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Hey, whatcha doing next Thursday evening (June 4th)? Hopefully your calendar is wide open, because I’m hosting another tablehopper cocktail crawl in North Beach, and this time it’s in celebration of Negroni Week, which runs from June 1st-7th. I’ll be taking you to three North Beach establishments…

A report by associate editor Dana Eastland. A tipster wrote in to let us know that BEL, the Belgian-inspired restaurant we reported on back in 2013, opened on Sunday May 24th. The project comes from partners Jen Garris and Richard Rosen from nearby Pi Bar. Rosen explains that the restaurant…

A tablehopper tipster alerted us to the news that the much-loved Harbor Village restaurant—the popular and well-appointed dim sum restaurant in Embarcadero Four that sadly closed 10 years ago (in 2005)—is rising from the deep freeze and reopening in the All Season Restaurant space in the Diamond Heights…

Some exciting news over at ~BIX~: Emmanuel Eng is the new chef de cuisine (he was previously at Bartlett Hall). Eng actually started at Bix midway through February and has reportedly won over the crew with his work ethic and skills. Executive chef-partner Bruce Hill adds that he “also brings…

We had heard rumors that DOTTIE’S TRUE BLUE CAFE might be for sale, and now Scoop has confirmed it. Owner Kurt Abney says that after 22 years in business, he is, quite simply, tired. According to the ad, the restaurant does approximately 350 covers a day, and Abney is…

There are changes afoot at EPIC Roasthouse—as of today, Wednesday May 27th, the restaurant will be known as EPIC STEAK, and chef Parke Ulrich will create a new menu built around an open-fire grill. New dishes include a A5 Miyazaki Wagyu steak, or the “EPIC meal for two,” which…