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(Sponsored): Annual 3-Day Super Sale at TriMark Economy

Attention restaurateurs! Don’t miss the Annual 3-Day Super Sale at TriMark Economy Restaurant Fixtures, featuring our lowest prices of the year on restaurant equipment and supplies. Live restaurant equipment demonstrations, free valet parking, and thousands of items on sale at ridiculously low prices. Save big on commercial refrigeration and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 14, 2015

The Lush

Raise a Glass to Spring at the Ferry Building with Cocktails of the Farmers Market

On Wednesday April 29th, head to the Ferry Building for an evening of CUESA’s Cocktails of the Farmers Market. This season it’s all about San Francisco’s fabulous neighborhoods, with bars from all over the city shaking up a cocktail inspired by their corner of town. Participants include…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 14, 2015

707 Scout

Festival del Sole Gala Packs Major Star Power, Get Tickets Now

The Napa Valley Festival del Sole is a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality and their Annual Festival Gala at Meadowood is going to be a big one this year. It’s happening on Sunday July 19th at Meadowood Napa Valley, and the theme is Hollywood…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 14, 2015

April 14, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: party patrol.

This week's tablehopper: party patrol. Chef Daniel Boulud plating at the Pardon My French lunch. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Why hello. Excuse me while I shake the caviar and Champagne out of my hair. No joke. Pebble Beach Food & Wine did not disappoint! It was great to return…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 13, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: party patrol.

Why hello. Excuse me while I shake the caviar and Champagne out of my hair. No joke. Pebble Beach Food & Wine did not disappoint! It was great to return to the event after taking the last two years off. Some highlights for me: * running into chef Jan Birnbaum—who…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 13, 2015

The Socialite

Here Comes the San Francisco Street Food Festival, Now on Pier 70

It’s never too early to put La Cocina’s seventh annual SAN FRANCISCO STREET FOOD FESTIVAL on your calendar. This year, the festival is happening at Pier 70, where it’s moving after six years in the Mission. This year, La Cocina has partnered with Noise Pop and The…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 13, 2015

The Chatterbox

An Update on Paganini's Latest Project, Including a Name and a Chef

Adriano Paganini’s latest project on Union Street now has a name and a chef. The Belgian brasserie has been christened BELGA, and Freedom Rains has been appointed as chef. His previous experience includes Flour + Water, Boulevard, RN74, and Incanto, and he will be bringing a California focus to the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2015

The Chatterbox

Transit Café Reopens in the Presidio, with a New Menu from Traci Des Jardins

Traci Des Jardins has reopened casual café TRANSIT in the Presidio, after taking it over earlier this year. The new spot offers an easy spot to grab a bite, coffee and espresso by Equator, pastries, and wine and beer. You’ll find salads, sandwiches, grilled burgers, pizza from the wood-burning…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2015

The Chatterbox

Guest Sushi Chef at Saison's Chef Counter

If anyone was going to be discriminating about sushi in this town, it would be Saison chef-partner Joshua Skenes. So when he says that someone is the best sushi chef in San Francisco right now, well, it makes you curious, doesn’t it? From now until May 30th (Tuesdays through…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2015

The Chatterbox

Chef Moves: Yoni Levy Departing Alta CA

Fans of chef Yoni Levy’s cooking will be sorry to hear he has departed ~ALTA CA~—he helped open the restaurant. His next step: consulting. Scoop reports his sous chef, David Goody, will be taking over for Levy; he was at Morimoto before coming to Alta CA. Chef Yoni…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2015

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