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The Chatterbox

Closures (Both Temporary and Permanent) Include Prairie, Great Gold, Serpentine, Anchor & Hope, 4505 Oakland, and More

Man, we have some tough closures to announce. Some are sadly permanent, while others are going into hibernation to reconcept and try to ride this out until indoor dining returns. One of the quickest places (if not the first) to flip from a restaurant to a fully stocked general store/…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 11, 2020

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Enter to Win a Sunny Brunch for Two at Scopo Divino

Award-winning wine bar and home of the famous Bergey Burger, Scopo Divino is now serving brunch on their spacious and sunny sidewalk, featuring bottomless mimosas, freshly shucked raw oysters (perfect with their many sparkling wines!), fried chicken and waffles, a decadent breakfast croissant, banana pudding, brunch cocktails, and much more.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 11, 2020

August 11, 2020 - This week's newsletter: one day at a time.

This week's tablehopper: one day at a time. The latest Chef Shuffle spread (Spanish tapas from Nick Rappaport). I’ll be sharing details on Instagram shortly. Check out this coming Sunday’s chef and menu at @chef.shuffle. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hi gang, how are you doing with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2020

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: one day at a time.

Hi gang, how are you doing with this lame Fogust weather? One minute on Saturday I was enjoying the sun in Alamo Square with a friend, and about ten minutes later we got practically blown off the green with the wind and fog. So. Rude. It’s making things extra-brutal…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 10, 2020

The Chatterbox

Coming to the Former Hillside Supper Club in Bernal: Marlena Restaurant

Great news for neighbors and fans of the former Hillside Supper Club: a couple is going to breathe new life into the space, Serena Chow Fisher and her husband David Fisher, opening MARLENA RESTAURANT. Serena will head pastry and front of house, while David is the chef. His background in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

The Chatterbox

Quick Reopening Updates: St. Francis Fountain, Trattoria Bruno, Nyum Bai, More

First, I just have to share how happy I am to see that ST. FRANCIS FOUNTAIN is back open—it didn’t look good for a minute there…and things are still precarious for ALL restaurants. Please support this treasured SF diner (since 1918—yes, during the last pandemic!) with…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Barvale, Izakaya Roku, Osteria Stellina, and Fallout From the SOMA Fire

After two-and-and-half years on the Divisadero Corridor, BARVALE has decided to close, and in a couple weeks, the Back of the House restaurant group will be opening a pop-up location of Beretta. Hoodline has further details: the menu will be pretty much identical to the original on Valencia (antipasti, pizza,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 28, 2020

July 28, 2020 - This week's newsletter: box it up.

This week's tablehopper: box it up. A recent Restaurant Nisei bento box—read all about what’s inside it on Instagram! Photo: © tablehopper.com. Hello, friends. Whew, it has been a busy morning checking in on people after that horrible five-alarm fire in SoMa in SF this morning.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 27, 2020

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: box it up.

Hello, friends. Whew, it has been a busy morning checking in on people after that horrible five-alarm fire in SoMa in SF this morning. Thank goodness everyone is safe, but there have definitely been some business losses, ugh. I have an update in the chatterbox below. Here’s hoping we…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 27, 2020

The Chatterbox

New Openings Include Summer at Saint Joe's, Nopalito 18th Street, Arbor

The reopening of TOSCA in North Beach under chef Nancy Oakes, Anna Weinberg, and Ken Fulk was happening in takeout boxes, but they smartly decided to pivot the party to the garden courtyard of Ken Fulk’s Saint Joseph’s Art Society in SoMa. Called Summer at Saint Joe’s,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 21, 2020

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Closures (Both Temporary and Permanent) Include Prairie, Great Gold, Serpentine, Anchor & Hope, 4505 Oakland, and More

(Sponsored): Enter to Win a Sunny Brunch for Two at Scopo Divino

This week's tablehopper: one day at a time.

Coming to the Former Hillside Supper Club in Bernal: Marlena Restaurant

Quick Reopening Updates: St. Francis Fountain, Trattoria Bruno, Nyum Bai, More

Closures Include Barvale, Izakaya Roku, Osteria Stellina, and Fallout From the SOMA Fire

This week's tablehopper: box it up.

New Openings Include Summer at Saint Joe's, Nopalito 18th Street, Arbor