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Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Bar News: Long Now Salon Coming to Fort Mason
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Bar News: Long Now Salon Coming to Fort Mason

There is a very cool new bar project afoot in Fort Mason: the LONG NOW SALON, from the Long Now Foundation, a group committed to fostering long-term thinking. The salon recently signed local bar maven Jennifer Colliau (of the Charles Phan Group) on to run the show, according to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
December 10, 2013 - This week's newsletter: decembrrrrr.
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December 10, 2013 - This week's newsletter: decembrrrrr.

This week's tablehopper: decembrrrrr.                     A stunning “insalata di patate” (potato salad, heh heh) dish at SPQR, with three kinds of potatoes, sturgeon, ikura, and more. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I can’t take credit for today’s title (thanks Steven Oliver!) but we certainly are living it. I’d…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Pete Mulvihill on Great Books for Gifting
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Pete Mulvihill on Great Books for Gifting

Don’t forget: the books mentioned below are available at 20 percent off for tablehopper readers for two weeks following this mention at Green Apple Books—simply use the code “tablehopper” at checkout (either at the store or online) for your discount. If you know someone who loves food, or…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
December  6, 2013 - This week's newsletter: hot toddy.
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December 6, 2013 - This week's newsletter: hot toddy.

This week's tablehopper: hot toddy.                     The justifiably famed fried chicken at Miss Ollie’s (with seriously incendiary hot sauce on the side). Photo: © tablehopper.com. How are my fellow chilly San Franciscans? Based on all the complaining I am seeing on Twitter, I would say not so great.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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