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SoMa Bar Haps: Driftwood Open, and Coming Soon (Odd Job and Bergerac)

The Lush

SoMa Bar Haps: Driftwood Open, and Coming Soon (Odd Job and Bergerac)

Now open in SoMa is DRIFTWOOD (as we mentioned earlier, the bar was opening in the former Kok Bar/My Place). To recap, the project is from surfer friends Shawn Magee (owner of Amnesia) and Chris Milstead (who has been behind the bar at Bistro Aix for the past 20…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

The Starlet

Swan Strikes Again

Famous beautiful person Natalie Portman was spotted again this week, this time at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on Saturday, according to a tweet.…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

The Starlet

Natalie Portman

Swan Strikes Again July 16, 2013 Famous beautiful person Natalie Portman was spotted again this week, this time at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on Saturday, according to a tweet. Swoon for the Swan July 12, 2013 The gorgeous Natalie Portman has been spotted around the city the past 24…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

510 Tidbits: Cafe Valparaiso, Café La Peña, and Brazil Café, and More

The Chatterbox

510 Tidbits: Cafe Valparaiso, Café La Peña, and Brazil Café, and More

Some ABC license activity pointed to the opening of CAFE VALPARAISO in a new location (1403 Solano Ave. in Albany), serving their variety of empanadas, and Chilean sandwiches and entrées. Meanwhile CAFÉ LA PEÑA has opened in Valparaiso’s previous location in the La Peña Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck Ave.…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

Winemaker Dinners (La Clarine) and the Urban Wine eXperience in Oakland

The Lush

Winemaker Dinners (La Clarine) and the Urban Wine eXperience in Oakland

On Monday July 22nd, join ~BAR AGRICOLE~ for a winemaker dinner with Hank Beckmeyer, winemaker at La Clarine Farm. The farm is located in the Sierra Foothills, and Beckmeyer and his wife, Caroline Hoel, farm according to the principles of Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka. The technique involves minimal…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 16, 2013

This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: feelin' foggy.

Nothing like having your Rio tan sucked away in mere days of being home, I swear. Thanks Karl the Fog! However, the peaches I have been scarfing on say summer to me, and that was certainly the vibe at CUESA’s Summer Celebration on Sunday evening (my tablehopper table was…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

James Beard Foundation's Taste America Tour Coming to Town in October

The Socialite

James Beard Foundation's Taste America Tour Coming to Town in October

The James Beard Foundation’s national tour, Taste America, is coming into town October 4th-5th. The event, which travels through 10 cities across the country, starts in San Francisco with a benefit dinner at the St. Regis on Friday October 4th. The eight-course dinner will be hosted by…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

Mark Your Calendar: Mega Street Food Coming to Your Belly REAL SOON

The Socialite

Mark Your Calendar: Mega Street Food Coming to Your Belly REAL SOON

One of San Francisco’s most vibrant, flavorful, and fun food events is fast approaching: La Cocina’s fifth annual SAN FRANCISCO STREET FOOD FESTIVAL is coming on Saturday August 17th, and once again this year there will be a Night Market on Friday August 16th. The Night Market, which…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 15, 2013

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