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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 Starlet

Pretty Woman Spotted in St. Helena

A tablehopper tweeter let me know she spotted Julia Roberts at Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch in St. Helena this past Saturday having lunch. A cryptic tweet from @bluebottleroast also alludes to a potential sighting here in the city.…
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Unfortunate Fire at Great China
The Chatterbox

Unfortunate Fire at Great China

I was so sorry to read in Eater about the flue fire that broke out in between GREAT CHINA and RAZAN’S ORGANIC KITCHEN in downtown Berkeley. No word on when Great China will reopen (the damage sadly sounds pretty extensive) but Razan’s was not damaged in the fire.…
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Jack London Market Plans Have Changed
The Chatterbox

Jack London Market Plans Have Changed

Grub Street highlighted an SF Business Times article about the change in plans at Jack London Square. Instead of the Jack London Market, the Ferry Building Marketplace-esque large public market that was supposed to open, “they are now, instead, looking for food manufacturing tenants to fill the vacant space.” Stand…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Two Funny Guys Walk Into a Restaurant....

On Wednesday, a tablehopper reader went to see the Eddie Izzard and Greg Proops conversation at the Palace of Fine Arts as part of SketchFest. Afterward, the reader went to dinner at nopa and who should come in but Eddie and Greg with some friends? Good taste all around.…
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The Starlet

Greg Proops

Two Funny Guys Walk Into a Restaurant.... January 31, 2012 On Wednesday, a tablehopper reader went to see the Eddie Izzard and Greg Proops conversation at the Palace of Fine Arts as part of SketchFest. Afterward, the reader went to dinner at nopa and who should come in but Eddie…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Eddie Izzard

Two Funny Guys Walk Into a Restaurant.... January 31, 2012 On Wednesday, a tablehopper reader went to see the Eddie Izzard and Greg Proops conversation at the Palace of Fine Arts as part of SketchFest. Afterward, the reader went to dinner at nopa and who should come in but Eddie…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Changes at Picán: Chef Dean Dupuis Departing
The Chatterbox

Changes at Picán: Chef Dean Dupuis Departing

I learned in a Studio Gourmet email last Friday that chef Dean Dupuis was leaving Oakland’s ~PICÁN~. More details have been officially released: Dupuis is leaving to join DC chef and restaurateur Robert Wiedmaier at Revel, an upcoming Atlantic City resort, where he will be the chef de cuisine.…
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