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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: meat and cheese parade.

Hey there, ho there, hi there. It was quite the action-packed weekend: I was up bright and early on Saturday morning for my tablehopper hot list segment on KRON4—this week I talked about four new brunches in the Bay Area, check it out here. I also headed over…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 20, 2014

The Socialite

Beyond Bubbie's Kitchen: a Celebration of Mothers, Grandmothers, and Food at JCCSF April 1st (Submit Your Stories Now!)

On Tuesday April 1st, join the JCCSF for an evening of honoring the grandmothers, mothers, and other beloved relatives who shaped our tastes. Beyond Bubbie will be emceed by Joey Altman, and panelists include Craig Stoll, Traci Des Jardins, and, that’s right: the tablehopper will be a panelist too.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 20, 2014

(Sponsored): Register Now for the Winter Fancy Food Show--and Save!

Whet your appetite. Some serious sampling will be going on January 19th-21st in San Francisco. With more than 12,000 registrants already signed up, the 2014 Winter Fancy Food Show is clearly slated for a huge turnout. The 2013 Winter Fancy Food Show had the largest presence of both…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 17, 2014

The Lush

The Alembic's Kitchen Temporarily Closing After Service on Sunday January 19th

Just a quick note for my fellow fans of the jerk-spiced duck hearts and bone marrow and other tasty vittles at ~THE ALEMBIC~ in the Upper Haight: it ends up the kitchen’s last day of full lunch and dinner service is this coming Sunday January 19th, since they…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 17, 2014

707 Scout

DK Wings Shutters, Pigs & Pinot, 707 Good Food Winners

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. If you haven’t gotten your tickets for Charlie Palmer’s annual PIGS & PINOT, time is running short. The event takes place Friday March 21st and Saturday March 22nd. A sellout each year, this year’s luxe event…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 17, 2014

January 17, 2014 - This week's tablehopper: food-o-rama.

This week's tablehopper: food-o-rama. Dim sum from a preview of Hakkasan’s Chinese New Year menu. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Ahhh, weekend, how good to see you at our doorstep. What’s that? You want to bring us 72-degree weather tomorrow? Okay, if you insist. (Although…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 16, 2014

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: food-o-rama.

Ahhh, weekend, how good to see you at our doorstep. What’s that? You want to bring us 72-degree weather tomorrow? Okay, if you insist. (Although you are really beginning to freak us out, weather. A lot.) Tomorrow morning, a bunch of folks will be descending on the Ferry…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 16, 2014

The Wino

Sommelier Says: Collin-Peter Casey on Jonathan Waters

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. Full disclosure: Collin helps sell the Valley…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 16, 2014

The Chatterbox

Update on Kusakabe (Coming to the FiDi)

Now that Mitsunori “Nori” Kusakabe (previously at Sushi Ran) has taken possession of the former Machka in the Financial District, I was able to get some more details about his plans for the location, called KUSAKABE. GM Daisuke Miyake let me know they are targeting early March for the opening.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2014

The Chatterbox

Openings: CDXX, Mazza Luna, New Chefs at Broken Record, Oasis Cafe Now Serving Ethiopian Dishes

In Bayview, there’s a new restaurant to check out called CDXX from owners Fletcher Starkey and Roshani Patel, who previously ran catering company Elevate Cuisine. Starkey informed us they offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with a meaty menu that includes steak frites, baby back ribs, a grass-fed burger,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2014

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