Welcome aboard.

Marcia in a caftan on a gulet in Croatia — Ahoy! You made it!

Thanks for signing up for the tablehopper newsletter! I’m going to make you hungry, I seem to have this effect on people. But first:

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Be sure to check your promotions or spam folder for your confirmation email right now, and drag it into your primary inbox/favorites/VIP list to train your email. Another way to avoid delivery hiccups is to save/add marcia@tablehopper.com to your address book.

All done? OK, so let me tell how this works over here. The full newsletter goes out every week, as it has for the past 20 years (!), with allllll the tasty goodies. If you’re on the free plan, you’re going to receive an abridged version of the newsletter a day later, with my intro letter and just a few news stories.

When you become a paid supporting subscriber, you’ll get:
- access to all articles and the complete newsletter archive (over 12,000 articles!)
- all newsletter sections and stories every week, including “the archivist,” a subscriber exclusive featuring vintage SF restaurant stories and ephemera
- hot tips (like my favorite dishes)
- intel (when is that new restaurant soft-opening?)
- an insider piece every quarter (The Hopper Notebook), with my top sushi spots, travel guides, and my favorite places to eat at right now

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Here’s what one reader wrote in about my Hopper Notebook on Seven of My Top Traditional and Iconic Pasta Dishes in San Francisco: “I loooooooved this read so much, so so so so so much. I heard you narrating these dishes like I was reading and tasting an audiobook. Fabulous lineup, gonna bingo ’em all.” ~ Jen H.

- special giveaways and perks (like free tickets and advance reservations at new spots)
- more more more

Annual supporting subscribers also get a free “tip please” customized restaurant recommendation, and first dibs on tickets to over-the-top tablehopper events (these sell out)—all for the price of a matcha latte or regular burrito each month.

There are other tiers (Patron and Super Patron) with even more benefits and perks for diehard diners and tablehopper supporters who really want to show up for the community and what I’m doin’ over here.

Let me check out these subscription tiers!

Whether you’re a dedicated diner, or maybe you work in the industry and you like to keep up on all the happenings, a paid subscription to tablehopper is going to have you living your best SF life, with curated dining intel and a seasoned perspective on the City that only come with living here for 31 years, and writing about restaurants for 24 years. (Yeah, that’s me.)

Here’s what some supporting subscribers wrote to me when renewing their annual subscriptions:

“You make our city a better place and bring so much joy to so many by spreading the news and details that make life worth living.” ~ Eli D.

“You’re my favorite SF read and give me all the hot gossip and even hotter takes on my customers and prospects in the industry!” ~ Chris R., San Francisco Sales Team Lead, Toast Inc.

OK, I want to be a supporting subscriber, too!

When you support independent journalism, it helps me shine a light on our local restaurants and small businesses, which could use some extra love right now.

Thanks for joining me at the table!
~Marcia Gagliardi, tablehopper founder and publisher