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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): Enter to Win Tickets to Cheese, Bites, & Booze at the Artisan Cheese Festival!

The Sugar Mama

(Sponsored): Enter to Win Tickets to Cheese, Bites, & Booze at the Artisan Cheese Festival!

Cheese, cheese, and more cheese…here’s your chance to enter to win a pair of tickets to Cheese, Bites & Booze! on Saturday March 28th at the 14th annual California Artisan Cheese Festival in Santa Rosa! This walk-around tasting is where the cheesemakers, chefs, and cheesemongers will be featuring…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 25, 2020

This week's tablehopper: love and quiches.

What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: love and quiches.

Howdy! It’s another sunny day in SF…here’s wishing you a happy Mardi Gras! [throwing beads at you] I’m so looking forward to celebrating tablehopper’s 14th birthday with you at the soon-to-open Lily this Friday evening, with a glass of Champagne Henriot in hand! Tickets are…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 24, 2020

Chef Rob Lam Opening Lily on Clement Street, an Homage to His Vietnamese Heritage

The Chatterbox

Chef Rob Lam Opening Lily on Clement Street, an Homage to His Vietnamese Heritage

I am thrilled to announce the news that chef Rob Lam (Perle, Butterfly) is going to be opening a Vietnamese restaurant on Clement Street in the Inner Richmond, partnering with landowners Lily (Hue) Lieu and her sister, Lucy Lieu. It’s going to be called LILY, and they plan to…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 11, 2020

Celebrate tablehopper's 14th Birthday Over a Vietnamese Feast at Lily with Champagne Henriot

The Chatterbox

Celebrate tablehopper's 14th Birthday Over a Vietnamese Feast at Lily with Champagne Henriot

SOLD OUT! TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST, PLEASE EMAIL MARCIA. Can you believe tablehopper is turning fourteen? Crazy. Of course, I love any reason to celebrate and get together, but this birthday party is going to be extra-special, because it’s all about following your heart (and talent). As…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 11, 2020

Shake Shack and Indie Superette Open in Cow Hollow, Dumpling Time at Chase Center

The Chatterbox

Shake Shack and Indie Superette Open in Cow Hollow, Dumpling Time at Chase Center

The lines are already way too long at the first location of SHAKE SHACK in San Francisco, now open in Cow Hollow. The New York import is known for their classic burgers, chicken sandwiches, griddled flat-top dogs (no hormones or antibiotics), and crinkle cut fries, and something that isn’t…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 11, 2020

News Bits: Tartine Workers Try to Unionize, Niku Star Staff Hires

The Chatterbox

News Bits: Tartine Workers Try to Unionize, Niku Star Staff Hires

Some big news came out last week that Tartine Bakery workers (at the original Tartine Bakery in SF, Tartine Manufactory, Tartine Inner Sunset, and Tartine in Berkeley) were trying to unionize in pursuit of better pay, job protection, and more—read the Chronicle story here. The latest update is Tartine…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 11, 2020

Closures Include Barcino, Slurp Noodle Bar, San Tung 2, and Robberbaron (Temporarily)

The Chatterbox

Closures Include Barcino, Slurp Noodle Bar, San Tung 2, and Robberbaron (Temporarily)

After many years of running a restaurant at Gough and Grove, The Absinthe Group announced they’re closing BARCINO on February 15th. The team is going to be focused instead on opening ARBOR in the former Arlequin Cafe space; Barcino chef de cuisine Kaili Hill and general manager Michael Goss…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 11, 2020

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