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Closures Include Hotline, Midnite Bagel, and Santino's Vino (After 34 Years!)

A couple newer openings are closing after just six months of business—you know that has to be tough. The Korean-Chinese junghwa spot HOTLINE from the Queens superette team (Clara Lee and Eddo Kim) has announced their last day of service is Sunday October 16th—they’re going to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 11, 2022

(Sponsored Event): Broke-Ass Stuart's 20th Anniversary Party Is on Thursday!

Come out for the party that’s two decades in the making! Broke-Ass Stuart has been writing about San Francisco for 20 years (!), and he wants to celebrate this huge milestone by partying with you. Join him as BrokeAssStuart.com comes to life for one night only. Just look…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 11, 2022

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored Giveaway): Enter to Win a Restaurant Week Dinner from La Société Bar and Café!

San Francisco Restaurant Week is back, running Friday October 21st through Sunday October 30th. This year, over 180 restaurants in SF will be participating with prix-fixe lunch, brunch, and dinner menus available for onsite dining, takeout, and delivery. Get out there and support your favorite restaurants while discovering some…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 11, 2022

The Chatterbox

Upcoming Events Include Pig & Punch, SF Restaurant Week Events, Diwali, and More

There are a bunch of events coming up, and I need to keep this succinct, so click through for more details! You won’t want to miss this kickoff celebration for Diwali (the Festival of Lights) at BESHARAM on Saturday October 15th, a one-night-only feast from chef Heena…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 11, 2022

October 11, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: fall force.

This week's tablehopper: fall force. A stunning dessert at TRUSS: Manjari chocolate mousse with rice crisps, chocolate crumble, and gold marigold leaves. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Welcome to Fogtober, it’s Karl’s city now. (At least this weather keeps me productive, and considering how much I have going…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 10, 2022

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: fall force.

Welcome to Fogtober, it’s Karl’s city now. (At least this weather keeps me productive, and considering how much I have going on right now, that’s a good thing.) I almost can’t believe I was swimming and soaking up some rays poolside at the fab Four Seasons…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 10, 2022

The Chatterbox

Kuma Sushi + Sake Opening a Second Location

I’m so happy to have some positive news to report: owners Ryo Sakai and Cory Jackson of neighborhood favorite KUMA SUSHI + SAKE in Lower Polk are opening a second location, Kuma Valencia, in spring-summer of 2023. After opening their first location in August 2017, they have steadily built…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2022

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Marlena Reopens with a New Look, Causwells Also Has a Refresh

After being closed temporarily for an update to their dining room’s interior design, husband-and-wife chefs David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher of MARLENA are back in their Bernal Heights home, and their popular $65, four-course tasting menu is back with them, too! During the summer, they…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2022

The Chatterbox

Chef Eddie Blyden Is Now Director of Culinary Education at Old Skool Cafe

Some great news coming out of Bayview: my longtime chef pal Eddie Blyden is now Director of Culinary Education at OLD SKOOL CAFE, the youth-run, 1920s-style, jazz-themed supper club. He started in July, and has been getting situated and handling staffing (they have a new GM as…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2022

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Openings Around Town

Fans of the Detroit-style pies at JOYRIDE PIZZA will find them at two new locations: 685 Market Street (at 3rd St.) and inside craft beer bar Woods Lowside at 530 Haight Street in the Lower Haight. (Click the links for hours and menus.) You can get a whole pie…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 27, 2022

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