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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.

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

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

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

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

This week's tablehopper: neither here nor there.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: neither here nor there.

Hello, friends! I’m back from three glorious weeks in Croatia and a month away from writing the newsletter. Ahhhhhh. It was deeply restorative to step away from the grind and my overflowing inboxes and DMs and the always bullshit foggy/windy SF July and have such a stunning change…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 09, 2021

Openings: Empress by Boon in Chinatown, Chao Pescao, Palm City, Luna

The Chatterbox

Openings: Empress by Boon in Chinatown, Chao Pescao, Palm City, Luna

On Friday evening, I was able to take the elevator once again to the top floor to admire the unique views from EMPRESS BY BOON in Chinatown, previously The Empress of China, a banquet hall that also had an awesome lounge where I’d take out-of-town guests for an “only…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 22, 2021

Hayes Valley Updates: 20th Century Cafe Sets Closing Date (and Four Barrel Is Moving In With Loquat), New Taker for The Riddler Space

The Chatterbox

Hayes Valley Updates: 20th Century Cafe Sets Closing Date (and Four Barrel Is Moving In With Loquat), New Taker for The Riddler Space

Well, the moment has arrived: owner Michelle Polzine of ~20TH CENTURY CAFE~ has announced the last day of business at the café: Saturday July 10th. (Just in case you missed the how and why, you can read her original note about her decision to close here.) You can still try…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 22, 2021

Changes and Openings and Closures in the Namu World

The Chatterbox

Changes and Openings and Closures in the Namu World

The pandemic sure continues to wreak some havoc on our restaurant scene, and it definitely caused some big changes in the Namu restaurant group. The team has been making some updates on their Instagram account, including announcing the closure of Namu Stonepot on Divisadero (ugh, I will miss their stonepot…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Jun 22, 2021

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