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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: pages from my Croatia notebook.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: pages from my Croatia notebook.

Hi there. Don’t check your calendar, it’s Wednesday—yup, I’m a day late with this thing. But you’ll soon see why—I have been burning up my keyboard typing up my two Croatia recaps for you! (7,500 words total and counting…whew.) I know a…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 24, 2021

Openings: Restaurant Nisei, Cathay House, Antonio's Italian Pastries, Fluid Cooperative Cafe

The Chatterbox

Openings: Restaurant Nisei, Cathay House, Antonio's Italian Pastries, Fluid Cooperative Cafe

Quick heads up that RESTAURANT NISEI is planning to open in their brand-new Russian Hill location (previously La Folie) on August 18th, and they have released reservations to try their 12-course tasting menu ($157) that explores Japanese, homestyle, washoku cuisine with California seasonality and ingredients. Stand by for more details…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

Closures and Reconcepting at Lord Stanley and Michael Mina, All-New Black Cat

The Chatterbox

Closures and Reconcepting at Lord Stanley and Michael Mina, All-New Black Cat

After a pandemic season of changes, from running their takeout window to collaborative meals like Lord Jiu’s, LORD STANLEY’s husband-and-wife owners and chefs Rupert and Carrie Blease are transforming the restaurant into Turntable at Lord Stanley this fall. They are going to host world-renowned and up-and-coming chefs to…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

Linden & Laguna Wine Bar Now Open in Former The Riddler, and Meet Millay

The Chatterbox

Linden & Laguna Wine Bar Now Open in Former The Riddler, and Meet Millay

Back in June, I mentioned LINDEN & LAGUNA was taking over the former The Riddler, and it’s now softly open. Owner Chris Nickolopoulos (of Maritime Wine Trading Collective, a boutique wine import, production, and distribution company based in San Francisco) has updated the space which feels a bit more…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

Updates: Hayes Street Grill Returns, Town Hall Relaunches Lunch and Brunch, Full Liquor Coming to Uma Casa, Happy Hour at Causwells

The Chatterbox

Updates: Hayes Street Grill Returns, Town Hall Relaunches Lunch and Brunch, Full Liquor Coming to Uma Casa, Happy Hour at Causwells

I was happy to receive the email about Patricia Unterman’s HAYES STREET GRILL’s reopening, serving lunch Friday 11:30am-2:30pm and dinner 5pm-9pm, an all-day menu Sat 11:30am-5pm and then dinner until 9pm, and Sun 12pm-6pm—they’re also opening for performance nights on Thursdays, so check…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

Closures and Changes in the Namu Restaurant Group

The Chatterbox

Closures and Changes in the Namu Restaurant Group

A quick follow-up from my previous post about things happening in the Namu Restaurant Group. I wasn’t given clearance to write about it before I left, but the brothers converted the former Namu Stonepot on Divisadero into a stealth Sunset Squares pizza shop, offering both their square and round…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

New Casual Bites and Openings Around SF

The Chatterbox

New Casual Bites and Openings Around SF

Hoodline announced that HOT JOHNNIE’S is now open in the former Nizario’s Pizza in the Castro (and an adjoining space), slinging house-smoked pastrami sandwiches (for $20 a pop—at that price, I’d love to at least see on the menu where chef-owner Jonathan Young is sourcing the…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

The Sherwood, a Swanky New Bar Is Open in West Portal

The Lush

The Sherwood, a Swanky New Bar Is Open in West Portal

The former Portal’s Tavern in West Portal has been transformed into THE SHERWOOD, sloughing off its dive bar patina and now restored to highlight its 1939 bone structure, the oldest bar space in the West Portal area. The owners (Foli Media) utilized local craftspeople for every aspect of the…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

Boozy Updates: Redwood Room Reopens, PCH Moving, Afterwork Bar, Trade Routes

The Lush

Boozy Updates: Redwood Room Reopens, PCH Moving, Afterwork Bar, Trade Routes

The REDWOOD ROOM reopened at The Clift Royal Sonesta, with a revitalized look (new Art Deco-inspired furniture, flooring, lighting, and wall art). Fun tidbit: the original Gustav Klimt paintings (reproductions created by students of Klimt, under his direction) were uncovered onsite during the hotel renovations and have been painstakingly restored…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2021

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