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The Winter Fancy Food Show is coming to San Francisco January 11th-13th. * Discover 80,000 specialty foods and beverages. * Meet 1,400 exhibitors from all over the world. * See what’s new to the marketplace and meet the industry’s newest producers in the New Brands on the Shelf…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 23, 2014

The Chatterbox

Explore East Bay Restaurants During Oakland Restaurant Week

The East Bay restaurant scene has been running full tilt the last few years, and OAKLAND RESTAURANT WEEK is a great way to try new places without breaking your (holiday-bruised) bank. It runs from Thursday January 15th through Sunday January 25th. More than 75 restaurants are participating, including Juhu…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 23, 2014

The Lush

Bar Bites: Bubbles Tastings, a Benefit at Brass Tacks, Trick Dog's New Menu, Oasis Opens!

Get primed for the new year with a Champagne tasting at BAY GRAPE wine shop in Oakland. The class takes place on Sunday December 28th and is called All About Champagne, Lovers! Sounds pretty perfect, right? The class takes place from 3pm-4pm and is $35 per person. There is…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 23, 2014

707 Scout

Valette, NYE in Wine Country, Cook Tavern, Atlas Social

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Just off the press, chef Dustin Valette’s new Wine Country project officially has a name: VALETTE. This ain’t about ego, however. We’re wiping a tiny tear from our eyes after Dustin explained that the building (which…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 23, 2014

December 23, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: Santa baby.

This week's tablehopper: Santa baby. The many wonders of hot cocoa never cease to amaze. (At the Sir Francis Drake for holiday tea with Miss Hannah and her dear mother, Ms. Lisa.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. How’s your last-minute holiday shopping going? Is your eggnog consumption where…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 22, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: Santa baby.

How’s your last-minute holiday shopping going? Is your eggnog consumption where it should be? Has peppermint been making appearances in your snacks? Have you noshed on any latkes? Have you used “ho ho ho” in a sentence or email? Hopefully you can answer positively to all of the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 22, 2014

The Socialite

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Ready for 2015? No? Neither are we, but New Year’s Eve is coming right up, on Wednesday December 31st. Since there’s nothing we can do about it, let’s at least celebrate its beginning in style, shall we? For a jazzy good time in Dogpatch, check out ~PICCINO~…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 22, 2014

The Chatterbox

A Sneak Peek of Burma Superstar, Opening Soon on Valencia

A report by Dana Eastland. Update: we received more information from the folks behind Burma Superstar, and it ends up we weren’t given all the information. This project is actually called BURMA LOVE and, while it is the same owners as Burma Superstar, the concepts are different. It has…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 16, 2014

The Chatterbox

Hogwash Now Open

A report by Dana Eastland. HOGWASH, a new beer hall downtown, became the latest place for suds when it opened on Saturday December 13th. As we first mentioned in September, this beer bar comes from owners Nick Rothman and Paula Thompson, and offers a major selection of beers on tap…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 16, 2014

The Chatterbox

Sightglass Coffee Coming to Divisadero in Summer 2015

The Divisadero Corridor is about to have another icon of our local coffee roasting scene join the coffee klatsch: SIGHTGLASS COFFEE is going to be opening a café in the former KJ Produce Market on Divis at Page. I spoke with brothers Justin and Jerad Morrison, who just returned from…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 16, 2014

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