to stop reading right now, because unless you're out to pick up chicks who drink tea, you have a thing for tchotchkes, or you already happen to think pink, this place will prove to be uh, challenging,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Regular

Ghirardelli Square

WARNING: If you have a pair of nuts, you might want to stop reading right now, because unless you're out to pick up chicks who drink tea, you have a thing for tchotchkes, or you already happen to think pink,...…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Markdown test

I was riding my bike down Haight Street this weekend and noticed a few changes in the Lower Haight: ~VISIT THAI~ * has now morphed into ~BISTRO SAINT GERMAIN~. The owner is Laurent Legendre, who also has ~LE P’TIT LAURENT~ in Glen Park. He will have the same chef, Eliseo…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Changes in the Lower Haight

I was riding my bike down Haight Street this weekend and noticed a few changes in the Lower Haight: ~VISIT THAI~ has now morphed into ~BISTRO SAINT GERMAIN~. The owner is Laurent Legendre, who also has ~LE P'TIT LAURENT~ in Glen Park. He will have the same chef,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Party Honoring Jean-Claude Persais of AQUA

I heard ~AQUA~ threw a nice party in honor of restaurant director Jean-Claude Persais, who has left the floor at Aqua after 14-plus years of service. He wants to spend more time with his family, who is based in LA. He is starting his own consulting company and will continue…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Cafe Majestic Closes

Was sorry to hear ~CAFE MAJESTIC~abruptly closed last Tuesday. I spoke with publicist Susie Biehler, who said the Butterfly Bar and historic Hotel Majestic will remain open, and the kitchen will quite possibly continue to turn out lighter fare for the bar patrons. No word on what's…
Marcia Gagliardi
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