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What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: one day at a time.

Hi gang, how are you doing with this lame Fogust weather? One minute on Saturday I was enjoying the sun in Alamo Square with a friend, and about ten minutes later we got practically blown off the green with the wind and fog. So. Rude. It’s making things extra-brutal…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2020

The Chatterbox

Coming to the Former Hillside Supper Club in Bernal: Marlena Restaurant

Great news for neighbors and fans of the former Hillside Supper Club: a couple is going to breathe new life into the space, Serena Chow Fisher and her husband David Fisher, opening MARLENA RESTAURANT. Serena will head pastry and front of house, while David is the chef. His background in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

The Chatterbox

Quick Reopening Updates: St. Francis Fountain, Trattoria Bruno, Nyum Bai, More

First, I just have to share how happy I am to see that ST. FRANCIS FOUNTAIN is back open—it didn’t look good for a minute there…and things are still precarious for ALL restaurants. Please support this treasured SF diner (since 1918—yes, during the last pandemic!) with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Barvale, Izakaya Roku, Osteria Stellina, and Fallout From the SOMA Fire

After two-and-and-half years on the Divisadero Corridor, BARVALE has decided to close, and in a couple weeks, the Back of the House restaurant group will be opening a pop-up location of Beretta. Hoodline has further details: the menu will be pretty much identical to the original on Valencia (antipasti, pizza,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

July 28, 2020 - This week's newsletter: box it up.

This week's tablehopper: box it up. A recent Restaurant Nisei bento box—read all about what’s inside it on Instagram! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. Whew, it has been a busy morning checking in on people after that horrible five-alarm fire in SoMa in SF this morning.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 27, 2020

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: box it up.

Hello, friends. Whew, it has been a busy morning checking in on people after that horrible five-alarm fire in SoMa in SF this morning. Thank goodness everyone is safe, but there have definitely been some business losses, ugh. I have an update in the chatterbox below. Here’s hoping we…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 27, 2020

The Chatterbox

New Openings Include Summer at Saint Joe's, Nopalito 18th Street, Arbor

The reopening of TOSCA in North Beach under chef Nancy Oakes, Anna Weinberg, and Ken Fulk was happening in takeout boxes, but they smartly decided to pivot the party to the garden courtyard of Ken Fulk’s Saint Joseph’s Art Society in SoMa. Called Summer at Saint Joe’s,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2020

The Chatterbox

Temporary Closures (Prospect, Perbacco, Barbacco, The Cliff House) and Permanent Closures (Louis' Restaurant, Art's Cafe, The House, and More)

With the ever-shifting timeline of reopening for indoor dining, some restaurants have chosen to temporarily pause operations since their outdoor dining and takeout options aren’t sustainable enough to keep them afloat. Over in SoMa, ~PROSPECT~ has hit pause for now—all the endless construction outside their door makes it…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2020

July 21, 2020 - This week's newsletter: putting the flan in flâneur.

This week's tablehopper: putting the flan in flâneur. The extraordinary Parisian flan from Tarts de Feybesse. Read more about this exquisite treat (and others!) on my Instagram and Facebook accounts shortly! (Oui, I am teasing you.) Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, folks. You keeping your head up? I know,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 20, 2020

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: putting the flan in flâneur.

Howdy, folks. You keeping your head up? I know, it’s tough. Writing today’s post of closures is my least favorite part of my work right now, let me tell you. You just don’t know when a place is going to be gone forever. Right now, I’m…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 20, 2020

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