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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.

Pink Zebra
The Regular

Pink Zebra

Some folks color outside the lines, and naming your restaurant something like PINK ZEBRA is your first clue things will be tweaked here. Like chef Jesse Koide’s previous kitchen HQ (Mission Chinese Food), Pink Zebra is a Mission restaurant within a restaurant (Tao Yin). His menu is a funky…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Californios Opens on 22nd Street in the Mission
The Chatterbox

Californios Opens on 22nd Street in the Mission

Now open in the Mission is CALIFORNIOS from chef Val Cantu, who previously hosted pop-up dinners at Naked Kitchen. It’s his first brick-and-mortar restaurant, and his wife, maître d’ Carolyn Cantu (formerly with Ken Fulk’s design firm), has created quite a chic space. The entire experience is designed…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Shizen, from the Tataki Team, Opening Soon
The Chatterbox

Shizen, from the Tataki Team, Opening Soon

A report by Dana Eastland. The team behind Tataki sustainable sushi restaurants has a new venture opening this weekend, called SHIZEN.  Instead of focusing on sustainable seafood, the new project is all about sustainability in another way: the food is completely vegan. The menu offers sushi, izakaya-style grilled items, and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: city of quartz.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: city of quartz.

Welcome to 2015! I hope you started the new year with a bang. I had a stellar week in Los Angeles, catching up on so many places I hadn’t eaten at yet (Bestia, Squirl, Rustic Canyon, Sycamore Kitchen, Bäco Mercat), revisiting old favorites (Pizzeria Mozza, Zankou), impromptu stops (Connie…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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