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Sunday evening, I had a chance to take a preliminary peek at the new ~B. PATISSERIE~, a fabulous new addition to our city’s exploding bakery/pastry scene. The project is from Belinda Leong (Gary Danko, Manresa, and numerous places in Europe), who, after holding a series of successful pop-ups,…

A report from Dana Massey-Todd. As previously reported on tablehopper, the wonderful candymaker Chuck Siegel is back in action, this time in the Mission. His new location for CHARLES CHOCOLATES is on Florida Street in the former Potrero Brewing Co. space, just down the way from the new Heath Ceramics…

I was happy to learn Alison McQuade of McQuade’s Celtic Chutneys is on the hunt to open up a Scottish café called THE BUT ‘N BEN (it’s Scottish for “a little cottage”). It will be open for breakfast and lunch, serving everything from potato scones with a variety…

Some news bits around town for you. First, some details are coming out about what’s moving into the former Bia’s in the Upper Haight: according to Uppercasing, it’s going to be SPARROW BAR AND KITCHEN. There are a lot of details on the website, starting with the…

Catch some celebratory meals this month from these spots around town. First up is ~ONE MARKET~, which will be serving special menus to celebrate the restaurant’s 20th anniversary. At lunch you can get a three-course menu for $25, and at dinner it’s four courses for $39. All of…

Have you been wanting to try one of Sylvan Mishima Brackett of Peko-Peko’s bento boxes, the ones that he’s been delivering to Umami Mart in Oakland? I was cruising through Hayes Valley last week and discovered the fabulous Louesa flower shop (which is also full of artsy objets)…

I know, just what you need: more fried chicken in your life. On Mondays, ~MAVERICK~ is offering a bucket to go (big enough for two)! It comes with half of a Mary’s Organic Chicken, two sides (roasted escarole and pickled green beans), gravy, and a biscuit (yeah, you’re…

I was so crushed to learn via a tablehopper reader last week that Matt Skov of La Cocina passed away on January 21st after fighting a rare form of cancer. He was just 42. I used to work with Matt’s wife, Christa, back in my advertising days, and fondly…

San Francisco is a pretty dreamy place to live, the kind of place where many residents have a preferred vendor of locally roasted coffee, and the difference between white and black truffles is widely known. But not everyone in San Francisco is in a situation to enjoy these luxuries. FOOD…