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The Starlet

Salman Rushdie

I'll Have the Salman for Dinner, Thanks December  7, 2010 A tweet announced Salman Rushdie was at a dinner at Zuni Café last Thursday, along with Davia Nelson (Kitchen Sisters).…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Upcoming Labs at Local Mission Eatery
The Chatterbox

Upcoming Labs at Local Mission Eatery

A couple new “labs” are coming up with ~LOCAL MISSION EATERY~: first, Jesse Friedman of Beer and Nosh and Old Oak Beer is going to lead a Holiday Beer Tasting on Sunday December 12th. You will taste a selection of local, holiday beers, including Anchor Xmas Ale, He’Brew Jewbelation,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Hey, Guy

A tablehopper reader let me know that Guy Fieri came in to Broken Record in the Excelsior last week to film an episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. (I was wondering what was all that yelling I heard from across the city last week… He must have tasted the oxtail…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Two New Wine Bars in Oakland
The Lush

Two New Wine Bars in Oakland

Oakland is gaining not one but two new wine bars. First, in a slightly tough-sounding Oakland fashion, is THE PUNCHDOWN, now open in the former Franklin Square Wine Bar space in Uptown. The project is from co-managers D.C. Looney and Lisa Costa, who both have extensive backgrounds in the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
(Sponsored): O Come, All Ye Hungry!
The Sponsor

(Sponsored): O Come, All Ye Hungry!

Whole Foods Market is ready with gorgeous holiday hams. Feeding a crowd? Or just having a few friends over? Either way, NorCal Whole Foods Market invites you to ham it up for the holidays. All of our hams come from pigs who’ve been raised humanely—without antibiotics or added…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Experience a Chocolate-Covered NightLife on December 16th
The Lush

Experience a Chocolate-Covered NightLife on December 16th

There’s an upcoming chocolate-themed NIGHTLIFE event at the California Academy of Sciences (as many of you may know, the museum hosts an adult-only/21 and over NightLife event each Thursday with varying themes). On Thursday December 16th, there will be beverages like Bison Brew’s Chocolate Stout, and chocolaty…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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