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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.

Foreign Cinema 10-Year Anniversary Party
The Socialite

Foreign Cinema 10-Year Anniversary Party

Has it really been 10 years? ~FOREIGN CINEMA~ is celebrating 10 years in the Mission neighborhood with quite the anniversary extravaganza (of course). There will be magicians, dancers, henna artists, acrobats, and jugglers while guests sip cocktails and enjoy bites from the Foreign Cinema kitchen. The proceeds of the anniversary…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Lers Ros
The Regular

Lers Ros

Poh Tak soup Koh Moo Yang Larb Phed Yang Oh my God, am I really about to send you to a restaurant playing Michael Bolton, Peter Cetera, and Backstreet Boys on the stereo? You can bet your sweet, easy listenin' ass I am. Because it's where you&…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
July 28, 2009
The Chatterbox

July 28, 2009

Some of the biggest news in the last couple of weeks was about chef Nate Appleman's sudden departure from the ~A16/SPQR~ restaurants and group. He is currently in New York, so I am sure we'll hear soon enough where he is turning up next in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

July 28, 2009

~AME RESTAURANT~ is hosting a wine challenge during the month of August, so get ready to put your taste buds to the test! The drinking game goes like this: they will be pouring diners a flight of three anonymous wines. You'll be given the names of the three…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

July 28, 2009

Frances McDormand and Joel Coen were spotted dining at Picco in Larkspur, and I also cracked up over this Twitter posting about someone seeing them in Bi-Rite Market: "RT @delsheez OH Frances McDormand to Joel Coen in Bi-Rite Market: Joel, did you see the peaches?" Over at Enrico&…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris July 28, 2009 A Tablehopper reader was at brunch at Foreign Cinema on Sunday and saw Neil Patrick Harris. He was brunching with his partner, a producer, and another female.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris July 28, 2009 A Tablehopper reader was at brunch at Foreign Cinema on Sunday and saw Neil Patrick Harris. He was brunching with his partner, a producer, and another female.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
July 28, 2009
What’s Cookin’

July 28, 2009

As Brenda Dickson would say, "Well hello!" As you can see, I am back after going dark last week. I definitely needed the extra two days for the final push on my manuscript, which is what it usually take to write, edit, and lay out this column each…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
A Tasteful Pursuit Dinner
The Socialite

A Tasteful Pursuit Dinner

Five talented Bay Area chefs will join forces for one special evening this summer to help in the fight against childhood hunger in America. Masa's executive chef Gregory Short and executive pastry chef John McKee will host ~A TASTEFUL PURSUIT~, a five-course fundraising dinner benefiting Share Our Strength.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Kirk Hammett

Kirk Hammett July 24, 2009 Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica had dinner at Ozumo San Francisco. He preferred mainly sushi and was reportedly very interested in the origin of each cut. He drank Kubota Manju and also seemed quite knowledgeable about sake. Rock!…
Marcia Gagliardi
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