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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.

The Chatterbox

September 25, 2007

Cute new restaurant alert! In the former Vogalonga space in the Mission is ~LOLO~, a friendly little spot with one heck of an intriguing concept: Latin American meets Mediterranean. A friend dined there on the opening night and said the flavors were fab and fresh—the restaurant has a focus…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Matador
The Lush

Matador

Anthony LaVia (who helped open Gestalt House) has taken over the Arrow Bar, and will be reopening it as ~MATADOR~. After some delays, it’s looking like a soft opening will happen the first weekend of October, and then a grand opening on the 19th. The look will include some…
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The Starlet

September 25, 2007

Now another reason why you should do the Mariquita Mystery Box: star sightings! Tracy Chapman was spotted at Pizzetta 211 while some tablehopper readers were picking up their boxes.…
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tablehopper Suppers

Jack Falstaff, September 25, 2007

The menu: Passed appetizers: Mini burgers, salmon sashimi, soft egg with Dungeness crabmeat, compressed melon skewers, and beef and raisin empanadas Family-Style Dinner First Course: Late-summer heirloom tomato salad, house-made burrata with crescenza and ricotta cheese, torn basil, and brown butter vinaigrette Second Course: Whole-roasted Long and Bailey Farms young…
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What’s Cookin’

September 25, 2007

This week is a dangerous dining pileup, and why I am grateful for my new fitness regimen starting this Saturday: tonight is the tablehopper supper, tomorrow is the Toast of the Town event, Thursday I’m attending a test dinner at Sens, Friday I’m hitting A Taste of Greece,…
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Tastes of the City
The Socialite

Tastes of the City

Legacy, a new organization, will be hosting ~TASTES OF THE CITY~, a culinary event and auction benefiting George Mark Children’s House, the nation’s first and only freestanding home for seriously ill children and their families. With members ranging between the ages of 25 and 45, Legacy’s goal…
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Rubicon: Celebrating Ten Grand Years
The Socialite

Rubicon: Celebrating Ten Grand Years

Congrats to ~RUBICON~, which is about to celebrate ten straight years of being awarded the highest restaurant wine honor there is: Wine Spectator’s Grand Restaurant Award! A tasting menu is being designed to complement a very special set of wines chosen by Master Sommelier Larry Stone and Wine Director…
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Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
The Jetsetter

Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV

This year was my sixth at ~BURNING MAN~, and boy, have my dining habits changed after my first year back in 1996, when I was “cooking” Tasty Bites from Trader Joe’s on a single Coleman burner, with no kitchen to speak of and eating out of the same bowl…
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The Chatterbox

September 18, 2007

After a month or so of Patrick Robertson acting as executive chef at ~SCALA'S BISTRO/DRAKE RESTAURANTS~, presto change-o, he has departed. The official statement is as follows: “This is a mutual decision, made with the best interest of the restaurants in mind. Scala's has begun…
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The Health Nut

September 18, 2007

After returning from Burning Man, it ends up the Titan Fitness Camp I was all set to start was postponed until the end of September. I can’t say I was too bummed since all I wanted to do was sleep my first week back. A lot. But alas, no…
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