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New Russian Hill Hangout: RobberBaron
The Lush

New Russian Hill Hangout: RobberBaron

Russian Hill now has an inviting place to hang out and drink quality wine and beer: ROBBERBARON is now open in the former Black Sheep space on Polk. The owners are Lucrecia Torres and Annie Flores—the two ladies have been working together at Marcello’s Pizza for 23 years…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Beer Hall Now Open (Softly) on Polk Street
The Lush

The Beer Hall Now Open (Softly) on Polk Street

THE BEER HALL, a project from husband-and-wife team Andrew and Jennifer Hall, has opened softly in the Argenta complex at 1 Polk. There is a beer tasting bar, with a variety of craft brews from more than 15 taps and more by the bottle, and then a retail operation that…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Yacht Rock Cocktails at the Ferry Building
The Lush

Yacht Rock Cocktails at the Ferry Building

It’s time for CUESA’s Yacht Rock II, the nautically themed summer installment of Cocktails at the Farmers Market at the ~FERRY BUILDING~. On Wednesday August 28th from 5:30pm-8pm, CUESA and the Northern California chapter of the United States Bartending Guild will pair up and host more than…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Upcoming Wine Dinners and Tastings
The Lush

Upcoming Wine Dinners and Tastings

~COI~ is running a monthly wine dinner series, and coming up is a special Arnot-Roberts dinner with Duncan Roberts on Thursday August 15th. The dinner will feature five courses, each paired with one of Arnot-Roberts’ wines, though the menu will not be available for viewing until the day of the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
August  6, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.
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August 6, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.

This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.                     Boxing Room’s table at SF Chefs, serving smothered okra and tomatoes with cracklins on top. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, THAT was quite the weekend of debauchery. After moderating a cooking demo on Friday with chefs Al Brown (visiting from New Zealand) and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: happy fogust.

Well, THAT was quite the weekend of debauchery. After moderating a cooking demo on Friday with chefs Al Brown (visiting from New Zealand) and Brad Farmerie (The Thomas at Fagiani’s, Public in New York), and watching Sean Brock (Husk) joke around and cook with Daniel Patterson (Coi), I was…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Now Open: The Cavalier
The Chatterbox

Now Open: The Cavalier

After sign-off from the health department this week, Anna Weinberg and Jennifer Puccio (Marlowe, Park Tavern)—partnering with Weinberg’s husband James Nicholas—will be opening the doors to their most recent project, THE CAVALIER, this Friday August 2nd. As mentioned previously on tablehopper, the team at Ken Fulk designed…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Sneak Peek at inoVino
The Chatterbox

Sneak Peek at inoVino

Here is your first look at INOVINO, the upcoming wine bar and enoteca opening in about a month or so in Cole Valley (in the former Hama-Ko). As previously noted in tablehopper, owner Claudio Villani was the wine director at Perbacco, so you can expect some great (read: very drinkable)…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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