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Subscribe to tablehopper and discover why it’s a must-read, insider newsletter for anyone who lives to eat in San Francisco, for 19 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

Cawfee Tawk: The Temporarium Opens, Score Free Coffee with CUPS, More

The Chatterbox

Cawfee Tawk: The Temporarium Opens, Score Free Coffee with CUPS, More

It’s time for your afternoon jolt! Fans of espresso won’t want to miss a visit to THE TEMPORARIUM, a new little sliver of a spot that opened in the former Sweet Mue space on 22nd Street. Owner Avery Burke is making espresso on a rare, handmade Kees van…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 29, 2016

Lots of Pop-Ups and Food Events Coming Up, From Presidio Picnic to Cochon 555

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Lots of Pop-Ups and Food Events Coming Up, From Presidio Picnic to Cochon 555

There are more pop-ups and food events than your waistband can probably handle, but here’s a quick roundup for you. Starting April 3rd, the fourth season of Off the Grid’s Presidio Picnic returns to Sunday afternoons! You can enjoy food and drink from 34 local vendors (like…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 29, 2016

The Starlet

Birthday Candles That Look Like City Lights

Last Thursday, San Francisco’s Beat beacon, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, celebrated his 97th birthday over lunch at Rose Pistola. Our source says he had light blue shoelaces on his sneakers, “which proves that he is still a total badass.” Agree.…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 29, 2016

The Starlet

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Birthday Candles That Look Like City Lights March 29, 2016 Last Thursday, San Francisco’s Beat beacon, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, celebrated his 97th birthday over lunch at Rose Pistola. Our source says he had light blue shoelaces on his sneakers, “which proves that he is still a total badass.” Agree. Lunch…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 29, 2016

Expanded Service at Cala Includes Tapas Cala and Saturday Brunch

The Chatterbox

Expanded Service at Cala Includes Tapas Cala and Saturday Brunch

Have you had a chance to check out the delicious tacos guisados during the week in the space behind ~CALA~ on Hickory Street? Well then, you should be well acquainted with the space, which is now going to be open on Friday and Saturday evenings as Tapas Cala. You can…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 29, 2016

This week's tablehopper: disco infiltrator.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: disco infiltrator.

Greetings from cloud 11 (because that’s how high this cloud goes). Anyone who has been reading this column for a while knows what a huge LCD Soundsystem fanatic I am, even flying to New York from SF for their final show at Madison Square Garden almost exactly five years…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 28, 2016

Waxman's (from Chef Jonathan Waxman) Opens Tonight in Ghirardelli Square

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Waxman's (from Chef Jonathan Waxman) Opens Tonight in Ghirardelli Square

Opening this evening for dinner service is WAXMAN’S, the new Ghirardelli Square restaurant from chef Jonathan Waxman and partner Howard Greenstone. Their partnership, the Waxstone Group, also owns and operates NYC’s Jams, Nashville’s Adele’s and Bajo Sexto Taco and the forthcoming Bajo Sexto Taco Lounge, and…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 22, 2016

Openings: Revelry Bistro, Tender Loving Food, As Quoted, Hot Sauce and Panko

The Chatterbox

Openings: Revelry Bistro, Tender Loving Food, As Quoted, Hot Sauce and Panko

There are some new openings for you to add to your dance card. First up, we previously mentioned there was a taker for the former Samovar space in the Lower Haight, and now REVELRY BISTRO is open. Hoodline took a look at the cozy space, which now features local art.…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 22, 2016

The Chatterbox

Coming Soon: Barzotto to Former St. Vincent Space, The Lodge to Lower Haight

The taker for the former St. Vincent space on Valencia has been revealed: it’s Marko Sotto, who has been working as director of operations in Adriano Paganini’s restaurant group for Beretta, Starbelly, Pesce, and more. This new project is his own, which he is calling BARZOTTO, an “American…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 22, 2016

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