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707 Scout

Cyrus Chef to Open Chicken Spot, Bastille Day, Spirited Spirits, Slurps and Sips

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Champagne tastes on a whiskey budget? Hotel Healdsburg and CHARLIE PALMER’S DRY CREEK KITCHEN are collaborating on a new venture featuring craft cocktails, bar bites, and small-batch spirits called Spirit Bar. On the menu: burnt orange Manhattans, a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 12, 2013

July 12, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: twerking hard.

This week's tablehopper: twerking hard. A vision of summer: the melon salad at A16 Rockridge with a gaglioppo rosé (Savù) by iGreco. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hubba-hubba, I am back! My brain has almost caught up with my body. Or is it vice versa? Anyway, was fun to be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 11, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: twerking hard.

Hubba-hubba, I am back! My brain has almost caught up with my body. Or is it vice versa? Anyway, was fun to be back on the track this week, starting with a beautiful spring dinner at the new A16 Rockridge (just wait until you try the Seventh Circle cocktail, with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 11, 2013

The Wino

Checking Lists: A Critical Look at Restaurant Wine by Alan Goldfarb (Range)

Alan Goldfarb was the wine editor at the St. Helena Star, where it is said that assignment must be akin to covering Catholicism in Vatican City. He was also the senior editor for AppellationAmerica.com. His work has appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, Wine Enthusiast, and Decanter. He’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 11, 2013

The Chatterbox

Roka Akor Now Open in Jackson Square

We have previously covered details in a hardhat piece of ROKA AKOR, the new modern Japanese robata restaurant that just opened in Jackson Square (in the former Cypress Club, for you fellow old-timers). Here are a few more details for you: the opening menu is online, featuring a wide range…