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The Lush

Toast to Women Behind the Stick with Speed Rack on March 9th

Celebrate female bartenders in all their fierceness on Sunday March 9th from 3pm-7pm at the third annual Speed Rack competition. The competition pits local female bartenders against one another as they make rounds of cocktails for a panel of judges. Contestants will be judged based on the accuracy and speed…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 04, 2014

March 4, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: all right, all right, all right.

This week's tablehopper: all right, all right, all right. The yum kai dao (fried duck egg “salad”) at Kin Khao. Yum indeed. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Are we all done dissecting the Oscars yet? There was a lot to cover with my amigos the past 24 hours, from the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 03, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: all right, all right, all right.

Are we all done dissecting the Oscars yet? There was a lot to cover with my amigos the past 24 hours, from the usual fashion discussion (so. many. boring. dresses.) to plastic surgery (I’d read this) to aging to whether Harrison Ford had a stroke or is just a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 03, 2014

707 Scout

Murray Circle Dinner, Threepeat for Rosso, Petaluma's Topsy's Kitchen, Fork Cafe, and More

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. On Sunday March 2nd, award-winning chefs Justin Everett (Murray Circle) and Brandon Sharp (Solbar at Solage, Calistoga) will host a dinner at MURRAY CIRCLE restaurant at Cavallo Point Lodge. The six-course meal benefits the Conscious Kitchen Food Program—the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 28, 2014

February 28, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: make it rain.

This week's tablehopper: make it rain. One of my favorite drinks of all time: the Cherry Bounce at Comstock Saloon. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Oh yeah, our city is getting one hell of a bath right now. Loving. In case you’d like a little something to warm you…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: make it rain.

Oh yeah, our city is getting one hell of a bath right now. Loving. In case you’d like a little something to warm you up, I just posted this piece on 7x7.com on locally made hot sauces (collect all five!). Here’s the previous post on kimchee and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2014

The Wino

Sommelier Says: Collin-Peter Casey on Cory Cartwright and Guilhaume Gerard

Collin-Peter Casey has worked in the wine business for 16 years. The last 10 years, he has worked as a sommelier. He has worked for many of the Bay Area’s best restaurants and currently resides at Namu Gaji in the Mission. This column is CPC’s opportunity to say…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2014

The Jetsetter

Napa

A version of this piece previously ran in my Tablehopping column in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. Sometimes you just need to get out of town, and look at that, we have Wine Country right in our backyard. Winter and early spring are an ideal time to visit: there are…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 27, 2014

The Chatterbox

Charles Phan Opening The Coachman in the Former Heaven's Dog

Next Monday March 3rd, Charles Phan and his team are opening a new concept in the former Heaven’s Dog space, which has been closed since November 2012 (after an unfortunate pipe backup and flood). The new restaurant and bar is going to have a strong English accent and is…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2014

The Chatterbox

Sightglass Coffee's Mission Location Is Now Open

A report by Dana Eastland. After more than a year of work, the newest outpost of SIGHTGLASS COFFEE is now open in the Mission. They’re joining lots of other hip businesses on what is known as the “20th Street Corridor,” right next to Trick Dog, and on the same…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2014

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