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(Sponsored): 31 Napa Wineries Are Coming to the Ferry Building on April 16th

Join Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant and Napa Valley Vintners on Wednesday April 16th, from 5:30-7:30pm, for the 5th annual Napa Valley Vintners Tasting in the beautiful Grand Hall of the majestic Ferry Building. This special event is a comprehensive walk-around tasting of more than 75 wines presented by…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 08, 2014

The Chatterbox

Sabores del Sur Opening a Café in Walnut Creek April 17th

La Cocina alum Guisell Osorio has been making superlative empanadas, alfajores, and other South American specialities for years now (she was La Cocina’s very first business!), and now she’s opening her very own brick-and-mortar location. SABORES DEL SUR is opening in Walnut Creek on Thursday April 17th, in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 08, 2014

The Lush

Negroni Week Coming in June: Call for Bars

The excellent, classic Negroni is getting its due in June, during Negroni Week, when local bars will celebrate the vermilion-hued concoction. The week is sponsored by Campari and is a weeklong fundraiser for the SF-Marin Food Bank (or other charities that are near and dear to local bars’ hearts). Look…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 08, 2014

April 8, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: they might be giants.

This week's tablehopper: they might be giants. Weekend happiness included this awesome “Heavy Nettle” pie from PizzaHacker. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy heat wave to you. How’s that for great weather for a Giants opening home game? Anyone who is out there today is one lucky duck. I…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: they might be giants.

Happy heat wave to you. How’s that for great weather for a Giants opening home game? Anyone who is out there today is one lucky duck. I ended up having plenty of entertainment this weekend, from the rockin’ Odesza show at the Independent on Friday night, to laughing like…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2014

The Socialite

Time to Hop to It, Easter Is Coming

Easter Sunday is coming up fast on April 20th, so hop to it and make sure your day is a fabulous springtime celebration. And remember, this is definitely a Sunday to make reservations. OpenTable as usual has many choices, so be sure to check there too. Brunch at ~FOREIGN CINEMA~…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2014

The Socialite

Delicious Ways to Celebrate Passover This Year

Are you ready for Passover? It starts at sundown on Monday April 14th, and goes until Tuesday April 22nd. If you’re planning a Seder for either the first or second night (or maybe another night), here are some options for both dining out or picking up. Please note that…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 07, 2014

The Bookworm

Happy Spring, and a Behemoth from El Bulli

elBulli 2005-2011 Ferran Adrià, Albert Adrià, Juli Soler Here’s one for the hard-core food folks, molecular gastronomy at the highest level. May I hereby introduce El Bulli 2005-2011, a seven-volume set from Phaidon Press. What can I, a mere fan of good food, possible say about this magnum opus?…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 04, 2014

(Sponsored): 31 Napa Wineries Come to the Ferry Building

Join Ferry Plaza Wine Merchant and Napa Valley Vintners on Wednesday April 16th, from 5:30-7:30pm, for the 5th annual Napa Valley Vintners Tasting in the beautiful Grand Hall of the majestic Ferry Building. This special event is a comprehensive walk-around tasting of more than 75 wines presented by…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 04, 2014

The Chatterbox

Tartine Bakery Team Opening a Dream Project in the Heath Ceramics Building in the Mission

Some very exciting news here: Chad Robertson and Liz Prueitt of TARTINE BAKERY AND CAFE and BAR TARTINE have just signed a lease to a 5,000-square-foot space in the Heath Ceramics factory and showroom building at 18th Street and Alabama in the Mission. How’s that for a symbiotic…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 04, 2014

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