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The Lush

Nightingale Opens in the Financial District, Winter Cocktails of the Farmers Market

I’ve been admiring the disco fern bar aesthetic of NIGHTINGALE on Instagram for a few weeks, and this new bar from Future Bars (Bourbon & Branch, Pagan Idol, Local Edition, Rickhouse, The Devil’s Acre) is now open in the former Gitane in the Financial District. The two-level bar…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 14, 2020

January 14, 2020 - This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat. The bubbly beginning to my weekend caviar and Champagne and bagel brunch of my dreams. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2020

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: I smell a rat.

Howdy gang. Thanks to all of you who wrote in with your comments and kudos and gripes and additions to my annual the bore list of ten things I don’t want to see in the new year, you always entertain me! Now it’s time for some catch-up with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 13, 2020

The Bore

We Have Already Seen These Things Aplenty, No More in 2020!

It continues to be a tough time in the restaurant industry in San Francisco, with so many sad closures. But it also means that only the strong or beloved (or well-funded) may survive. Since restaurants need diners to keep coming back, let’s review some things they can do to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 30, 2019

December 31, 2019 - This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision.

This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision. M.Y. China’s off-the-menu ice cream and sugar egg puff/sugar cloud with a Rémy Martin XO Old Fashioned is how we ended the tablehopper Crab and Cognac Feast. Boom! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy, gang! We made it. Barely. Tomorrow we begin…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 30, 2019

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: 2020 vision.

Howdy, gang! We made it. Barely. Tomorrow we begin a new decade, which feels like an extra-fresh start. I say make a resolution you want to keep, one that makes you happy. One year, my resolution was to cook for friends once a month. It was a good one—it…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 30, 2019

The Chatterbox

It's All About Crab and Cognac for the tablehopper Holiday Supper on December 28th!

SORRY EVERYONE, THIS EVENT SOLD OUT IN 90 MINUTES! THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST! A couple weeks ago, I posted some pics from an ~M.Y. CHINA~ media dinner I attended, celebrating the restaurant’s seventh birthday with an over-the-top menu of seven different preparations of crab. It was one of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 17, 2019

The Chatterbox

Chef Timothy Hollingsworth Opening a Restaurant in SF

Big news that came in (just before I was going to send this out!): chef Timothy Hollingsworth (known for his 13 years at The French Laundry, and now his restaurant Otium in LA) is returning to the Bay Area with his restaurant, ALL THESE YEARS, opening in San Francisco in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 17, 2019

The Chatterbox

So Many New Openings, Just Pick a Cuisine

There are a bunch of brand-new and affordable openings that caught my eye for us to check out (let me know any winners!). You gotta love a place called A BOWL OF CHICKEN SOUP AND RICE NOODLES. You can choose your own noodles and toppings (including beef and seafood options)…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 17, 2019

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Fat Angel (No!), 331 Cortland Marketplace, More

This is going to have many people crying into their Hazy IPA: after ten years in business in the Fillmore, FAT ANGEL is calling it quits. I spoke with owner Jason Kirmse (who was also a player in the Hi Neighbor Hospitality Group), who says the decision to close wasn’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 17, 2019

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