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The Socialite

Check Out Gourmet Fest in Carmel March 27th-30th

Relais & Chateaux, the European hotel and restaurant company, is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. Join them at the very first Gourmet Fest Carmel, a weekend-long event with some heavy-hitting Relais & Chateaux chefs, along with winemakers and sommeliers from France, Italy, and the local region. Consider this your…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 10, 2014

707 Scout

Sonoma County Restaurant Week, Baked Alaska in Mendocino

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Sonoma County Restaurant Week (Monday March 10th through Sunday March 16th): I always feel like I need to announce Restaurant Week with the same voice Oprah used to announce that her audience was flying to Australia in 2010. “And…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 07, 2014

March 7, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: vissi d'arte.

This week's tablehopper: vissi d'arte. Some of the delightfully over-stuffed brioche donuts by Mr. Holmes. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Sunny day! Has me plotting what to do tomorrow, which is gearing up to be even warmer. Hell to the yes. I have a couple of options for…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: vissi d'arte.

Sunny day! Has me plotting what to do tomorrow, which is gearing up to be even warmer. Hell to the yes. I have a couple of options for you, depending on whether you’re a savory person (check out four of my favorite sandwiches right now) or maybe you want…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2014

The Wino

Checking Lists: A Critical Look at Restaurant Wine by Alan Goldfarb (Tosca)

Alan Goldfarb was the wine editor at the St. Helena Star, where it is said that assignment must be akin to covering Catholicism in Vatican City. He was also the senior editor for AppellationAmerica.com. His work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Wine Enthusiast, and Decanter. He’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2014

The Regular

Tosca Cafe

Chef Nancy Oakes (Boulevard), restaurateur Anna Weinberg, and designer Ken Fulk took over the restaurant from April Bloomfield and her former business partner, Ken Friedman, accused of multiple incidents of sexual harrassment and predatory, abusive behavior. Isn’t it nice when things turn out right, nay, better than you hoped?…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 06, 2014

The Chatterbox

Coming to Chinatown: China Live and Eight Tables, a Big, Big Project from George Chen

Every time I drive down Broadway (or am walking by Sam’s and am trying to convince myself it’s not a good time for a cheeseburger), there’s the vacant and looming Gold Mountain space, tragically so empty and cold. But not for long! It was with great interest…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 04, 2014

The Chatterbox

Now Open in North Beach (from the Sons & Daughters Team): The Square

Newly open in the former Washington Square Bar & Grill is THE SQUARE, the new project we mentioned last month from the Sons & Daughters team (Teague Moriarty and Matt McNamara). The menu is decidedly more casual and American than S&D—you’ll find bar snacks like pastrami-spiced…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 04, 2014

The Chatterbox

On Hold (Forever?): Leader House

Back in December, I did a pretty extensive profile on an opulent Chinese restaurant that was about to open in the Payne Mansion on Sutter Street, LEADER HOUSE. Employees were being trained, the menu was ready, launch parties were lined up, and then boom, the place closed. It was supposed…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 04, 2014

The Chatterbox

Schmidt's Has a New Chef (and Menu Coming Soon!)

Thanks to a tip from my stylist extraordinaire (love you, Mr. Anthony!), I learned SCHMIDT’S in the Mission has a new chef in place: Russell Matthew Woods. He’s from New Orleans, and was previously a sous at both the Grill Room at Windsor Court and Bacchanal Fine Wines…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 04, 2014

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