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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.

This week's tablehopper: summer chaser.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: summer chaser.

Welcome to Fogust, with a spritzy chance of rain?! Strange times. Who knows what this weekend’s weather will bring for Outside Lands, it’s usually a classic sunny-misty-drizzly concoction, thanks to our bartender, Karl the Fog. See you there? (I wrote a piece on what to listen to and…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 01, 2022

Guerneville and Anderson Valley (Boonville, Philo, Navarro)

The Jetsetter

Guerneville and Anderson Valley (Boonville, Philo, Navarro)

Fogust is here, so you’ll need to seek sun and warm evenings outside of SF (if that’s your thing). Didn’t plan a summer trip, but still want to get out of town? I hear you. I’ve enjoyed a couple weekends out of the city in Guerneville…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 01, 2022

SoMa Sequels Coming Soon: Yokai, a Japanese-Inspired Hi-Fi Bar from Gozu, Birdbox from Birdsong

The Chatterbox

SoMa Sequels Coming Soon: Yokai, a Japanese-Inspired Hi-Fi Bar from Gozu, Birdbox from Birdsong

A couple new and casual projects are brewing from two higher-end SoMa restaurants, Gozu and Birdsong. Coming in early 2023 from the MZ Dining Group (Ittoryu Gozu) will be YOKAI, a Japanese-inspired, hi-fi bar and restaurant, focused on shareable plates and skewers cooked over binchotan charcoal, like king salmon belly…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

Trifecta of Dumpling Updates from Dumpling Club, United Dumplings, and Dumpling Kitchen

The Chatterbox

Trifecta of Dumpling Updates from Dumpling Club, United Dumplings, and Dumpling Kitchen

During depressing times, it’s nice to have a bunch of dumpling updates, amIrite? First up, Cathay Bi of the wildly popular DUMPLING CLUB subscription service (did you know you can also order them via Pastel!) suddenly announced a pop-up for takeout dumplings at her Mission kitchen last week (she…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

New Openings (and New Management), Plus Presidio Pop Up

The Chatterbox

New Openings (and New Management), Plus Presidio Pop Up

The popular CHUY’S FIESTAS on Folsom has opened CHUY’S FIESTAS TAQUERIA II in the former El Tesoro in the Tendernob. They’re serving tacos on handmade tortillas, vampiros, quesabirrias, quesadillas, burritos (including a new California burrito with fries, and a crispy flat-top burrita, which is always the way…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

Closures Around Town Include Legacy Business Two Jack's Nik's Place

The Chatterbox

Closures Around Town Include Legacy Business Two Jack's Nik's Place

A Lower Haight, Southern seafood staple for 45 years (since 1977!), TWO JACK’S NIK’S PLACE, has sadly closed as of July 14th. Second generation owner Nikki Cooper, who took over 16 years ago, sold the remainder of her lease, but is relocating the staff to the Bayview location…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

Industry Updates About One-Star Google Reviews and SF's Delivery Cap

The Chatterbox

Industry Updates About One-Star Google Reviews and SF's Delivery Cap

In the most recent tablehopper issue, I was the first to report on the flurry of one-star reviews for restaurants happening on Google, with scammers threatening to leave bad reviews daily unless the restaurant sends a Google Play card with the value of $75. Google has been mostly unresponsive to…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

A Few Summertime Events Around the Bay

The Chatterbox

A Few Summertime Events Around the Bay

A few fun events for your radar: Eric Danch from Danch & Granger will be taking over the wine list at The Anchovy Bar on Wednesday August 3rd, pairing classic and one-night only dishes with organic, low-intervention, and native wines from countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 19, 2022

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