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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 20 years 🥂 and counting. Every week, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, cool events, culture tips, travel guides, and more. Pre-influencer.

Homeroom
The Regular

Homeroom

Mac and cheese. It’s oddly and often done poorly in restaurants, featuring mushy pasta, curdled bĂ©chamel, too much cheese, not enough cheese, too dry, not golden brown…. The list of crimes against mac and cheese is endless. So when a restaurant dedicates itself wholly to a menu of 10…
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Cosecha Cafe
The Regular

Cosecha Cafe

Tucked in the historic Swan’s Market in Old Oakland is COSECHA CAFE, the kind of place I would just love to have in my ZIP code. But it’s not (I am lighting a candle), so I had to scoot over to the East Bay rather early in order…
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William Werner Announces the Launch of Outfit Generic
The Chatterbox

William Werner Announces the Launch of Outfit Generic

The talented William Werner (former executive pastry chef/founder of Tell Tale Preserve Company) has some good news. He is the Chief Creative Officer of OUTFIT GENERIC, a boutique hospitality group that includes managing partners Josh Chen (founder, principal, and creative director of Chen Design Associates), Kate Killoran (general manager…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Per Diem, Opening in FiDi on Friday
The Chatterbox

Per Diem, Opening in FiDi on Friday

Grub Street reports PER DIEM is opening in the Financial District this Friday December 16th in the Chancery Building. The project is from Darren Matte and Logan Shedd (Brick Yard), Cameron Baird, and Sean Wells, with chef Adam Hinojosa (Osteria, CafĂ© des Amis). You can look at the Cal-Ital…
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Smaller Openings Around Town
The Chatterbox

Smaller Openings Around Town

Getting close: PRECITA PARK CAFE is due to soft open this Friday December 16th in Bernal Heights (the project was mentioned a while ago in tablehopper). It will be open seven days a week, from 7am-8pm. The hours of operation will be longer than at their other cafes Dolores…
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