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NEW TASTE MARKETPLACE is back this Saturday March 16th with more than 35 vendors selling local, artisanal food products at St. Gregory’s in Potrero. You’ll find folks like Nana Joes Granola, Tango & Stache, Marla Bakery, Beauty’s Bagel Shop, the boys of Frozen Kuhsterd, the delicious meats…

A report by Dana Massey-Todd. As previously mentioned in tablehopper, the crew from Mamacita is opening PADRECITO in the former EOS space in Cole Valley. The team, which is also responsible for places like Tipsy Pig, Umami, and Blue Barn, includes Nate Valentine, Sam Josi, and Stryker Scales. The…

On Friday evening I had a chance to check out HARD WATER, Charles Phan’s new bar and kitchen at Pier 3 that is opening Thursday March 14th. (Every time I mentioned it to someone this past weekend, I had to say the name in my best Don LaFontaine voice,…

Right on schedule, the transition from Betelnut to HUTONG has happened after a one-week closure, with the restaurant opening last night (Monday) for its first dinner service. As mentioned previously, the new “back alley” look (hutong means “alley”) includes wall treatments with layers of paper, newspaper, posters, and clippings,…

A tipster let me know that chef Richard Blais (of Top Chef fame, and currently touring his first cookbook, Try This at Home: Recipes from My Head to Your Plate) is going to be opening a new restaurant in the Bay Area sometime in the not-too-distant future. He…