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The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Get $20 Off Your First Ride with Uber

Save your cab-hailing arm for the bartender. Uber is giving tablehopper readers a $20 voucher to apply to your first ride! All you need to do is go to uber.com and sign up, use the promo code “tablehopper” and your first ride will be up to $20 off. Be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 10, 2012

The Lush

Get ZAPped: the 21st Annual ZAP Festival is January 26th-28th

The ZINFANDEL ADVOCATES & PRODUCERS FESTIVAL, aka ZAP, is back for the 21st time with a new venue for two events, The Concourse at 8th and Brannan Streets. Thursday January 26th is Epicuria at The Concourse (food and zinfandel pairing), Friday January 27th is the Winemakers’ Dinner at The Westin…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 10, 2012

707 Scout

Livin' Large in Low Season

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. Don’t be disheartened by rampant seasonal closures, because January is actually the best time to eat your way through the wine country’s best, at a fraction of the usual cost. This month kicks off Yountville’s third annual MOVEABLE FEAST, a delectable discounted…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 10, 2012

January 10, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: breaking the waves.

This week's tablehopper: breaking the waves. The playful (and totally delicious) shabu shabu presentation at Michael Mina. Photo: © tablehopper.com. My life is seriously whack right now, veering from spending hours at my computer in fuzzy slippers (yes, it’s true) to throwing on a dress, my Dior…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2012

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: breaking the waves.

My life is seriously whack right now, veering from spending hours at my computer in fuzzy slippers (yes, it’s true) to throwing on a dress, my Dior lipstick, and emerging from my apartment once a day to go check out a restaurant for these guidebooks I’m scrambling to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2012

The Socialite

Attend the Wine and Wishes Event to Support the Make-A-Wish Foundation

Nothing like a good cause to justify a night of eating and drinking. The Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation is hosting their 11th annual WINE AND WISHES event on Saturday February 4th at City View at Metreon, and tablehopper readers get a 10% discount off the Gourmet Food & Wine…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2012

The Socialite

Good Food Awards and Marketplace: This Weekend!

Once again, the Good Food Awards are celebrating all that is good in food, recognizing not just the well-crafted and delicious, but also the sustainable and responsibly produced. You can join the GOOD FOOD AWARDS GALA RECEPTION at 8pm this Friday January 13th, or if you don’t have the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 09, 2012

The Regular

Del Popolo

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Jon Darsky Resurfaces with Del Popolo, the Pizza Truck of Your Dreams $ Jon Darsky, chef Cuisine * Pizza Features…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2012

(Sponsored): Kitchit Brings World-Class Chefs to Your Home

“Promoting itself as a new form of ‘bespoke’ dining, Kitchit puts consumers in touch with chefs—from the everyday to ‘master chefs’ such as Daniel Patterson and Traci Des Jardins—for private dinners. It’s a great idea. Kind of underground dining comes to you.” —Sara Deseran, 7x7 Magazine Kitchit’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 06, 2012

707 Scout

New Arrivals, and More on the Way

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. La Toque’s former location in Rutherford’s Rancho Caymus Inn has finally scored a new identity as ALEX ITALIAN RESTAURANT. The restaurant takes its name from Italian-born owner Alessandro Sbrendola and his wife Alessia, who are both trained sommeliers and know a thing or…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 06, 2012

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