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Pera
The Regular

Pera

I’m a big fan of nice, especially when it comes to restaurants. Nice people make food taste better, starting with the nice person who greets you when you walk in, to the nice chef who is in love with making bread, to the nice server pouring your wine. And…
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Jane Opens on Fillmore Street
The Chatterbox

Jane Opens on Fillmore Street

Now open on Fillmore Street is ~JANE~, a cafĂ© bringing a taste of Mission coffee to the neighborhood. You’ll be able to get a variety of Four Barrel Coffee drinks off the La Marzocco FB/80, along with tea from Five Mountains, and house-baked goods that are made…
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The Bullitt Boys Are Coming to the Mission
The Chatterbox

The Bullitt Boys Are Coming to the Mission

After a tip-off from a tablehopper reader, I learned that Duncan Ley and Ben Bleiman (Tonic, Bullitt, and the upcoming Rebel) are taking over BISSAP BAOBAB, and will be opening a version of Bullitt for the Mission, namely, affordable comfort food and cocktails. A third partner, Mark DeVito, will…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Salsa Showdown!
The Chatterbox

Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Salsa Showdown!

As part of Good Food Month’s Immigrant Food Week, La Cocina is throwing their first-ever SAN FRANCISCO SALSA SHOWDOWN on Saturday February 12th at Cafe Cocomo from 5pm-9pm. It’s a dual-salsa event with a salsa tasting competition and salsa dancing, plus a grand prize worth…
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