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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 20 years 🥂 and counting. Every week, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, cool events, culture tips, travel guides, and more. Pre-influencer.

Where to Gobble Gobble This Thanksgiving
The Socialite

Where to Gobble Gobble This Thanksgiving

Below are a variety of options for those of you who won’t be cooking your THANKSGIVING dinner on Thursday November 25th. There are many other restaurants doing Thanksgiving in the city, check out the list on OpenTable here. Early Thanksgiving But first, for those of you who would like…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
OPENrestaurant Is Back: Now Presenting OPENwater
The Socialite

OPENrestaurant Is Back: Now Presenting OPENwater

After last October’s meat spectacle at SFMOMA (“OPENfuture: Spinning Marinetti’s Wheels”) from OPENrestaurant, I can’t wait to see what they plan to unleash this coming weekend for OPENWATER at St. George Spirits in Alameda. This is another ambitious event in conjunction with SFMOMA, designed to unfold the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Zero Zero
The Regular

Zero Zero

Arancini balls. Ham plate. Uni bucatini. Chicken thighs. Geary pizza. Soft serve. These are the two-word combos you should abide by when coming to ZERO ZERO, the popular and spacious SoMa restaurant from chef-owner Bruce Hill (and chef de cuisine Chris Whaley) that opened in the former Azie…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Cotogna Now Open
The Chatterbox

Cotogna Now Open

~COTOGNA~, Michael and Lindsay Tusk’s casual offshoot to Quince, is in the home stretch and due to open this Monday November 8th. The former Myth CafĂ© space has been totally transformed into a spacious 62-seat modern trattoria, with a copper-topped counter overlooking the open kitchen (with room…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Some Quick Restaurant News Tidbits
The Chatterbox

Some Quick Restaurant News Tidbits

The ~UNA PIZZA NAPOLETANA~ vacation ends tomorrow, Wednesday November 3rd, so you can head in and get your fix. The Inside Scoop reported that JOE DIMAGGIO’S ITALIAN CHOPHOUSE in North Beach is now closed. 601 Union St. at Stockton. Haighteration uncovered quite a bit of news about some closures…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
New Chef at Ozumo San Francisco
The Chatterbox

New Chef at Ozumo San Francisco

OZUMO RESTAURANT in San Francisco has a new executive chef, Alex Morgan. His background includes stages at Arzak (San Sebastian, Spain), Hachi Bei (Tokyo, Japan) and Yoshia (Tokyo, Japan), and working at varied places like CafĂ© AndrĂ©e to Restaurante Akelarre (San Sebastian, Spain). 161 Steuart St. at Howard, 415-882-…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

Toasties in the Inner Sunset Has Closed

A tablehopper tipster let me know TOASTIES on Irving is closing, and is going to resurface as Crawfish Station. Since the number is disconnected, I’d say that’s that. The Toasties West Portal on Ulloa remains open, so you can still score their crab melt. 1336 9th Ave. at…
Marcia Gagliardi
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