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The Chatterbox

News in the 510: Zella's, Woods Bar & Brewery, Plank, B-Dama, Aunt Mary's

La Cocina alum Dionne Knox has opened her first brick-and-mortar location of ZELLA’S SOULFUL KITCHEN in the Mandela Foods Cooperative, Scoop reports. Knox has been serving her California-style soul food through her catering business and with prepared items at Whole Foods, but now you can find her dishes at…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 07, 2014

The Lush

Mishaps, Cars, Bartenders, and Ways to Help

How many times have bartenders helped you out of a jam, given you advice, or just poured you a drink without judgment when you really needed one? Well, recently a couple of bartenders in this town have suffered some injuries, so let’s pay it forward and help them out…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 07, 2014

October 7, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: this is how we do it.

This week's tablehopper: this is how we do it. Mini lobstah rolls at the Hamel Family Wines Badger Grab party. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I hope you have been taking full advantage of this gorgeous weather, and even if you haven’t, I have been doing it for both…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 06, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: this is how we do it.

I hope you have been taking full advantage of this gorgeous weather, and even if you haven’t, I have been doing it for both of us, because I love you hard like that. Thursday night included margaritas and the awesome empanadas they make (and chicharrones de carne!) on the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 06, 2014

The Bookworm

Fall Cookbooks, Bay Area Edition by Pete Mulvihill

Here’s another Bay Area edition of the Bookworm with two fresh books from local chefs and authors. Don’t forget: the books mentioned below are available at 20 percent off for tablehopper readers for two weeks following this mention at Green Apple Books—simply use the code “tablehopper” at…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 03, 2014

707 Scout

Barrel-Aged Gin, a Roving Bartender, and a New Williams-Sonoma in Sonoma

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. On a recent tour of SPIRIT WORKS DISTILLERY, BiteClub fell a little bit in love. Partly with owners Timo and Ashby Marshall’s Boston terrier, Bandit, but mostly with their newly released barrel-aged gin. Made from red winter wheat,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 03, 2014

707 Scout

Wine and Dine: Cairdean Estate and The Farmer & the Fox

A Wine Country visit and review by Marcia Gagliardi. The next time you’re heading to St. Helena or Calistoga, you should think about stopping off at the newly opened Cairdean Estate on the St. Helena Highway, just at the base of Spring Mountain. The owners, winemaker Stacia and Edwin…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 03, 2014

October 3, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: rocktober.

This week's tablehopper: rocktober. An array of breads and treats from Butterscots at Cairdean Estate. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hey there, how you doing with this stunning weather? I know, right? I am loving these warm nights. SF Indian summer, you never disappoint! I am actually going from the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 02, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: rocktober.

Hey there, how you doing with this stunning weather? I know, right? I am loving these warm nights. SF Indian summer, you never disappoint! I am actually going from the frying pan into the fire: I’m heading up to Sonoma this afternoon to check out the new Williams-Sonoma landmark…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 02, 2014

The Chatterbox

Lazy Bear Now Open in the Mission (But You Have to Snag a Reservation First)

While State Bird Provisions is certainly one of the city’s more challenging restaurants to get a table at, the newly opened LAZY BEAR was so flooded with reservation requests for its first two weeks of seatings that the reservation ticketing system they’re using (from Chicago’s Alinea and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 30, 2014

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