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Closures Include Fénix, Jai Yun Moves to Another Location

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Fénix, Jai Yun Moves to Another Location

And just like that, whoosh, Matt Semmelhack’s last remaining SF restaurant in the Mercer Restaurant Group, FÉNIX, has closed. (AQ and Bon Marché closed previously.) Hard times out there. Enjoy some quality time with your daughter, chef Mark Liberman (and we’ll see where he lands next). 1077 Mission…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

Mimi (As in Mariah Carey) Hits Up SF and Napa Valley, Avec Little Dogs

The Starlet

Mimi (As in Mariah Carey) Hits Up SF and Napa Valley, Avec Little Dogs

A tablehopper reader tipped me off that Mariah Carey dined at Fang restaurant a couple of weeks ago, and even sent a pic. Star reader! Seems Mariah also hit up Wine Country, with an on-theme purple blouse to go with the wine she seems to be enjoying with her…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

The Starlet

Lunch-ish

Back at the end of May, the luminous Yara Shahidi, the 18-year-old star of ABC’s Black-ish, was spotted at Gott’s Roadside in San Francisco’s Ferry Building with her mother. And now it’s time for College-ish, because she’s heading to Harvard University!…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

The Starlet

Yara Shahidi

Lunch-ish June 13, 2017 Back at the end of May, the luminous Yara Shahidi, the 18-year-old star of ABC’s Black-ish, was spotted at Gott’s Roadside in San Francisco’s Ferry Building with her mother. And now it’s time for College-ish, because she’…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

510 Updates: Coffee Manufactory and Belcampo to Jack London, Chef Changes at Chez Panisse, More

The Chatterbox

510 Updates: Coffee Manufactory and Belcampo to Jack London, Chef Changes at Chez Panisse, More

Some big news coming out of Jack London Square: COFFEE MANUFACTORY (as in Tartine’s coffee roasting arm) will be locating their 5,000-square-foot headquarters there, and in the fall, BELCAMPO MEAT COMPANY will be opening one of their sustainable butcher shops and restaurants there too. Coffee Manufactory…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

The Snug Is Coming to Pacific Heights, The Beehive Into the Former Range

The Lush

The Snug Is Coming to Pacific Heights, The Beehive Into the Former Range

Pacific Heights is gaining a new bar and hangout, THE SNUG, opening in the former Mehfil space (but it will always be the Alta Plaza in my heart, RIP). Owners Zack Schwab and Shane Matthews have a strong craft beer background (Mikkeller and Monk’s Kettle), and are partnering with…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 13, 2017

This week's tablehopper: sawatdee-kaaaaaaaaa!

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: sawatdee-kaaaaaaaaa!

Hiiiiii! I’m back from the land of smiles, and I really do feel like I have been living in a happy bubble of kindness, grace, and warmth the past three weeks. The Thai people charmed the hell out of me—there’s a lot to be said for pausing…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 12, 2017

Let's Roll the Tape: the tablehopper Vintage Blue Fox Dinner at Alfred's

The Chatterbox

Let's Roll the Tape: the tablehopper Vintage Blue Fox Dinner at Alfred's

Last Friday, I can’t believe I got to host my dream throwback dinner: a tablehopper vintage Blue Fox dinner at Alfred’s (click for pics)! It was truly a wonderful evening, with guests arriving in all their finery, and the scene at the ALFRED’S bar felt like a…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • May 16, 2017

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