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The Lush

Beverage Bits: Buffalo Club Opens, Tastings at Les Clos, Winter Cocktails Event, Boxing Room's New Cocktail List

As we reported last month, the team behind Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem and Tonic has a new bar and restaurant in the Mission, in the former Specchio space. It’s called BUFFALO CLUB and is serving classic cocktails, beer, and wine along with an Italian-inspired menu of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2015

The Lush

Closures: Supperclub, The Addition

Quirky nightclub/restaurant/bar/venue SUPPERCLUB is serving its last dinner on Friday January 23rd, Scoop reports. On Sunday January 25th, they’ll be throwing an “everything must go party” from 2pm-2am, for these wanting to say good-bye in (in)appropriate style. The club will continue, though, in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2015

January 13, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: jook joint.

This week's tablehopper: jook joint. Today’s lunch at home: jook by Trilogi and barrel-aged sriracha by Sosu. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey there, ho there, hi there. Yours truly is a bit under the weather today. I managed to pick up someone’s nasty bug over the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 12, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: jook joint.

Hey there, ho there, hi there. Yours truly is a bit under the weather today. I managed to pick up someone’s nasty bug over the weekend, here’s hoping I squash it quickly. (I think this jook and sriracha will help.) Because next Wednesday, I’m going to be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 12, 2015

(Sponsored): Make Your Reservations Today for SF Restaurant Week

SF Restaurant Week returns January 21st-30th, 2015, with 100-plus restaurants offering specially priced menus. Diners can enjoy meals offered in three menu formats: $25 two-course lunch $40 three-course dinner New this year: $85 “Discovery” tasting menu that includes food and beverage pairings available at select restaurants.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2015

707 Scout

Foie's Return to Wine Country, Fork Roadhouse, and 2014's Best Openings

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Foie gras has returned to California restaurants after a surprise ruling on Wednesday that overturned the 2012 ban against its sale. At least in theory. In the 48 hours since a federal judge nixed the state statute that banned…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2015

January 9, 2015 - This week's tablehopper: fan-foie-kingtastic.

This week's tablehopper: fan-foie-kingtastic. Pork kimchi nabeyaki udon at Udon Mugizo. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Excuse me while I put down this lobe of foie gras, my new Chapstick. Ha! But yeah, with the almost-miraculous invalidation of the foie gras ban in California that seemed to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2015

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: fan-foie-kingtastic.

Excuse me while I put down this lobe of foie gras, my new Chapstick. Ha! But yeah, with the almost-miraculous invalidation of the foie gras ban in California that seemed to come out of left field, we’re going to be seeing a lot of it on menus in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2015

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 • Jan 08, 2015

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…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 06, 2015

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