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(Sponsored): Trade and Media, Save the Date: Washington State Wine Is Coming to Oakland

Attention wine trade, restaurant industry, and media! Join us on Thursday April 6th when Washington State Wine comes to Oakland for a Trade and Media Seminar at Sunset Magazine’s Headquarters in Jack London Square from 11am-12:30pm, with lunch provided. This is a global comparative tasting of riesling, syrah,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 14, 2017

The Chatterbox

510 News: Doughnut Dolly Closes All Locations, Secret Scoop, Dora's

Last month brought the lousy news that DOUGHNUT DOLLY’s Hannah Hoffman was closing her Berkeley shop, and then last week, she announced on Facebook she was also closing her locations at Temescal Alley and at The Market in the Twitter building. Awww hell. Her “naughty cream” gained many fans…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 14, 2017

The Lush

Anina Opens in Hayes Valley, Ferry Building Cocktails, Fort Point Expands, Speakeasy Closes

Okay boozehounds, you have a new patio to hit in Hayes Valley, courtesy of the Brass Tacks crew. The bar ANINA has opened in the former Flipper’s space, and it’s all about a colorful, tropical, cheerful, airy look, with just cocktails (no food). And what a perfect week…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 14, 2017

March 14, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: March radness.

This week's tablehopper: March radness. The Laughing Gas cocktail at our China Live event, with Kavalan whisky, viognier, fresh lime and pineapple, smoked honey, and bitters. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Has this glorious weather over the past weekend been making you pinch yourself or what? (Suddenly having my pale…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 13, 2017

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: March radness.

Has this glorious weather over the past weekend been making you pinch yourself or what? (Suddenly having my pale skin exposed to the sun has also made me pinch my “hi Helens,” but that’s another matter—time to double down on my daily plank time.) It was the perfect…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 13, 2017

The Jetsetter

Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay and Navio

Looking for an excuse for an overnight getaway to gorgeousness? Maybe the renovated rooms at the RITZ-CARLTON HALF MOON BAY coupled with the somewhat recent hire of chef Jason Pringle who is now leading the Navio dining room are enough of a one-two punch to coax you to visit. First,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 13, 2017

The Chatterbox

A Closer Look at What's on the Menu at China Live

Mega project ~CHINA LIVE~ is shifting into higher gear, and it looks like they are going to be starting Market Restaurant and Bar Central’s lunch service on Tuesday March 14th at 11am, which means they will then have continuous hours every day until closing. For this week, Market Restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

The Chatterbox

20th Street Haps: A New Bakery (Kahnfections) and New Chef at 20 Spot

While it was sad to have Green Heart Foods close a couple of months ago, a new business is taking its place: KAHNFECTIONS, a bakery from Judy Kahn. She was working with Sandbox Bakery for a number of years, and then went out on her own. Now she’s opening…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Shorty Goldstein's and Loló Cevichería, Rancho Gordo

There are some emails that I really hate to receive, and I got a couple of them this past week regarding the closure of two businesses, from really great people. Closing this Thursday March 9th is Jewish deli SHORTY GOLDSTEIN’S in the Financial District, home of my favorite corned…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

The Chatterbox

What's New at Off the Grid: Fort Mason (and Presidio Picnic Returns)

Last Friday, I got to check out some of the new vendors at Off the Grid: Fort Mason Center, which just started back up. A few highlights: fans of Cuban cuisine who just can’t find a decent Cubano in this town (raises hand) will definitely want to swing by…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2017

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