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The Starlet

David Lynch

David Lynch Spotted at SPQR (No PBR Was Consumed) March 20, 2012 Leah Garchik’s column mentions David Lynch was spotted “eating by himself at the bar at SPQR.” (I hope someone went to fetch him some PBR.)…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Oh So Many Names Revealed!
The Chatterbox

Oh So Many Names Revealed!

A few names for your upcoming project radar: first, a Kickstarter page reveals Evan and Sarah Rich’s Hayes Valley restaurant will be called ~RICH TABLE~. Next, a Twitter tipster let me know William Werner’s upcoming pâtisserie will be called CRAFTSMAN AND WOLVES. Ryan Scott’s upcoming project in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Wine News: One Market to Open Wine & Wall
The Lush

Wine News: One Market to Open Wine & Wall

Due to open in late May is WINE & WALL, a new retail wine and art space in One Market Plaza. I had a chance to catch up with Michael Dellar (co-founder, president, and CEO of the Lark Creek Restaurant Group), who told me the 1,700-square-foot boutique will have…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Thespian Sighting

A tablehopper reader writes: “I was having dinner at Grand Café before catching Scorched at ACT.  We were seated next to a cute older couple who was going to the show as well. David Strathairn walked in and sat at their table—the woman was his step-mother. As he was…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

David Strathairn

Thespian Sighting March 20, 2012 A tablehopper reader writes: “I was having dinner at Grand Café before catching Scorched at ACT.  We were seated next to a cute older couple who was going to the show as well. David Strathairn walked in and sat at their table—the woman was…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
New Owners for Ottimista Enoteca-Café
The Lush

New Owners for Ottimista Enoteca-Café

Some changes over at ~OTTIMISTA ENOTECA-CAFÉ~ in Cow Hollow: after six-plus years, owner Melissa Gisler Modanlou has sold her interest in Ottimista, and new owners will be taking over and running it as is, starting in June. (Ottimista is NOT closing.) The main owner is Sam Landrum, who is an…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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