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Cupola Pizzeria
The Regular

Cupola Pizzeria

Over the past two months, I headed to the Century Theatre in the Westfield Centre to catch the one-night-only showings of the gorgeously restored The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II. No, I was not going to miss seeing Al Pacino during his smoking-hot years on the big screen. Why…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Comal Fires Up on May 4th
The Chatterbox

Comal Fires Up on May 4th

As mentioned in tablehopper a while back, COMAL is opening in Berkeley on Friday May 4th, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Owner John Paluska, formerly manager for the band Phish, and chef Matt Gandin, previously chef de cuisine at Delfina, are focusing on handcrafted regional Mexican cuisine in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Coming This Month: Pig and Pie
The Chatterbox

Coming This Month: Pig and Pie

According to a Facebook post, it looks like PIG AND PIE is planning to open this month, serving handmade sausages and homemade pies. As previously mentioned on tablehopper, it’s the spot opening in the Discolandia space in the Mission. A menu on the restaurant’s blog lists a breakfast…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Ashton Kutcher: Wine Lover

On Friday night, Ashton Kutcher came in to Rye with three friends, sharing a bottle of Côtes du Rhône and some “quiet conversation,” according to my informant. He also reportedly “took some photos with some fans and shook hands with one young lady to her EXTREME delight!”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Oakland Openings: FuseBox and Kitchen 388 Reopens
The Chatterbox

Oakland Openings: FuseBox and Kitchen 388 Reopens

I can’t wait to cross the bridge to check out the upcoming FUSEBOX, opening this Thursday May 3rd. As previously mentioned on tablehopper, this West Oakland Korean-American restaurant is from chef Sunhui Chang, a “kkochi-gui pub/sojubang” (kkochi-gui is Korean for grilled skewers), serving affordable dishes in an izakaya…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Authors and Actors

A few fun sightings at Jake’s on Market: one reader writes in to say they sat next to Armistead Maupin of Tales of the City fame, while another diner spotted actress Judy Davis, who was in town to accept the Peter J. Owens Award at the San Francisco International…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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