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November 19, 2013 - This week's newsletter: chugga chugga.

This week's tablehopper: chugga chugga. HomeFarm peach and Champagne vinegar shrub at SHED. Photo: © tablehopper.com. I have a feeling I am not alone in my excitement over the cloudy, rainy skies today. I have been loving this sunny November (kind of crazy, this month), but it’s…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: chugga chugga.

I have a feeling I am not alone in my excitement over the cloudy, rainy skies today. I have been loving this sunny November (kind of crazy, this month), but it’s time for soup, and stews, and hello, it’s crab season! And white truffles. It’s also olio…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 18, 2013

707 Scout

Iconic Kenwood Restaurant Reopening with SF Chef

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. It’s an almost uncomfortable moment when chef Max Schacher, the longtime toque of the iconic KENWOOD RESTAURANT, lifts a glass to the new owners and young chef taking over his restaurant. “Santé!” we say, clinking wineglasses, but Schacher…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 15, 2013

November 15, 2013 - This week's newsletter: love handles.

This week's tablehopper: love handles. A closer look at the newly opened Merigan’s Italian combo. Yeah, it’s amazing. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Friday Friday Friday! And there’s nary a cloud in sight. Reason number 6,843 why I live in California. This week was chock-full…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 14, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: love handles.

Friday Friday Friday! And there’s nary a cloud in sight. Reason number 6,843 why I live in California. This week was chock-full of reasons why I live here, let me tell you. The private dinner party on Tuesday evening with Dana Cowin and the Food & Wine…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 14, 2013

The Regular

Betelnut

Man, that poor BETELNUT has had a tumultuous year, like it wants to get on the cover of the Enquirer or something. After 18 years in business—12 of them with the very talented chef Alex Ong at the helm—the restaurant recently went through some sweeping changes, including a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 14, 2013

The Chatterbox

A First Look (and Taste!) of Sabrosa, Getting Ready to Open Wednesday

A report by Dana Eastland. Opening this Wednesday November 13th is a new, modern Mexican restaurant called SABROSA, located in the former City Tavern space in the Marina. The restaurant is helmed by chef José Ramos, who was one of the founding chefs at Nopalito and has been at Nido…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 12, 2013

The Chatterbox

Merigan Sub Shop Opens Its Doors On Thursday

A report by Dana Eastland. We originally broke the story on tablehopper that Liza Shaw, an alum of A16 and Acquerello, is opening a new sub shop in SoMa called MERIGAN. After some construction and permit delays, the new place is set to open this Thursday November 14th (woo-hoo!…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 12, 2013

The Chatterbox

Upcoming Projects: Casey Thompson Opening a Place in SF, Long Bridge Pizza Coming to Dogpatch, Mexican in the 'Stro

Anyone who watched Top Chef in the early days will remember Casey Thompson, one of the finalists in season three. Well, according to the Scoop, she is going to be opening a 65-seat restaurant called AVELINE in the La Scene space in Union Square’s Warwick Hotel. The restaurant…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 12, 2013

The Chatterbox

Update on Verbena, Coming to Russian Hill Before the End of the Year

We received a bit of an update on VERBENA, the upcoming project from Berkeley’s Gather crew that’s due to open in the former Marbella/Rex Cafe space. The new target for the opening is mid-December. To recap, chef Sean Baker will be creating a menu of contemporary…

Marcia Gagliardi • Nov 12, 2013

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