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This week's tablehopper: the hopper is ready to Thai one on.

Buongiorno! You feeling some spring fever? I was so happy to be in Wine Country over the weekend—the fields are blankets of green velvet and everything is blooming, it’s all so lush. Saturday I drove to Petaluma for a class on California cheese at the Artisan Cheese Festival—…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 27, 2017

Piccino Team Opening a New Dogpatch Project This Summer: Noon All Day

The Chatterbox

Piccino Team Opening a New Dogpatch Project This Summer: Noon All Day

Some great news for Dogpatch—the Piccino family (owners Margherita Stewart Sagan and Sher Rogat and director of operations Kerry Glancy) are busy working on the opening of a new project, NOON ALL DAY, slated to open this summer at 690 Indiana. It will be flanking Esprit Park and the…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Coming Soon: Kuma, a Neighborhood Sushi Spot (with Pink Zebra's Ryo Sakai)

The Chatterbox

Coming Soon: Kuma, a Neighborhood Sushi Spot (with Pink Zebra's Ryo Sakai)

If you have ever had the opportunity to sit at chef Ryo Sakai’s counter while he was making sushi at the now-closed Pink Zebra or at Domo in Hayes Valley, you’ll be happy to hear he has partnered with longtime friend Cory Jackson to open a restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Openings Include Two Taquerias, a Russian Spot, The Epicurean Trader, Smitten

The Chatterbox

Openings Include Two Taquerias, a Russian Spot, The Epicurean Trader, Smitten

There are a couple of new taquerias that have opened up, starting with LITTLE TAQUERIA in the Inner Richmond. Tacos are $3.50 each, burritos are $9, and platos are $11 (served with rice and beans). You can peek at a menu here, which lists options like slow-simmered beef,…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Sunday March 26th Is Omnivore Books' and Bar Agricole's Tipple & Snack Vintage Cocktail Book Fair and Party!

The Chatterbox

Sunday March 26th Is Omnivore Books' and Bar Agricole's Tipple & Snack Vintage Cocktail Book Fair and Party!

Maybe you love cocktails. (If you’re reading this column, that’s likely.) Maybe you love cocktail books, and even better, vintage ones. Well, on Sunday March 26th, you can have it all at Tipple & Snack, a vintage cocktail book fair and party courtesy of ~OMNIVORE BOOKS~, to be…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Cawfee Tawk: Second Andytown Coffee Roasters Opens

The Chatterbox

Cawfee Tawk: Second Andytown Coffee Roasters Opens

The Outer Sunset gained a second location of ANDYTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS over the weekend on Taraval, less than two blocks from the beach. Look for a Kees Van Der Westen Spirit espresso machine, big-batch drip coffee, and a pour-over bar featuring St. Anthony Industries drippers. Fresh pastries, soda…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Closures: Mamacita, The Corner Store, Polker's Gourmet Burgers

The Chatterbox

Closures: Mamacita, The Corner Store, Polker's Gourmet Burgers

A sudden closure this past week was ~MAMACITA~ on Chestnut, after 12 years of business. Partners Stryker Scales and chef Sam Josi will reportedly be coming up with another concept for the space, while partner Nate Valentine has moved on to his own new project, August Hall. I was reading…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Tidbits: Helping Hands for Cassava, Glena's Opens for Dinner, More

The Chatterbox

Tidbits: Helping Hands for Cassava, Glena's Opens for Dinner, More

There’s nothing like seeing a community rally for a beloved neighborhood restaurant. After the owners of ~CASSAVA BAKERY + CAFÉ~ placed a call for help (they ran into some debt from their recent expansion, and winter sales were slow), their customers and friends have sprung into action, contributing $34K of…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

Ruby Skye Closing/August Hall Taking Its Place, Update on Speakeasy Ales

The Lush

Ruby Skye Closing/August Hall Taking Its Place, Update on Speakeasy Ales

After 17 years of EDM shows with saucer-eyed patrons, RUBY SKYE (or as I have called it, Boobie Sky) is closing in a month or so. Hoodline reports that Nate Valentine (Tipsy Pig, Harper & Rye, Padrecito, and Mamacita) is taking over the massive and historic space (the Native…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 21, 2017

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