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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.

What’s Cookin’

August 14, 2007

Okay, not to rub it in for you folks who couldn’t make it to the first tablehopper supper, but boy, that was one heck of an enjoyable evening at Cortez. What an enthusiastic and savvy group of diners! We feasted. We talked. We made new friends. It was a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Dark Dining SF
The Socialite

Dark Dining SF

Now here’s a twist on a blind date: throughout the month of September, TasteTV is hosting ~DARK DINING SF~, a series of dinners held completely in the dark. For two hours, guests will eat, drink, and talk, completely in the dark. Dinner is served by a combination of visually…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
James Beard Foundation's Taste America
The Socialite

James Beard Foundation's Taste America

Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, the James Beard Foundation is hosting ~THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION’S TASTE AMERICA~, a food festival and series of dinners in 20 cities around the country. San Francisco is gathering together top female chefs/cookbook authors for a four-course fundraising dinner at the St.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
One Market
The Regular

One Market

Back in my advertising days, I remember being (occasionally) invited to some fabulous vendor lunches--three-hour affairs that made me want to curl up and sleep under my desk once we returned to the agency. It was the mid-nineties, so places like One Market, Postrio, and Farallon were high on rotation.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

August 7, 2007

One regret I had about my recent New York trip was I failed to visit ~FALAI~, a contemporary Italian place in the Lower East Side from Tuscan Iacapo Falai—I had a couple tablehopper readers highly recommend it, one describing the food as “alchemy.” Well, I shall cry not, because…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

August 7, 2007

This is so fierce: John Waters was dining at Bar Tartine with Mink Stole(!) and holding court all night (natch). He reportedly went up to some chickie and said, “I'm gay, but you're hot” and then turned to her date and said, “I hope you know…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
What’s Cookin’

August 7, 2007

OK, can someone PLEASE make this fog go away? I’m getting cranky. Seriously. However, I had such a fine time this weekend with my Half Moon Bay mini-getaway (yes, in the fog) that I was inspired to get my jetsetter piece all written up for you, stat. Especially while…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
El Tesoro 70th Anniversary
The Socialite

El Tesoro 70th Anniversary

Okay tequila fans: Carlos Camarena, owner and Master Distiller of El Tesoro Distillery, is in San Francisco to celebrate the ~70th ANNIVERSARY OF THE EL TESORO DISTILLERY~ with the launch of a limited edition El Tesoro Anniversario tequila. There will be bottle signing and meet-and-greet with Master Distiller Carlos Camarena…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Frisson's 3rd Anniversary
The Socialite

Frisson's 3rd Anniversary

Frisson is celebrating its third anniversary, which they like to call the ~LITTLE BLACK DRESS PARTY~. Cocktail attire is required, how novel. How Miss Golightly! Dinner features a special four-course menu for $65, with an optional wine pairing for $35. Cocktail hour starts at 6pm with complimentary sparkling wine and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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