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Farmers Market Happy Hour Coming Up on February 23rd
The Lush

Farmers Market Happy Hour Coming Up on February 23rd

The Center for Urban Education About Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) and the Northern California Chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild (USBG) are kicking off the 2011 FARMERS MARKET HAPPY HOUR SERIES at the Ferry Building on Wednesday February 23rd from 5:30pm-7:30pm. I’m a fan of these…
Marcia Gagliardi
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It's Time to Get to Homeroom (in Oakland)
The Chatterbox

It's Time to Get to Homeroom (in Oakland)

And now, an East Bay report from tablehopper intern Daniel Azarkman: It sounds like a foodservice fairy tale. HOMEROOM started as a conversation at a café between two people who didn’t know each other all that well. Though Erin Wade had worked as a cook in New York and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Wreck Room Opens Wednesday
The Lush

Wreck Room Opens Wednesday

R Bar owners Tod Alsman and Chris Fogarty have finished the long haul of transforming the Nob Hill Tavern Sports Bar into the newly opened WRECK ROOM. Eater reports the bar will be open for its regular business hours of 4pm-2am as of tomorrow (Wednesday). Also mentioned: “the bar…
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YBCA Returns with Bay Area Now 6, Part I: Ideas
The Socialite

YBCA Returns with Bay Area Now 6, Part I: Ideas

Hey, you tired of just expanding your stomach and want to expand your mind too? As part of its Bay Area Now 6 event, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is hosting a series of six roundtable conversations highlighting six areas of influence: food, futurism, community activism, radical identities,…
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Two Special Places to Celebrate Black History Month
The Socialite

Two Special Places to Celebrate Black History Month

February is BLACK HISTORY MONTH and a great time to try some special celebratory menus available only this month, with wine pairings that honor African American winemakers. Owner/executive chef David Lawrence and his wife/co-owner Monetta White of ~1300 ON FILLMORE~ in the historic Fillmore Live Music District…
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