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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.

Amélie
The Regular

Amélie

The onslaught of wine bar openings continues. It's relentless. It's almost like the era of frozen yogurt--a shop on every corner. But, being a big fan of the grape and its many permutations, it makes me wonder… Perhaps we really do need a wine bar (caveat:…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

February 27, 2007

So just three days after getting home, I shook off my jet lag like a wet dog and scooted down to Carmel for the ~MASTERS OF FOOD AND WINE~, which felt like my preferred version of the Oscars©. The cooking demos with Rick Tramonto of TRU and Michael Mina were…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

February 27, 2007

James Hetfield, the lead singer of Metallica, recently dined at Michael Mina with his pregnant wife and three kids. I don’t imagine a lot of wine was consumed at that table. Carlos Santana was spotted at Lulu. (No idea if he dined with a Black Magic Woman.) Jim Marshall,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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What’s Cookin’

February 27, 2007

G’day mates! Oh yes, I am back, sporting a golden glow that is rapidly disappearing in this Seattle-riffic weather, and I am unfortunately the exact same size I was when I left. (Simply slip me on the barbie for a hearty, substantial meal.) I thoroughly enjoyed my action-packed vacation…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Festa della Donna
The Socialite

Festa della Donna

~FESTA DELLA DONNA~ was one of my favorite days while living in Italy, an explosion of yellow mimosa everywhere and a showing of female solidarity and appreciation. This year celebrate International Women's Day Italian-style at A16: Wine Director Shelley Lindgren will pour her favorite wines from women winemakers…
Marcia Gagliardi
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French Wine Affaire
The Socialite

French Wine Affaire

C’est magnifique! The French Wine Society of San Francisco will be pouring wines from all of the leading regions in France at their ~FRENCH WINE AFFAIRE~ in San Francisco. K&L Wine Merchants, one of the Bay Area’s leading wine retailers, will be providing an opportunity to…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Pamela S. Busch on What the Sommeliers Drink
The Wino

Pamela S. Busch on What the Sommeliers Drink

Pamela S. Busch of CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen started drinking wine at a Passover Seder when she was ten years old. By the time of her Bat Mitzhah, her first truly drunken experience, she graduated to hard alcohol, becoming a fan of apricot sours and tequila sunrises. During the…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Rubicon
The Regular

Rubicon

*THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED* One of my very best friends and I have a ritual for our respective birthdays: we take each other out for "ladies who lunch," which always entails a minimum of a two-to-three hour lunch and at least one bottle of champers. Past destinations have…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

January 30, 2007

Why does the Mission get all the love? I swear. Anyway, I am crazy jealous about this one: come spring, ~SPORK~ will be opening in the old KFC space on Valencia. The project is from the creative mind of Bruce Binn (the former chef de cuisine of Citizen Cake, who…
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Kim Family Benefit at Incanto
The Socialite

Kim Family Benefit at Incanto

I feel like this press release needed to be read in its entirety, so here goes: The tragedy that befell the family of James and Kati Kim in the remote snowbound mountains of southern Oregon last December touched people around the world but most particularly those of Noe Valley where…
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