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The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Win a Dungeness Crab Cioppino Kit from Siren Fish Co.!

Welcome holiday guests with a West Coast Dungeness Crab Cioppino Kit from Siren Fish Co. delivered straight to your door. Each kit includes all the seafood you need to make a delicious crab cioppino for four: two cooked cracked and cleaned Dungeness crabs, one pound of mussels, one pound of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 25, 2014

The Chatterbox

510 News: Clove & Hoof Opens, Boss Burger, Veg 388

CLOVE & HOOF, the whole animal-focused butcher shop and restaurant we mentioned in April, has now opened in Oakland. The project comes from Analiesa Gosnell (previously a butcher at Cafe Rouge) and chef John Blevins (previously at Gather and Lalime’s) and is all about whole animal meats that are…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 25, 2014

The Lush

Boozy Tidbits: Full Liquor at Noir, Aperitivo Class, Time for Bubbles

Hayes Valley’s NOIR LOUNGE has secured a full liquor license, Hoodline reports. In fitting with their 1940s film noir theme, the drink list is focused on the classics (with a spin, naturally). There’s a French 75 made with gin, sugar cubes, and lemon juice; a Vieux Carré with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 25, 2014

November 25, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: cold turkey.

This week's tablehopper: cold turkey. One of the best desserts in SF: the palmier ice cream with Calvados caramel at Monsieur Benjamin. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, friends. I’m gonna be honest here, this is a hard intro for me to be writing this week. My heart really…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 24, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: cold turkey.

Howdy, friends. I’m gonna be honest here, this is a hard intro for me to be writing this week. My heart really isn’t in it after watching and reading everything that transpired in Ferguson last night, with all the waves of pain and anger and disgust and shame…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 24, 2014

The Socialite

Holiday Happenings: O Mole Night, McEvoy Ranch Open House, Holiday Book Fair

Get a jump on your holiday shopping at La Cocina and Do415’s Holiday Mercado at Ghirardelli Square. The mercado will be offering a festive good time on Saturday December 6th from 11am-8pm and Sunday December 7th from 11am-6pm. In addition to lots of beautiful and delicious wares, you can…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 24, 2014

What’s Cookin’

The Tablehopper's Top Picks for What and Where to Eat in San Francisco

The Tablehopper’s Top Picks for What and Where to Eat in San Francisco Brought to you by TripGo As someone who has been living in and eating her way through San Francisco for more than 20 years, I have far too many favorite spots that I love and adore…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2014

The Chatterbox

Aaron London Opening His Own Restaurant on Valencia

We have been patiently waiting to release the news for the past month about former Ubuntu chef Aaron London’s upcoming location for his restaurant, and now that the ABC wires have rippled with some transfer information, it’s time to say where: the current location of the South End…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2014

The Chatterbox

James Syhabout Coming West to Open Hawker Fare in the Mission

Oakland chef James Syhabout is coming to San Francisco, Scoop reports. Specifically, he’s opening a second location of HAWKER FARE in the very large former Amber Dhara space on Valencia. The space comes with a full liquor license, as well as an upstairs mezzanine, so it’s possible he’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2014

The Chatterbox

Izakaya Rintaro Now Open in the Mission

As reported earlier this year, the former home of Chez Spencer (which was damaged in a fire) has been taken over by Sylvan Mishima Brackett of Peko Peko. Mishima Brackett, who also worked at Chez Panisse before moving to Japan to study the cuisine there, is calling the new restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2014

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