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The Regular

Established Restaurant Reviews (it's about time we met...) 2006–2022
499 posts
Pera
The Regular

Pera

I’m a big fan of nice, especially when it comes to restaurants. Nice people make food taste better, starting with the nice person who greets you when you walk in, to the nice chef who is in love with making bread, to the nice server pouring your wine. And…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Bluestem Brasserie

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Bluestem Brasserie Stars Sighted * Gipsy Kings * MC Hammer * Matt Kemp * Ben Flajnik * Pat Riley * DeAndre Jordan * Tony Robbins * Clay Hensley * Blake Griffin 1 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco (at Market…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Plate Shop

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Plate Shop Opening in Sausalito Tonight 39 Caledonia St. Sausalito (at Johnson St.) 415-887-9047 plateshop.net $$ Kim Alter, chef Cuisine Features…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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Plum

As soon as I walked into PLUM, Daniel Patterson’s latest restaurant (his third) that has opened in Uptown Oakland, I was like, “Oh, wow.” I immediately wanted to beam it all up and teleport it to SF (sorry, Oakland). Designer Scott Kester’s interior is dramatic, with a suspended…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Zut! on Fourth
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Zut! on Fourth

Like Chapeau! and Garçon! in the city, here’s another French restaurant with an exclamation point in its name, ZUT! ON FOURTH, although this one is located in Berkeley, in the former Eccolo space. As for the name, it’s part of an expression Americans tend to know, zut alors!…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Gather
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Gather

I know, it sounds like such a Berkeley restaurant name, GATHER. And this place (it’s part of the eco-minded David Brower Center) is definitely greener-than-green, from its architecture to its hyper-local/sustainable menu (there’s even a “Source Book” you can request) to the wines that follow a biodynamic/…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Leopold's

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Leopold's Now Open in the Former Antica on Polk 2400 Polk St. San Francisco (at Union St.) 415-474-2000 Cuisine * Austrian * Gastropub * German * Italian Features * Good for Groups * Late-Night…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Ippuku
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Ippuku

You wanna know what’s cool? A gleaming shelf of 24 upside-down (full) bottles of shochu over a bar, poised and ready to get poured into a glass for you—that’s cool. Taking BART into Berkeley and having the restaurant only a block away from the stop—that’s…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Canteen

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Hama-Ko Closing, Canteen Ends Brunch, Closed Tu Lan Plans a Comeback 817 Sutter St. San Francisco (at Jones St.) 415-928-8870 sfcanteen.com $$$ Dennis Leary, chef Cuisine * American (Contemporary) Features * Brunch…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Hibiscus
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Hibiscus

Update (01/24/12): Chef Sarah Kirnon has departed. [Imagine Caribbean accent]: “Oooooh, chile! So good! And spicy! Wooooo! That’s what me hoped it was going to be!” It’s pretty much what my brain was squawking over a couple delicious meals at HIBISCUS, sounding much like Miss Cleo…
Marcia Gagliardi
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