tablehopper (Page 37)

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: those dancing feet.

BEST FOGUST EVER, am I right? I think Karl went on vacation early, it has been feeling like it’s September over here! It was the best weather for Outside Lands I have ever experienced (I can’t believe I wore a dress on day two and three, and didn’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 15, 2022

(Sponsored Event): The Terroir of Mexican Wines, Live Bolero, and Food Pairings on August 12th

Join us for a special four-course dinner paired with Mexican wines on Friday August 12th (vegetarian options are available) at The Midway. We’ll be sipping on a selection of wines from central Mexico and the states of Guanajuato and Querétaro. From sparkling to delicate whites to robust reds, we…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 02, 2022

The Chatterbox

Quick News Updates and Openings

You ready for a turbo roundup of news briefs? Let’s do this. PICCINO in Dogpatch is reopening Wednesday August 3rd after closing the restaurant for a remodel. They added an additional restroom, expanded the kitchen and walk-in, and installed a new, state-of-the-art (and more efficient) pizza oven. Make your…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 02, 2022

August 2, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: summer chaser.

This week's tablehopper: summer chaser. Young carrots with sunflower seed XO dressing, herb vinaigrette, Persian mint at Offspring in Boonville. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to Fogust, with a spritzy chance of rain?! Strange times. Who knows what this weekend’s weather will bring for Outside Lands, it’s…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 01, 2022

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: summer chaser.

Welcome to Fogust, with a spritzy chance of rain?! Strange times. Who knows what this weekend’s weather will bring for Outside Lands, it’s usually a classic sunny-misty-drizzly concoction, thanks to our bartender, Karl the Fog. See you there? (I wrote a piece on what to listen to and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 01, 2022

The Jetsetter

Guerneville and Anderson Valley (Boonville, Philo, Navarro)

Fogust is here, so you’ll need to seek sun and warm evenings outside of SF (if that’s your thing). Didn’t plan a summer trip, but still want to get out of town? I hear you. I’ve enjoyed a couple weekends out of the city in Guerneville…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 01, 2022

The Chatterbox

SoMa Sequels Coming Soon: Yokai, a Japanese-Inspired Hi-Fi Bar from Gozu, Birdbox from Birdsong

A couple new and casual projects are brewing from two higher-end SoMa restaurants, Gozu and Birdsong. Coming in early 2023 from the MZ Dining Group (Ittoryu Gozu) will be YOKAI, a Japanese-inspired, hi-fi bar and restaurant, focused on shareable plates and skewers cooked over binchotan charcoal, like king salmon belly…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

The Chatterbox

Trifecta of Dumpling Updates from Dumpling Club, United Dumplings, and Dumpling Kitchen

During depressing times, it’s nice to have a bunch of dumpling updates, amIrite? First up, Cathay Bi of the wildly popular DUMPLING CLUB subscription service (did you know you can also order them via Pastel!) suddenly announced a pop-up for takeout dumplings at her Mission kitchen last week (she…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

The Chatterbox

New Openings (and New Management), Plus Presidio Pop Up

The popular CHUY’S FIESTAS on Folsom has opened CHUY’S FIESTAS TAQUERIA II in the former El Tesoro in the Tendernob. They’re serving tacos on handmade tortillas, vampiros, quesabirrias, quesadillas, burritos (including a new California burrito with fries, and a crispy flat-top burrita, which is always the way…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

The Chatterbox

Closures Around Town Include Legacy Business Two Jack's Nik's Place

A Lower Haight, Southern seafood staple for 45 years (since 1977!), TWO JACK’S NIK’S PLACE, has sadly closed as of July 14th. Second generation owner Nikki Cooper, who took over 16 years ago, sold the remainder of her lease, but is relocating the staff to the Bayview location…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

Live your best SF life.