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Subscribe to tablehopper and discover why it’s a must-read, insider newsletter for anyone who lives to eat in San Francisco, for 19 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

The Legionnaire Saloon Now Open in Oakland
The Lush

The Legionnaire Saloon Now Open in Oakland

Now open in Oakland is LEGIONNAIRE SALOON, which according to its Facebook page is “a neighborhood bar and live performance venue located in the heart of the Oakland arts district with excellent bartenders, exceptional spirits, eight beers on tap, pinball and a stage for as well as a vintage 45…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Flower & Garden Show Featuring Chefs Stage
The Socialite

Flower & Garden Show Featuring Chefs Stage

Ready for spring? Catch some of your favorite blooms at the SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW, which will take at the San Mateo Event Center Wednesday March 20th through Sunday March 24th. The show will feature lots of drool-worthy gardens and landscaping, but what you really don’t want…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Pete Mulvihill on Dirt Candy
The Bookworm

Pete Mulvihill on Dirt Candy

Don’t forget: the book mentioned below is available at 20 percent off for tablehopper readers for two weeks following this mention at Green Apple Books—simply use the code “tablehopper” at checkout (either at the store or online) for your discount. Dirt Candy Amanda Cohen, Ryan Dunlavey, Grady Hendrix…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
March 1, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: light it up.
Newsletter

March 1, 2013 - This week's tablehopper: light it up.

This week's tablehopper: light it up.                     Pappardelle and ragù from Mattarello. Photo: © tablehopper.com. And…it’s March 1st. Yup, the calendar is showing zero signs of slowing the eff down. Which means my upcoming trip to New Zealand at the end of the month will be here…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Izakaya Roku
The Regular

Izakaya Roku

There are now plenty of businesses in San Francisco that call themselves an izakaya—and here’s one of the latest to join the fray, IZAKAYA ROKU. It’s a relatively tiny joint on a stretch of Market between the Castro, the edge of the Mission, the Lower Haight, and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Betelnut Closing, Chef Alex Ong Launching Hutong
The Chatterbox

Betelnut Closing, Chef Alex Ong Launching Hutong

Over the weekend, chef Alex Ong of ~BETELNUT~ announced over Facebook that he was closing the iconic restaurant after dinner service on Sunday March 3rd and reopening it as HUTONG around March 11th or so. (A friend let me know “hutong” means “alley” in Chinese, and that many restaurants in…
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