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(Sponsored): Kick-Start Your Morning with the Farm-to-Cup Flavors of Kona

Attention coffee lovers! (And we here in the Bay Area LOVE our coffee.) There’s a new hand-harvested, farm-to-cup, small-batch coffee coming your way via the magical island of Kona, Hawaii, the origin of some of the world’s most delicious, sought-after coffee and the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 20, 2015

The Chatterbox

510 News: Halal Guys Location, 85C Bakery Cafe, Ramen Shop Lunch, More

By Dana Eastland. Back in February, news hit that New York’s famed HALAL GUYS has a franchise deal to expand into Northern California, starting with locations in San Francisco and Berkeley. Well, now Scoop is reporting that they’ll be opening in the former Le Regal space in downtown…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 20, 2015

The Lush

Get Your Drink On at Mexico in a Bottle, Sinner's Hour, and More

Mezcal mania will be in full effect for Mezcal: Mexico in a Bottle, a full week of mezcal-related activities running November 8th-15th at various Bay Area locations. In addition to a week of special cocktails, mezcal tastings, a “Future of Mezcal” panel discussion, and dishes made with mezcal,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 20, 2015

The Lush

Bar Shots: The Orbit Room Is Reopening Soon, Kate Bolton Leaving Maven

Here’s some good news for fans of THE ORBIT ROOM: after closing in April following the death of owner Jay Johnson, Scoop is now reporting that the bar is coming back, and without too many changes. Friends of Johnson’s, Courtney Ross and Nic DiLillo, are the new owners,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 20, 2015

October 20, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: daaaaamn Gina!

This week's tablehopper: daaaaamn Gina! Our table at CUESA’s Sunday Supper got styled with this delicious Devil’s Gulch Rabbit dish by Lazy Bear, which featured snails, turnips, celery root, and celtuce. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Obrigada to everyone who said hello at Friday night’s Perfect Portuguese…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: daaaaamn Gina!

Obrigada to everyone who said hello at Friday night’s Perfect Portuguese Pairings in the Presidio event! And hopefully I’ll see some more of you at this evening’s Wine & Spirits Magazine’s annual Top 100 event—of course the weather is perfect, which means the terrace at…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2015

The Socialite

Lots of Opportunities to Help Our Youth at These Events

On Thursday November 5th, Community Grows is throwing their second annual fundraising event at the Stern Grove Clubhouse from 7pm to 10m. There will be food from La Méditerranée and Bi-Rite, plus a silent auction and raffle with some extra-fab prizes. Think dinner for two at State Bird…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 19, 2015

(Sponsored): Say Hello to Carta Coffee--100% Farm-to-Cup Kona Coffee

Ready to get your hands on a new, hand-harvested, farm-to-cup American coffee made in Kona, Hawaii, by a California winemaker-turned-coffee farmer? Carta Coffee Merchants is a new start-up farm and coffee venture dedicated to producing the finest 100 percent Kona coffee expressions. Carta Coffee…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 16, 2015

The Chatterbox

One for the Books: a tablehopper Sri Lankan Feast at 1601 Bar & Kitchen

Last night was the latest tablehopper supper, a Sri Lankan feast at ~1601 BAR & KITCHEN~. I have been a fan of this underrated and soulful restaurant since it first opened, but was so captivated by chef Brian Fernando’s newly launched tasting menu a couple of months ago that…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 16, 2015

707 Scout

KJ Garden Dinner, Beautiful Occidental Brunch, Farmers' Market Report

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Farm-to-Table Dinner: I’m always a sucker for a dinners in a vineyard—the kind of stuff people from Milwaukee think is a daily thing for us Wine Country people. And while it happens often enough, there…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 16, 2015

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