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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.

Mums Home of Shabu-Shabu
The Regular

Mums Home of Shabu-Shabu

Are you ready to go to battle, soldier? What? I can't hear you! Because where I am about to take you is loud, sweaty, and chaotic--there will be pots of boiling water, sake bombs going off left and right, drunk and unpredictable civilians, and hot shrapnel of unruly…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

October 16, 2007

There’s a new restaurant opening in the Mission, and shocker, it’s not yet another on 18th Street. Slated to open in late November will be ~CONDUIT~, part of a mixed-use project next to Pauline’s Pizza and the old Levi Strauss factory. The executive chef is Justin Deering,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

October 16, 2007

Spotted at Vessel was Kwame Harris of the 49ers with a few friends at a table, and Damon Wayans who had cocktails late night at the bar. Found out through a pal that Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola dined at House of Nanking last Monday, and LOVED their meal—their…
Marcia Gagliardi
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What’s Cookin’

October 16, 2007

Buon giorno. I know some of you have attended gal pal Courtney Cochran’s Hip Tastes parties around town, and now her new book, Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine, just came out—congrats girl! (Some of you San Francisco magazine readers might have noted my Night Watch piece…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Tasting
The Socialite

Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Tasting

This Wednesday is the fourth annual ~WINE & SPIRITS MAGAZINE TOP 100 TASTING EVENT~ taking place at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio. Each year, W&S evaluates over 8,500 wines—this event honors the Top 100 wineries from all over the world that consistently receive the…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Metro Kathmandu
The Regular

Metro Kathmandu

I was a little skeptical when METRO KATHMANDU was opening in the 94117, a second Nepali restaurant not five blocks away from another one in the neighborhood, Kathmandu Cafe. As a friend and I recently lamented, would it be so hard to have some Italian here? Or some French bistro…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

October 9, 2007

I have been waiting on this one for months, and now I can talk about it! In the historic 1250 Jones building, ~LE CLUB~ returns to its roost—it was most recently C&L Steakhouse, and before that, Charles Nob Hill. Gina Milano (Bambuddha) and movie producer Todd Traina…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
October 9, 2007
The Health Nut

October 9, 2007

Time for another update in the health nut—you thought I was slacking, didn’t you? I was actually too sick to make the first Titan Fitness Fit Camp training session, but I have since enjoyed two evening sessions, one in Dolores Park and the other in Kezar Stadium, and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

October 9, 2007

Kat Von D from LA Ink reportedly got all snuggly with her honey at Impala Restaurant and Lounge. They had a shot of tequila, Diet Coke, and shared a cheese quesadilla and tortilla chips, tipping $50 on an $18.28 bill. (Based on that bill, I am guessing the tequila…
Marcia Gagliardi
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