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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.

Haute Japanese for the People
707 Scout

Haute Japanese for the People

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. Last week MORIMOTO NAPA opened its long-awaited Market in the restaurant’s front room. In addition to the premium Wagyu beef and pristine sashimi-grade fish we expected to see, the retail case is stocked with duck and quail eggs; premium soy sauces; marinated,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 20, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: busy, busy.
Newsletter

May 20, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: busy, busy.

This week's tablehopper: busy, busy.                     Lupini beans at Serpentine. Oh, excuse me, let me turn this down. Was blaring Blondie’s Rapture a little too loud. Figured it was a good pre-weekend soundtrack, considering Judgment Day is nigh. “Don’t stop, sure shot/Go out to the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Cotogna
The Regular

Cotogna

Oh yes, let’s just throw another log on ye olde hype fire, shall we? There has been citywide dismay at how hard it is to secure a reservation at the at-capacity COTOGNA, and I could practically write the starlet section based on the star sightings there alone. And…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Jackson Square

Oh yes, let’s just throw another log on ye olde hype fire, shall we? There has been citywide dismay at how hard it is to secure a reservation at the at-capacity Cotogna, and I could practically write the starlet section...…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Chambers Eat + Drink (Softly) Opening Tonight
The Chatterbox

Chambers Eat + Drink (Softly) Opening Tonight

The transformation from Bambuddha Lounge into the spiffy ~CHAMBERS EAT + DRINK~ is now complete: Sean and Isabel Manchester’s groovy new bar and restaurant opens tonight for business. Chef Trevor Ogden (Mission Beach Cafe) has crafted a menu that’s a bit gastro-pubby, with some California seasonality, and a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
An Update on Txoko, Opening Tuesday May 31st
The Chatterbox

An Update on Txoko, Opening Tuesday May 31st

Time to practice your Basque Xs, because Ryan Maxey and Ian Begg (Naked Lunch) are opening their San Sebastián-inspired restaurant, ~TXOKO~. To begin, here’s how you say it: like tchotchke, just add a little “T” to the word choke, tchoke-oh. Okay, now that you’ve got that…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

Turtle Tower Opens a Third Location

A tablehopper reader on their way to work in SoMa told me they spotted a sign stating “TURTLE TOWER Coming Soon” on 6th Street. Further details can be found on LiveSOMA, with the owners writing in to say they are hoping for a June 1st opening. That is pho-king…
Marcia Gagliardi
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