This week’s tablehopper: oof. (free)
The return of Turtle Tower 🍜, new Black businesses (Smoke Soul Kitchen is opening in Bayview, MESKI in Lower Nob Hill), Cassava Cafe, and more uplifting news! 🙌
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This week’s tablehopper: snake eyes. (free)
The end of an era at Ristorante Milano, Habibi finds a home for the new Bar Bibi 🥂, new openings, upcoming projects, and too many farewells and closures. 😢
This week’s tablehopper: legacy.
A tribute to chef Charles Phan, with love from San Francisco.
This week’s tablehopper: with love. (free)
With love to Los Angeles, plus Chinatown updates, new noods 🍜, smash burgers (LOL), and some picks for Valentine’s Day dining. 🌹
In 2025, There’s No Need to Keep These Things Alive
Since 2007, I’ve been writing the bore, my annual bitchfest about played-out trends or annoying things I don’t want to see in restaurants or bars in the new year. I also include some gripes about bad diner behavior and content creators, since we’re all in this…
This week’s newsletter: a little salty. (free)
It's time for "the bore" (my annual list of gripes), plus new openings, upcoming projects, my N/A picks for Dry January, and an exclusive and fabulous giveaway!