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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 18 years and counting. Every Tuesday, columnist and curator Marcia Gagliardi serves up the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, culture tips, travel guides, and more.

(Sponsored): Just Fare's Secret Sauce to Being Green
The Sponsor

(Sponsored): Just Fare's Secret Sauce to Being Green

(Hint: it’s all about the people!) Food service operator Just Fare in Oakland and Emeryville is known for their delicious office and event catering menus, with favorites like tahini chicken, poke tofu brown rice bowls, and other world cuisine flavors. (tablehopper checked out their Mediterranean spread last summer and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: signs of life.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: signs of life.

Hello, friends. I got back from Lake Tahoe a week ago, in time for an action-packed week that included checking out the gorgeously restored Peacock Court at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins (it’s truly glam and fabulous), followed by boozy drinks at the Tonga Room (when on Nob Hill…). (If…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Catch Up on These Big Headlines and Updates
The Chatterbox

Catch Up on These Big Headlines and Updates

I have posted some of these breaking news bits in my Instagram Stories the past couple weeks (do you follow @tablehopper?), here are some big headlines: Great News Was happy to see a post on Instagram from Pim Techamuanvivit that ~KIN KHAO~ is reopening in September in its original downtown…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Bar Piccino Officially Opens
The Lush

Bar Piccino Officially Opens

Just a quick note to let you know BAR PICCINO has officially opened in Dogpatch. I originally wrote about this project back in March, you can read allllll the details here. It sure looks great! Take a gander at bar manager Andi Miller’s cocktail menu here, with five kinds…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
August 30, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: big blue sky.
Newsletter

August 30, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: big blue sky.

This week's tablehopper: big blue sky.                     Louisiana blue crab claws in drawn butter at Turntable x Mosquito Supper Club last week. Oh my. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Greetings from Lake Tahoe, where I’m hanging out this week with Fortuna (we’re practicing leash training on the back deck,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: big blue sky.
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: big blue sky.

Greetings from Lake Tahoe, where I’m hanging out this week with Fortuna (we’re practicing leash training on the back deck, it’s high comedy). So grateful to be up here in fresh mountain air (and not checking PurpleAir) and sunny skies; the lake is crazy-warm this year. I’…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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