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The Regular

Thick & Thin Pizza

Anyone who knows me knows I am crazee nutz about pizza. This is what happens when your family owns a pizzeria when you're a kid. Heck, it was seriously in the family genes--even my dad's brother had a pizzeria (anyone in the East Bay remember Frankie…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 03, 2008

tablehopper Suppers

Piccino, March 3, 2008

Reader favorites from the fourth tablehopper supper at Piccino, March 3, 2008 (everyone picked their favorite "high" and "low" restaurants) High-end: Absinthe Aziza Boulevard Capannina Coi Da Flora Gary Danko Farallon Myth Quince Rubicon (two votes) Serpentine Slow Club Spruce Zuppa Low-end: Burma Superstar Citrus Club…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 02, 2008

The Chatterbox

February 26, 2008

First, some news. I know this is going to make some soul food fans happy: ~HARD KNOX CAFÉ~ in Dogpatch is going to be opening a second location in the Richmond by the end of March, possibly early April! They are moving into the former Greco Romana space that sadly…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 26, 2008

The Starlet

February 26, 2008

10 people from the X-Files sequel that's being filmed right now were having dinner at Perbacco on Saturday night. Among the cool people in the group were Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz (writers) and Dave Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 26, 2008

What’s Cookin’

February 26, 2008

Hey gang. It's like my month of anniversaries—last week marked tablehopper's second year, and this is the 100th issue! (I know, there should be 104, but a few interruptions came up over these past two years, like Coachella and Burning Man.) So I got a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2008

The Socialite

Tales of the Cocktail

This annual event is a great excuse to visit New Orleans (like you need one). ~TALES OF THE COCKTAIL~, a culinary and cocktail festival features award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers in the New Orleans French Quarter at five days of cocktail events such as dinner-pairings, cocktail demos and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2008

The Wino

Jeff Hollinger on Absinthe

Jeff Hollinger is a co-author of The Art of the Bar–Cocktails Inspired by the Classics. Currently, he works as Manager of Restaurant Operations at Absinthe Brasserie & Bar, in San Francisco. At Absinthe, he continues to contribute to the innovative cocktail program, teaches home bartending classes, answers questions about…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2008

The Jetsetter

New Orleans, LA

When I was invited to attend the annual Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans in July of 2007, I was beyond thrilled. I hadn't been to New Orleans in years, and to visit the birthplace of the cocktail was like a trip to Mecca for me.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2008

The Chatterbox

February 19, 2008

Did you enjoy your day off? I think I would have enjoyed my day writing a wee bit more if I wasn't fighting this lame cold for the last three days. Which is exactly why I ordered some soup for delivery: beef noodle soup from ~THAI PLACE II~…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 19, 2008

The Starlet

February 19, 2008

Al Gore was spotted having dinner at Perbacco last Monday with a male companion—it reportedly looked like a business meeting. A tablehoppin' couple had dinner at Ristorante Gondola, and saw Mike D'Antoni (head coach of Phoenix Suns), Alvin Gentry, and Dan D'Antoni (Assistant Coaches)…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 19, 2008