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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.

Openings This Week: Hahdough in Nopa, Taco Boys in the Castro

The Chatterbox

Openings This Week: Hahdough in Nopa, Taco Boys in the Castro

Back in June, I wrote about HAHDOUGH’s upcoming brick-and-mortar bakery, and now Nopa can claim a German bakery to the neighborhood’s roster of cool businesses. To recap, it’s from baker Ha Do, known for her stand at the Inner Sunset and San Mateo farmers’ markets. She has…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

Restaurant Updates, Tweaks, New Hours, Service, and More

The Chatterbox

Restaurant Updates, Tweaks, New Hours, Service, and More

There are some restaurant changes and tweaks happening, starting with PRAIRIE in the Mission—chef Anthony Strong is pivoting to highlight even more of a live-fire format on his menu (check it out) and there’s a new dining experience in their new private dining room: The Campfire Room. It’…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

The Starlet

Lady Gaga

Stupid Fun March 12, 2020 If you’re going to have a star sighting to lighten up the current mood, it may as well be the fabulous Lady Gaga, who mugged for the camera with chef Dominique Crenn (and gave her a cute smooch) in the kitchen of BAR CRENN…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

The Starlet

Stupid Fun

If you’re going to have a star sighting to lighten up the current mood, it may as well be the fabulous Lady Gaga, who mugged for the camera with chef Dominique Crenn (and gave her a cute smooch) in the kitchen of BAR CRENN over the weekend. Gaga reportedly…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

The Starlet

Lady Gaga

Stupid Fun March 12, 2020 If you’re going to have a star sighting to lighten up the current mood, it may as well be the fabulous Lady Gaga, who mugged for the camera with chef Dominique Crenn (and gave her a cute smooch) in the kitchen of BAR CRENN…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

Closures All Over the City, from James Beard Winners to Beloved Pubs

The Chatterbox

Closures All Over the City, from James Beard Winners to Beloved Pubs

There are some unfortunate closures to announce: ~BAR AGRICOLE~ is closing on April 15th, after ten years in their award-winning and beautifully designed SoMa space. What they didn’t mention in their newsletter is they are moving to a “luxury residential complex at 1550 Mission St., in late 2020” (via…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

Oakland Bar Updates: Sobre Mesa Opens, While NIMBY Neighbors Close Here's How Bar

The Lush

Oakland Bar Updates: Sobre Mesa Opens, While NIMBY Neighbors Close Here's How Bar

¡Hola, hermosa! Chef Nelson German of alaMar Kitchen & Bar has just opened SOBRE MESA in downtown Oakland, an Afro-Latino cocktail lounge that is a spacious, tropical oasis inspired by the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other Latin countries. Chef German says he wants guests to feel like they’…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 12, 2020

This week's tablehopper: quesa-beeria.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: quesa-beeria.

Hi. Sorry this is a couple days late, but to be honest, someone has been a little distracted lately. I also had to unexpectedly spend my Tuesday at the Fiat dealership waiting for my little brat of a car to get fixed (Fix It Again Tony, it’s the truth)…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 11, 2020

After the Fire: Hong Kong Lounge II Is Returning as Hong Kong Lounge Bistro in SoMa!

The Chatterbox

After the Fire: Hong Kong Lounge II Is Returning as Hong Kong Lounge Bistro in SoMa!

Thanks to an eagle-eyed tablehopper reader (thanks Alex!), I learned that a business named HONG KONG LOUNGE BISTRO is coming to the 99 Rausch condominium development in SoMa. Yes, big cheer, it’s from the same owner (Annie Ho) of the beloved Hong Kong Lounge II formerly at 5322 Geary,…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2020

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