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This week's tablehopper: city slicker.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: city slicker.

Hola amigos!! I’m back from New York after my monthlong autumn adventure, although with flight delays and just sitting on the plane for four-plus hours, I could have flown to Italy with the time it took to get back to SF. UGH. I won’t even go into the…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 31, 2016

Seeing Stars: The New Michelin-Starred Restaurants in the SF Bay Area

The Chatterbox

Seeing Stars: The New Michelin-Starred Restaurants in the SF Bay Area

It’s that time of the year, when Michelin releases the latest meteor shower of stars around the Bay Area. You can read the complete list of 54 winners here. The highlights: Quince now has three stars, joining Benu, Saison, The Restaurant at Meadowood, Manresa, and The French Laundry in…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

Bar Tartine's Cortney Burns and Nick Balla Leaving at the End of 2016

The Chatterbox

Bar Tartine's Cortney Burns and Nick Balla Leaving at the End of 2016

I know I’m not going to be the only one bummed over the news that Cortney Burns and Nick Balla are no longer going to be taking over the BAR TARTINE space and turning it into their restaurant, Crescent. It sounds like a deal couldn’t be reached, so…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

New Openings: The Bird, Elena Una

The Chatterbox

New Openings: The Bird, Elena Una

Folks are lining up for lunch each day to try the new fried chicken sandwich at THE BIRD in the FiDi (the project is from Adriano Paganini). The fried chicken sandwich (regular or spicy thigh meat) is dressed with celery, housemade Fuji apple slaw, mayo, and pickles for $8. A…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

Updates at Marla Bakery, Fable, and Latest Concept at MINA Test Kitchen

The Chatterbox

Updates at Marla Bakery, Fable, and Latest Concept at MINA Test Kitchen

There are some changes in kitchens around the city, starting with MARLA BAKERY in the Outer Richmond. Co-owner and baker Amy Brown is taking over the savory offerings (instead of being so focused on the baking side of things). Her chef de cuisine is Max Newman (formerly of Zuni and…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

My Favorite Restaurants Where I Ate in New York (Part Two)

The New Yawker

My Favorite Restaurants Where I Ate in New York (Part Two)

Here’s the second installment of my favorite places where I ate in New York this year—Manhattan, to be exact. (Take a look at Part One of my Manhattan spots, in case you missed it.) I’ll be doing a separate list of Brooklyn restaurants since I have been…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

Special Dinners Include Diwali, Perbacco Turns 10, Yuzuki Turns 5, Chengdu Food & Cultural Festival

The Chatterbox

Special Dinners Include Diwali, Perbacco Turns 10, Yuzuki Turns 5, Chengdu Food & Cultural Festival

Loosen that belt, it’s going to be too tight after this lineup of deliciousness. ~PERBACCO~ is turning 10 and is hosting a fancy dinner tonight (Tuesday October 25th), but you can also dine throughout the week (until Saturday October 29th) and enjoy a selection of exceptional wines for $10…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

New Wine Director at Quince and Cotogna

The Lush

New Wine Director at Quince and Cotogna

Michael and Lindsay Tusk have brought sommelier Jeff Kellogg over from Union Square Hospitality Group’s Maialino in New York City, and he will now be the director of wine and beverages for ~QUINCE~ and ~COTOGNA~. Kellogg was recently voted one of the Sommeliers of the Year by Food &…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 25, 2016

This week's tablehopper: falling all over.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: falling all over.

Greetings from New York, which kicked in some nippy and chilly fall weather this week, brrrrr (tonight’s gonna drop to the 30s!). I’m still here eating and drinking and jazz clubbing and museum-ing and walking my way briskly through the city and kicking up leaves until the last…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 24, 2016

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