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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.

September 16, 2008
The Chatterbox

September 16, 2008

Is all my news about businesses that are on corners this week? Pretty much. As I mentioned ages ago, Rob Lam of Butterfly was taking over ~EASTSIDE WEST~ for some ch- ch- changes, and so it finally closed for its redux. Jacques Bezuidenhout is a managing partner, and will be…
Marcia Gagliardi
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September 16, 2008
The Lush

September 16, 2008

Stop the presses. And hold the phone. It’s true, ~PRESS CLUB~ actually made it through the red tape and has opened. There’s plenty of wine to taste in the 9,000-square-foot space, from eight wineries in all, including Hanna, Chateau Montelena, Miner, Saintsbury, and others. There…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

September 16, 2008

I heard Molly Ringwald had a late dinner at Maverick. Dale Talde (AKA the locker puncher) from Top Chef was at Circa Thursday night. Justin Bobby/Justin Brescia from The Hills was at Mamacita over the weekend.…
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September 16, 2008
What’s Cookin’

September 16, 2008

Yup, I am back from the mountains, the land of chattering chipmunks and blue jays, and if it wasn’t for the pain of dial-up internet access at my family’s cabin, I’d still be trying to figure out how to stay up there and get my work…
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Wayne Garcia on Rosé
The Wino

Wayne Garcia on Rosé

In addition to his work as a freelance writer and illustrator, Wayne Garcia oversees the tiny but carefully chosen wine list at Piccino Café in Dogpatch, where his wife Sher is a partner, and writes a wine column for Edible San Francisco. When not sipping rosé, Garcia also writes about…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Pauline's Pizza
The Regular

Pauline's Pizza

I'm calling this one a lazy review because it's almost a no-brainer. Before pizza mayhem swept the Bay Area (tracking right along with wine bar and now frozen yogurt mania, yet again), PAULINE'S PIZZA has been holding it down in a gourmet-stylee…
Marcia Gagliardi
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September 2, 2008
The Chatterbox

September 2, 2008

You tired of hearing about ~SLOW FOOD NATION~ yet? I know, I know. It’s definitely been the hot topic burning up all the blogs and papers this week. All in all, I’d say it was a pretty successful event for its first year. Ambitious, that’s for sure.…
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The Lush

September 2, 2008

Camber Lay wanted to give me a heads up about some new cocktails on the brunch menu at ~EPIC ROASTHOUSE~. One is titled Bacon & Eggs, made with pisco, lemon, egg whites, maple powder, and speck. As she put it, “It smells like breakfast and tastes like a yummy cocktail…
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