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Revealed: The New Lunch Menu at Oyaji
The Chatterbox

Revealed: The New Lunch Menu at Oyaji

Last week, I mentioned ~OYAJI~ is now serving lunch Wed-Sun, and a star tablehopper reader snagged a lunch menu for me. Items basically include all the things I want to eat all the time: ramen ($8.50); oyako-don ($7), chicken and egg over rice; katsu curry ($7), deep-…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Bernal Heights Update: A Wine and Tequila Report

Eater has more details on EL AMIGO, the Bernal Heights bar connected to Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack that I mentioned was going through some changes. Ends up the new owner, Joe Kaplan, was a bartender at neighboring The Royal Cuckoo, and is serving a house margarita (made with Cabrito Blanco…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Kevin Bacon

Two Degrees Away from Seeing Kevin Bacon May 17, 2011 Down on the Peninsula, Kevin Bacon was spotted at Scott’s Seafood Palo Alto. My spotter says it was “possibly a business meeting and not sure what he was having to eat, but definitely him (minus Kyra Sedgwick, unfortunately).”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Lieutenant Gavster Getting a To-Go Dinner

I tend to not include local politicians in the starlet, but since he’s no longer our mayor, Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom was spotted waiting for his to-go order at Delfina. He was reportedly “chatting with some of the diners” and “looked very dapper in a suit…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Forks are So Overrated

A tablehopper reader spotted Redfoo from the L.A. group LMFAO at the chef’s counter at Grand CafĂ©. He ate a butter lettuce salad and what appeared to be beef bourguignon. But here’s the odd part: rumor is, he opted not to use his fork….…
Marcia Gagliardi
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