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The Chatterbox

510 Updates: Jack's Oyster Bar & Fish House, Plank, Café Underwood, Taiwan Bento, Barbecue at Homestead

Rick Hackett and Meredith Melville, owners of Jack London Square’s Bocanova, have opened a new restaurant in the neighborhood. It’s called JACK’S OYSTER BAR & FISH HOUSE, and, as the name suggests, it’s all about seafood. Peter Villegas, whose previous experience includes La Mar and Campton…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 26, 2014

The Lush

Bar and Club News: Romper Room Open, EndUp Building on the Market, Something Up at Sloane

There is a new place to get a little cray-cray in Union Square: ROMPER ROOM, from scavenger hunt entertainment entrepreneur Joe Garvey. The space (by Craige C. Walters) is very, well, pink, with neon bar seating, an upstairs leopard print room, and bright stained glass windows. There’s a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 26, 2014

August 26, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: blue steel.

This week's tablehopper: blue steel. My favorite time of day at Lake Tahoe: the late afternoon. True blue. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi there. I just got back from the land of sky blue water—Lake Tahoe—late Sunday night, totally the inverse to the path of my Burner…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 25, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: blue steel.

Hi there. I just got back from the land of sky blue water—Lake Tahoe—late Sunday night, totally the inverse to the path of my Burner pals leaving the Bay and heading up to BRC (and what a bummer for anyone who got stuck in that long gate closure,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 25, 2014

The Socialite

Taste, a Benefit Gala for Girls Inc., Happening September 13th

Well, this is freaking rad. Girls Inc. of Alameda County, an organization devoted to offering academic achievement programs and community service for girls in underserved areas, is throwing a benefit gala on Saturday September 13th called Taste 2014. Many of the Bay Area’s best female chefs have come together…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 25, 2014

The Chatterbox

The End of an Era: Woodward's Garden Closing and Leaving Its Current Location

Some damn sad news from my inbox today: the ladies of ~WOODWARD’S GARDEN~ have announced they will be closing very soon—the date isn’t exactly firm at this time. Sadly it’s one of those stories we seem to be hearing each week: their lease is up and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 15, 2014

707 Scout

Fermentation Fest, Taste of Petaluma, Cadet Wine & Beer Bar

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Farm to Fermentation Fest: We’re gaga for fermented foods—everything from chocolate, wine, cheese, beer, and pickles to lesser-known goodies like kefir, kombucha, and beet kvass. Which is why we’re always first in line at the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 15, 2014

August 15, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: meow mix.

This week's tablehopper: meow mix. Ducky: the Peking duck spread at Great China. Photo: © tablehopper.com. You saving room for tomorrow’s Street Food Festival, the last one on Folsom Street (sniff sniff)? The lineup of eats and treats is pretty mega. I’m currently looking over the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 14, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: meow mix.

You saving room for tomorrow’s Street Food Festival, the last one on Folsom Street (sniff sniff)? The lineup of eats and treats is pretty mega. I’m currently looking over the map and targeting vendors selling soft foods, like noodles and New York cheesecake. Hope to see you there!…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 14, 2014

The Regular

Great China

When I was researching places to include in my guidebook some years ago, my fab publicist pal Birdie—a longtime Berkeley resident—introduced me to GREAT CHINA. She was surprised I hadn’t been yet, especially considering what a knockout yet crazy-affordable wine list they had (she’s my…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 14, 2014

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