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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 Giveaway): Enter to Win Two SF Restaurant Week Dinners (from China Live and Wayfare Tavern)!
The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored Giveaway): Enter to Win Two SF Restaurant Week Dinners (from China Live and Wayfare Tavern)!

San Francisco Restaurant Week is back, running Friday April 9th-Sunday April 18th. This year, a record-breaking number of restaurants in SF will be participating with prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus available for safe, onsite dining, takeout, and delivery. Get out there and support your favorite restaurants while discovering some new-to-you…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Mr. Digby's Bar & Restaurant Opens in Noe Valley
The Lush

Mr. Digby's Bar & Restaurant Opens in Noe Valley

Noe Valley has a new cocktail bar, MR. DIGBY’S, from husband and wife Mike McCaffery (Mission Rock Resort) and Kristen Gianaras McCaffery (Novy). Cocktails range from a Boulevardier to a Garden Gimlet, plus wine and beer. Perhaps even more extensive is the food menu, with pimento cheese dip, steak…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
April  6, 2021 - This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!
Newsletter

April 6, 2021 - This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!

This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!                     Fully feeling uplifting, “we’re back, baby!” vibes during a recent meal at the new Californios. “Smising” so damn hard. Hello hello! For those of you who celebrate Holi and Nowruz and Passover and Easter, I hope your recent celebrations have been…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: viva la primavera!

Hello hello! For those of you who celebrate Holi and Nowruz and Passover and Easter, I hope your recent celebrations have been sweet. This past Sunday’s Easter gathering with vaccinated (!!) family members was especially poignant (I was also looking forward to our family lasagna and roasted capretto and pastiera…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Some Takeout Tips and Treasures for You
The Chatterbox

Some Takeout Tips and Treasures for You

Are you in a takeout rut? Time for you to expand your repertoire with some takeout from a couple chefs who are cooking flavors and dishes from home. Those of you who follow me on Instagram have probably seen my pics of the ramen kits from KIRIMACHI over the past…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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