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Subscribe to tablehopper and discover why it’s a must-read, insider newsletter for anyone who lives to eat in San Francisco, for 19 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

Name Game
The Chatterbox

Name Game

Just a couple of things to note in your brain files: first, after a public outcry and offense over the name “Bandidos,” the newly opened Mexican restaurant on Market Street has now changed its name to HECHO. (Yes, there used to be an Hecho downtown, where Gaspar is now, but…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Dive Bar Updates: Pop's Bar and Hotspot Reopen
The Lush

Dive Bar Updates: Pop's Bar and Hotspot Reopen

Now open on 24th Street in the Mission—with a fresh paint job, a lovingly restored interior (which includes a newly constructed, period-appropriate back bar), a restored neon sign, and more—is POP’S BAR. There was a great piece on The Bold Italic with pics of the new…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Half of the Coen Brothers, and His Better Half

The fabulous Frances McDormand and her husband, director Joel Coen were spotted at A16 last Saturday, according to a tweet from a tablehopper amiga. For those of you who read The Starlet, you know this is not the couple’s first visit to A16, or San Francisco. They have good…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
(Sponsored): The Right Policy to Save Your Bacon
The Sponsor

(Sponsored): The Right Policy to Save Your Bacon

What do Dosa, Gary Danko, Benu, Wise Sons, Monk’s Kettle, Jane Bakery, Trattoria Contadina, and top spots stretching from the Wine Country to Silicon Valley all have in common? They work with Panos Insurance Agency, one of only 150 “Elite” Farmers Insurance agents nationally offering preferred rates no one…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Time to Drink Some Wine, Yo
The Lush

Time to Drink Some Wine, Yo

Winos, I have some updates for you! Am thrilled with the news that the beer and wine license for BRIGHT’S LES CLOS has kicked in, which means they have now extended their hours from 8am-12am daily (and nightly!). I can’t wait to start trying items on chef…
Marcia Gagliardi
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