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Closures and Departures

This is always the section I wish I didn’t have to write. MAGNOLIA BREWING COMPANY (which New Belgium took over in 2018) announced the closure of the Magnolia Dogpatch location on Instagram: “COVID-19 has been a huge challenge for every hospitality business, including ours. When it came time to…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 01, 2022

Che Bello Yellow: Bar Piccino Is Opening in the Yellow Building in Dogpatch, Plus More Updates

A number of exciting things are in the works with the Piccino team in Dogpatch, starting with the upcoming BAR PICCINO, slated to open just before summer begins. This spacious and stylish project is opening in the vacant MAC space in the Yellow Building, just next to the restaurant. It’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 01, 2022

March 1, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: marching forward.

This week's tablehopper: marching forward. The breathtaking view from the new Kaiyo Rooftop in SoMa. Order the aptly named (and pisco sour-ish) The Wind Rises. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello friends. Wow, it’s already a new month. How are you hanging in there? This past week’s world…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 28, 2022

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This week's tablehopper: marching forward.

Hello friends. Wow, it’s already a new month. How are you hanging in there? This past week’s world news has been brutal to watch and process, and has definitely flattened out my usual effervescence, so please excuse the absence of my typical sass this week. I’m also…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 28, 2022

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Taishoken Is Bringing Their Famed Tsukemen and Ramen to San Francisco!

I’m thrilled to share the VERY exciting news that TAISHOKEN, the iconic tsukemen and ramen shop brand in Japan, will be opening their second U.S. location in San Francisco (they opened their first shop in San Mateo in 2019). Tsukemen—the dipping of cold noodles into hot broth—…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 15, 2022

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Reopenings (Flour + Water, Fort Point Valencia) and Moves (Lazy Susan) and Expansions (Kaiyo Rooftop)

If you follow me on Instagram, then you already know that FLOUR+WATER has reopened after a refreshed interior (after 12 years, we all need a makeover!) and updated menu from co-chefs Thomas McNaughton and Ryan Pollnow. Take a peek at the menu, with new appetizers from the grill (like…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 15, 2022

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New Openings Include Taksim, Mixiote, Wabi-Sabi SF, Chadwick's

Fellow fans of Turkish cuisine will be excited to hear about TAKSIM, a newly opened, upscale, modern Mediterranean restaurant from the Lokma team in the former Cockscomb in SoMa. (Anyone who has been to Istanbul will recognize the name, a famous square in the hip Beyoğlu neighborhood.) You can check…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 15, 2022

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Coming Soon: Midnite Bagel Shop, Off the Grid Fort Mason Returns in April

There’s a new bagel shop coming to the Inner Sunset from MIDNITE BAGEL founder Nick Beitcher (he was the lead baker at Tartine Bakery for five years). Eater reports he’ll still be baking his creative, tangy, whole-grain sourdough bagels out of his commissary space in Dogpatch, and will…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 15, 2022

February 15, 2022 - This week's tablehopper: fake spring.

This week's tablehopper: fake spring. Onion and white pearl course at Atelier Crenn (with the most magical French onion soup broth on the side). Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. I know Fortuna and I are not the only ones happy to see the sun come back today after…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 14, 2022

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Closures and Departures

Che Bello Yellow: Bar Piccino Is Opening in the Yellow Building in Dogpatch, Plus More Updates

This week's tablehopper: marching forward.

Taishoken Is Bringing Their Famed Tsukemen and Ramen to San Francisco!

Reopenings (Flour + Water, Fort Point Valencia) and Moves (Lazy Susan) and Expansions (Kaiyo Rooftop)

New Openings Include Taksim, Mixiote, Wabi-Sabi SF, Chadwick's

Coming Soon: Midnite Bagel Shop, Off the Grid Fort Mason Returns in April