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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.

February 4, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: spring training.
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February 4, 2011 - This week's tablehopper: spring training.

This week's tablehopper: spring training.                     Tomato-braised beef, kale, crescenza, farm egg pizza at Pizzetta 211. Pure. Evil. With each subsequent sunny day we’re having (sorrrrrry East Coast!), spring fever is percolating citywide. Our city’s pretty ornamental flowering plum trees are currently full and dripping with sweet…
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This week's tablehopper: spring training.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: spring training.

With each subsequent sunny day we’re having (sorrrrrry East Coast!), spring fever is percolating citywide. Our city’s pretty ornamental flowering plum trees are currently full and dripping with sweet pink blossoms—which ties in nicely thematically with this week’s fresh meat review of Plum. A lot has…
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The Regular

Plum

As soon as I walked into PLUM, Daniel Patterson’s latest restaurant (his third) that has opened in Uptown Oakland, I was like, “Oh, wow.” I immediately wanted to beam it all up and teleport it to SF (sorry, Oakland). Designer Scott Kester’s interior is dramatic, with a suspended…
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The Chatterbox

New Chef de Cuisine at Spruce

After the departure of executive chef Ben Cohn at ~SPRUCE~, they are bringing on a new chef de cuisine, Walter Abrams, who hails from The French Laundry. His official start date is in April. Related Entries * Executive Chef Ben Cohn Departs Spruce…
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¡Ay Papi!
The Chatterbox

¡Ay Papi!

A while back, Tasting Table tweeted that La Oaxaqueña was opening a sister restaurant down the road. Well, it’s open, and it’s called PAPI’S FUSION DELI. My intern reports: “Their aim is to serve ‘global cuisine,’ but the menu reads like diluted Mexican. They’ve got tortas,…
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Sunday Brunch Service Starts at Bar Agricole
The Chatterbox

Sunday Brunch Service Starts at Bar Agricole

Starting this Sunday February 6th (yes, Super Bowl Sunday), ~BAR AGRICOLE~ is launching brunch service (and you can make reservations). On the menu: dishes like buckwheat beignets with brandied prunes and Chantilly; slow-cooked oats with mascarpone, dates, and hazelnuts; two fried eggs with cardoons, leeks, and bagna cauda; and corned…
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Year of the Wabbit Treats
The Chatterbox

Year of the Wabbit Treats

Chinese New Year is this Thursday February 3rd, and Dennis and Eloise Leung of DELISE are making their famous Peking duck scones to celebrate. The scone is made with roasted duck, both skin and meat, plus green onion and hoisin. After they hand pick the meat from the duck, they…
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