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The Lush

Two New Spots to Grab a Beer: Outbound and Fermentation Lab

As if SF Beer Week isn’t enough, there are two new places serving locally made brews. Open in the Outer Sunset is Woods Beer Co.’s fifth location, OUTBOUND, a 750-square-foot space they’re calling the club car (with an outdoor patio that will open in the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 07, 2017

(Sponsored): Ferry Tales, Tango, and Tempting Tastes at the Ferry Building Friday February 10th

Tango and tempting tastes will be offered at the Ferry Building on Friday February 10th, during the Marketplace’s annual Valentine’s celebration: Food from the Heart. Merchants at the Marketplace will offer tastings and seasonal hors d’oeuvres ($2-$6 each), and Napa Valley Vintners will pour wine ($4…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 07, 2017

The Chatterbox

510 Updates: Nyum Bai Opens in Emeryville, Comal's Taco Bowls for Dreamers

SF’s loss is Emeryville’s big gain. After popping up as NYUM BAI and then enrolling in La Cocina’s incubator kitchen program, Cambodian Nite Yun is now serving her food from La Cocina’s pop-up stand in the Emeryville Public Market for six months (when she may…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 07, 2017

The Lush

Take a Mini Island Trip at Flip Flop at Over Proof at ABV

Last month, I mentioned the crew at ~ABV~ (Todd Smith, Ryan Fitzgerald, and Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud) were launching their one-year pop-up series, Over Proof, on their upstairs mezzanine. They started this quarterly pop-up with Flip-Flop, a deep dive into rum and the food culture in the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 07, 2017

February 7, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss.

This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss. It may not be raining men, but these Chinese lanterns are nice. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy amigos. You keeping dry out there? I have been hiding in movie theaters (I highly recommend seeing La La Land if you want to forget about everything…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 06, 2017

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss.

Howdy amigos. You keeping dry out there? I have been hiding in movie theaters (I highly recommend seeing La La Land if you want to forget about everything for a couple of hours) and restaurants (like experiencing the Chinese New Year/Grandma Wu’s menu at M.Y. China—and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 06, 2017

Biz

Postcards from La Costiera

The rotating playlist of hits keep coming out of the Mina Test Kitchen, with the latest incarnation, ~POSTCARDS FROM LA COSTIERA~, paying homage to a culinary research trip chef Adam Sobel took all over Italy with Michael Mina last year. Like earlier MTK pop-ups, it’s a prix-fixe…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 06, 2017

Biz

In Situ

In our current food-world dynamic of always chasing what’s new (“Oooh, yeah, I had that dish, ‘grammed it, what’s next?!”), with diners traveling the world to check off a Michelin-rated or World’s 50 Best Restaurant chef’s signature dish, a restaurant like ~IN SITU~ perfectly…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 06, 2017

The Chatterbox

The Caviar Co. Is Opening a Shop and Tasting Room on Union Street

If you’re lucky, you may have already met the charming sisters behind THE CAVIAR CO., Petra and Saskia Bergstein, at some swish culinary events around town. (I attended a Ketel One vodka and caviar tasting during the holidays and enjoyed their fun yet informative attitude about caviar.) They supply…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 31, 2017

The Starlet

Off-the-Menu Curry Fries at The Saratoga

A couple of weeks ago, Stephen Curry was with a party of about 10 folks that took over the downstairs at THE SARATOGA after the Warriors vs. Cavs game.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 31, 2017

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