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This week's tablehopper: bossy girl.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: bossy girl.

Time to flip on those afterburners. Do I really have three parties I’m going to on Sunday? The calendar says, “Yes, Marcia, you sure as hell do.” And one on Saturday. And one tonight. I also managed to sneak in one a swell holiday lunch at Cotogna yesterday—two…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Absinthe Brasserie & Bar
The Regular

Absinthe Brasserie & Bar

I think I’ve found my new favorite bar snack. And it’s a good thing it’s at one of the best bars in the city, ABSINTHE BRASSERIE & BAR, because really, it would be a crying shame if it was at a crappy bar, but I’d probably…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The 'Hopper Holiday Gift Guide
The Chatterbox

The 'Hopper Holiday Gift Guide

Yup, holiday shopping events are in full swing. But maybe you’re still stumped on what to get your partner in pork, your co-dependent boozehound friend, or your roommate who doesn’t drink your last beer? The ‘hopper is here to help. The easiest, most affordable, bang-for-the-…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

Pudong Now Open in Former Mecca Space

Urban Daddy is first to announce that ~PUDONG~ is now open on Market Street, in the former Mecca space. To recap: the chef, Jason Xu, formerly at Shanghai 1930, has created a menu with Shanghaiese dishes (including some dim sum and dumplings, and Shanghai chicken), along with some more familiar…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Lers Ros Coming to Hayes Valley
The Chatterbox

Lers Ros Coming to Hayes Valley

When I saw the pending liquor license for ~LERS ROS~ in Hayes Valley, I was like, huh wah? And then when I read the confirmed details in Inside Scoop, I was like, hurrah! Lers Ros will be opening a second location (it’s in a new development near the new…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

Yo Yo Daddy O

In SoMa, the LiveSOMA blog reports DADDY O’S is finally open in the former Schnitzelhaus space after some challenging electrical issues with the building. On the menu: Southern soul cooking (yup, fried chicken, red beans and rice, and more). If you have really good eyes, you can read the…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Open and Shut Cases (SF and Berkeley)
The Chatterbox

Open and Shut Cases (SF and Berkeley)

Here’s a little grab bag of news tidbits: a reader let me know a new café called FLYING PIG BISTRO is moving into the former South Side Café space in the Mission. Unfortunately, details are currently sparse. 433 S. Van Ness Ave. at 15th St. There’s a new…
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