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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.

Rich Higgins on 2009: Year of the Beer
The Wino

Rich Higgins on 2009: Year of the Beer

Rich Higgins is president of the San Francisco Brewers Guild and has been brewing professionally in San Francisco for five years. He is also a certified Cicerone and a consultant to the restaurant industry on beer and food pairing. He can be reached at rich [at] richhiggins [dot] com. 2009:…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Broken Record
The Regular

Broken Record

NOTE: Ryan and Katharine are no longer cooking here, but BR still has a kitchen going, with items like fried chicken, potato skins, and the whiskey collection is excellent. Do you know where the Excelsior is? I wager you'll look it up once you're through with…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Excelsior

NOTE: Ryan and Katharine are no longer cooking here, but BR still has a kitchen going, with items like fried chicken, potato skins, and the whiskey collection is excellent. Do you know where the Excelsior is? I wager you'll look...…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
February 24, 2009
The Chatterbox

February 24, 2009

Last week I scouted out a couple soon-to-open projects in North Beach. First, I got a tour of the updated ~WASHINGTON SQUARE BAR & GRILL~, which is on target to reopen on March 2nd. The new owners are business partners Liam and Susan Tiernan of Tiernan's Pub in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

February 24, 2009

The tiki community is taking two hits this week. First, Martin Cate has left ~FORBIDDEN ISLAND~ tiki bar in Alameda. You can read his goodbye note in its entirety here, but the net-net is, “I was a minority partner in FI [Forbidden Island], and we just had different ideas about…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

February 24, 2009

A tablehopper reader wrote in to say they saw Rob Schneider at Cafe Divine at Stockton and Union, having lunch “with a lady friend.” He had a coffee and an arugula salad. Actor Zach Braff (Scrubs, etc.) and four pals dined at Ame, celebrating a friend's birthday, complete…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
February 24, 2009
What’s Cookin’

February 24, 2009

As planned, last week was a total tasty blast, and included Tuesday’s -LIOCO dinner at Conduit and the “Three on Five” beverage battle/sommelier smackdown at Fifth Floor. Let me tell you, it’s tough to agree or even disagree with a somm sitting next to you with a…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Festa del Pesto
The Socialite

Festa del Pesto

Last month when “The Perfect” video I did with CHOW.com on Farina’s pesto was posted, I had people telling me for weeks afterwards how the video made them crave that pesto something fierce. (I have one friend who went in for it the very next day). Well, crave…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
A Moveable Feast
The Socialite

A Moveable Feast

Jesse Kuhn (Marin Roots Farm), Mourad Lahlou (Aziza), and James Syhabout (formerly Manresa, Commis) The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), is proud to announce the first annual ~A MOVEABLE FEAST: TWELVE CHEFS CELEBRATE SIX FARMERS IN A SERIES OF SEASONAL SUPPERS~, in partnership with leading Bay Area…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Toyose
The Regular

Toyose

Bwok! Hey, wanna go check out the chicken garage? Of course you do. Numerous folks (some of them chefs) have told me about TOYOSE, a kooky late-night Korean restaurant that's in a converted garage. No joke. With killer chicken wings. That's enough to raise at least…
Marcia Gagliardi
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