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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.

Loló
The Regular

Loló

Note: this review is for the previous location on 22nd Street. The new location has not been reviewed by tablehopper. All other information is up to date. Oh boy, have I found the best date restaurant. You can call and thank me later when you’re knocked up. LOLO in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

December 11, 2007

Things are seriously ticking in the Fillmore. Opening this Friday is the ~SUNDANCE CINEMAS KABUKI~ in Japantown. The multi-level project will include a cheese and wine bar, with a wine list from Courtney Cochran of Hip Tastes. Cochran tells me indie films inspired the 100-strong selections: they’re small production,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
December 11, 2007
The Health Nut

December 11, 2007

You gotta love my trainers at Titan (I do). Since everything counts during this month of overindulging, they put together a helpful list with ten tips for eating out (and not pigging out). Thanks guys! 1. Park further away or get off the bus a few stops early. 2. Eat…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

December 11, 2007

Guess who is back in town to tempt us with their cuteness? Yes, Jake and Reese are continuing their SF gourmet tours! They had lunch at Zuni last Thursday, where they sat at my favorite table (on the bridge overlooking the oven below), and ordered the house-cured anchovies and a…
Marcia Gagliardi
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What’s Cookin’

December 11, 2007

Ok, these are the final final entries in the Hi Helens category, thank you readers! Bubbie’s (Yiddish for grandma) Arms, Frumpster or Frumpy Flaps, let’s not forget the Bingo Wave, and my friend and I have always called them "Ciao Elenas" (the Italian version of Hi…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Dine About Town
The Socialite

Dine About Town

~DINE ABOUT TOWN~ will announce its complete restaurant list this Friday, December 14, on the official Dine About Town San Francisco website. Reservations may be made online through OpenTable.com. Each three-course prix-fixe lunch is $21.95, and dinner is $31.95, exclusive of tax and gratuity. (A la carte…
Marcia Gagliardi
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In Search of Good Food Benefit
The Socialite

In Search of Good Food Benefit

I got an email about this dinner event designed to celebrate the local fall and winter harvest, and is also a fundraiser for the film ~IN SEARCH OF GOOD FOOD~, a movie about the food system in California. Here’s more: “This documentary series in the making explores the emerging…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Modern Tea
The Regular

Modern Tea

*THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED* While my heart beats faster for coffee than tea (maybe I need to lay off all the ristretto shots), I appreciate how soothing a cup of tea can be in this kooky, busy world. Tea drinking establishments tend to have either an "ancient Chinese secret&…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

December 4, 2007

Friday the tablehopper was on the town for twelve hours (I crawled home at 5am); I painted it vermilion. I started with some celebratory bubbles at ~CORKAGE~, the new sake and retail wine and tasting shop from the Dajani Group—it’s where the magazine stand used to be, in…
Marcia Gagliardi
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