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The Lush

July Hotness: Lark Creek Restaurant Group Offers Half Off on Wines, Broc-tacular on July 21st

It’s that time of the year again, when the Lark Creek Restaurant Group offers half-price bottles of wine throughout the month of July. You can come by for brunch, lunch, or dinner, and whether you go to One Market Restaurant, LarkCreekSteak, Cupola Pizzeria, or other restaurants, you are…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 10, 2013

July 10, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: blame it on Rio.

This week's tablehopper: blame it on Rio. The Bahian ladies (at a food stand in Rio) who made my favorite dish of the trip: acarajé! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Boa tarde! I know, this is a first: a tablehopper on a Wednesday. But yours truly had her Saturday flight…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 09, 2013

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: blame it on Rio.

Boa tarde! I know, this is a first: a tablehopper on a Wednesday. But yours truly had her Saturday flight from Rio canceled an hour before I was due to leave for the airport, and wasn’t rebooked until Monday night! I know, I could think of worse places to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 09, 2013

The Socialite

Lamb Jam Comes to Town July 21st

Ready to rock out with some of your favorite chefs while they compete to prepare the best lamb dishes they can muster? Get ready for LAMB JAM, which hits the Golden Gate Club from 2pm-5pm on Sunday July 21st. The event is hosted by the American Lamb Board and…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 09, 2013

This Summer Is High Season for New Zealand Wine

This Summer Is High Season for New Zealand Wine It’s an exciting time for New Zealand in the San Francisco Bay Area. Emirates Team New Zealand is on the water for the America’s Cup and doing a fantastic job at showing how New Zealand is the leader in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 01, 2013

The Chatterbox

Pour Out Some Champagne: Eugenio Jardim's Era at Jardinière Is Ending

Just as I am packing my bags to head to Brazil, it seems fitting to receive a call from Brazil native Eugenio Jardim, and it wasn’t to discuss where to go in Rio (although we did chat about that too). Big news, my fellow members of the Eugenio fan…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 20, 2013

The Chatterbox

La Movida Opening Next Week in the Mission

A report from Dana Massey-Todd. As previously noted on tablehopper, there’s a new project on 24th Street that is getting ready to open for business. LA MOVIDA, from Michael Meadows, has taken over the former El Delfín space after the owners retired. The new spot is a wine-…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2013

The Chatterbox

At Last! Marla Bakery Reveals Its Brick-and-Mortar Location in the Outer Richmond

After months of plying us with their fantastic baked goods at pop-ups around town, Amy Brown and Joe Wolf of MARLA BAKERY have signed the lease on their new space! We received word yesterday that it’s in the former Crown Lock in the Outer Richmond, just across the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2013

The Chatterbox

The Sycamore Team Opens a New Location in SoMa: The Willows

Now open in SoMa in the former Mercury Lounge space is a new project from Liz and Tim Ryan of THE SYCAMORE called THE WILLOWS. They’re opening softly on Wednesday June 19th, with a full bar serving housemade, handcrafted cocktails, plus a “beer den” with 12 taps of rare…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2013

The Chatterbox

State Bird Expanding Into Hapa's Originally Intended Location on Fillmore

Back in October 2012, I heard things weren’t going as planned for Richie Nakano’s HAPA location, which was supposed to open next to ~STATE BIRD PROVISIONS~ at 1527 Fillmore. I’ve been checking in for months for status reports, and kept my word to not mention the location…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 18, 2013

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