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Dave Matthews

Crash Into Scoma's September 15, 2015 ’90s soft rocker Dave Matthews was spotted at Scoma’s last Thursday. He was there with a few other friends, and they ordered mostly classics from the menu, including a crab Louie salad to start, the shellfish sauté, shrimp annuzzi, pasta bolognese,…
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September 15, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: not basic.
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September 15, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: not basic.

This week's tablehopper: not basic.                     Taste the rainbow—an array of Danny Louie’s fantastic cocktails at Chino. Photo: © tablehopper.com. How’s tricks? I think I recovered from my week o’ eating extravaganza. It was pretty stellar, from exploring the new 15-course menu at 1601 Bar &…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: not basic.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: not basic.

How’s tricks? I think I recovered from my week o’ eating extravaganza. It was pretty stellar, from exploring the new 15-course menu at 1601 Bar & Kitchen (it still blows my mind how many people haven’t eaten there yet—the place is SO GOOD, people, trust me!) to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Oro Opens on Mint Plaza This Week
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Oro Opens on Mint Plaza This Week

Due to open this Friday in Mint Plaza is ORO, a fitting name for a restaurant that is just across the plaza from the historic Mint building (it’s opening in the former Thermidor space). Executive chef and owner Jason Fox of Commonwealth has partnered with Timothy Felkner (founder of…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Openings: Ahhhhh, Lasagna at Massimo's Lasagneria
The Chatterbox

Openings: Ahhhhh, Lasagna at Massimo's Lasagneria

The delicious Dogpatch lasagna specialist Massimo DiScullo of Marcella’s Lasagneria is opening a second location in SoMa, right downtown. His second location is called MASSIMO’S LASAGNERIA and is located inside the new Rincon Center. The menu offers seven different choices, including several vegetarian selections, and a lunch special…
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Marcia Gagliardi
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