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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.

Harlot
The Lush

Harlot

Opening just next door to Salt House will be ~HARLOT~, an upscale lounge from local talents/party posse Martel, Nabiel, Jacek Ostoya, and Robert Nuñez. The name was, ahem, inspired by local Barbary Coast history, when street names in SoMa actually referenced famous prostitutes (supposedly that Minna put on quite…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

December 5, 2006

Mos Def in the hizzy. Actually, he was spotted at Levende Lounge. Elijah Wood and a companion were having drunken noodles and hot toddies at the bar at Bambuddha Lounge on Friday night. They ordered the food "to go" but ended up camped at the bar all night.…
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Zante's Indian Pizza
The Regular

Zante's Indian Pizza

Image courtesy of Zante's Pizza Huh, are you craving pizza? Or Indian? Oh, decisions. Darling, you really can have it all, and the answer is ZANTE'S INDIAN PIZZA. Their specialty pizza totally suffers from multiple personality disorder, but manages to appear totally together: tandoori chicken, lamb,…
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Mozzarella di Bufala
The Regular

Mozzarella di Bufala

Whenever I suggest ordering my favorite pizza from this place, people totally arch their brows and look like I suggested a large kitten pizza with pineapple. But once they have a slice of the thin-crust (very important) Brazilian pizza (it won't hurt a bit) from MOZZARELLA DI BUFALA,…
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Ho's
The Regular

Ho's

After I had a serious altercation with the chumps at Andy's Chinese (they delivered the wrong order after a 50-minute wait, and it was cold, and when I called to complain they didn't care to fix it), I needed another lousy Chinese joint to take their…
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Sai Jai Thai
The Regular

Sai Jai Thai

Okay, my friends who turned me on to this joint are gonna kill me for mentioning this place, but hey, you gotta share the wealth. SAI JAI THAI (a name worthy of yelling three times fast before unloading a series of swift kicks on some crazed ninja opponent wielding customized…
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The Chatterbox

November 28, 2006

I reported a couple weeks back that Frisco Fish & Chips in North Beach bit the (saw)dust… well, check out who is moving in! How about the ~NORTH BEACH LOBSTER SHACK~? Yup, you 650-savvy folks will note this is a second location for the Old Port Lobster Shack in…
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The Starlet

November 28, 2006

Lady Miss Kier from Deee-lite was spotted having dinner at Aqua. Tracy Chapman had dinner at 2223 last week. George Lucas had lunch at Mel's Diner across from the Metreon. according to a tablehopper reader, "What's funny is that there's a big-ass photo…
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HIP TASTES Saturday School
The Socialite

HIP TASTES Saturday School

I was already happy with Cheese School, and now there's ~HIP TASTES SATURDAY SCHOOL~! Courtney Cochran of HIP TASTES is putting together a Bubble Primer for this Saturday at Vino Venue, and more classes will be coming in 2007. Here's more from HIP TASTES: It never…
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