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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’

April 10, 2007

I am sure plenty of you out there are happy Easter finally got here so you could start eating sugar or bread or drinking again. (I wasn’t brought up to be a quitter, so I just stayed my course during that whole Lent thing.) What I was happy about…
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Dining Out for Life
The Socialite

Dining Out for Life

The annual ~Dining Out for Life~ event is coming up, and I have a couple friends hosting dinners at restaurants around the city. My friend William is hosting at Indigo, which is offering the “Ultimate Wine Dinner” for $49 served from 8pm to close, which is a prix-fixe dinner (choice…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Wino

Alex Fox on the Master Sommelier Exam

Alex Fox works as the Wine Director for Myth Restaurant in San Francisco. As unlikely as it may sound from the piece below, he plans on sitting for the Master of Wine degree in 2009. Alex Fox on the Master Sommelier Exam A few weeks back, wine professionals of all…
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Presidio Social Club
The Regular

Presidio Social Club

I am a rather nostalgic person, with a particular soft spot for most objets from the '20s-'40s; a little kid once said I was like an old lady with my collection of handbags, scarves, and Bakelite bracelets. Thanks kid--you now get nothing in my will. (Ha ha!…
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The Chatterbox

April 3, 2007

While it seems Laurent Manrique's Alley project in Yerba Buena Lane is running into some delays, Vijay Bist's third location for ~AMBER INDIA~ is proceeding along (the other two locations are in Mountain View and Santana Row). The 5,000-square-foot restaurant is slated to open at…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

April 3, 2007

More Tiffani from Top Chef sightings: she was at The Mix in the Castro, and spotted at NOPA as well. A tablehopper reader was at the 2nd floor of the XYZ Bar at the W Hotel Friday evening, and the model Fabio was there. (There was some sort of health/…
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What’s Cookin’

April 3, 2007

Can you hear my liver crying? The weekend was like surviving the high seas, which included a torrent of beer while at this week's entry in fresh meat. Actually, this week's installment features a couple write-ups from my visits to two bars around town: one was…
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Wines of Portugal
The Socialite

Wines of Portugal

You'd think I have it in for your liver or something. Coming up is a ~WINES OF PORTUGAL~, a first-time tasting with over 48 Portuguese wine producers and more than 400 wines. Press and trade can attend the tasting during the day, and the public tasting (with food…
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Whiskies of the World Expo
The Socialite

Whiskies of the World Expo

Attention whiskey lovers: the annual ~WHISKIES OF THE WORLD EXPO~ is returning. Thank God these people took the event off the boat and have moved it to terra firma this year. Celtic music will be in effect. And some food to help counter the effects of all those tastings. What…
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