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Izakaya Rintaro

Fires are always awful, but some are more tragic than others: when Chez Spencer experienced a fire in 2013, that was definitely a big loss for SF—I’m not the only one who adored that lofty industrial-chic space, all the way from when it sprung up as Citizen Cake.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 12, 2015

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Liholiho Yacht Club

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * It's Almost Time to Grind, Talk Story, and Get Jag at Liholiho Yacht Club Stars Sighted * Hillary Clinton * Tony Hawk 871 Sutter St. San Francisco (at Leavenworth St.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 18, 2015

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Brenda's Meat & Three

Fried. Bologna. Sandwich. With pimento cheese. When chef Brenda Buenviaje told me about the menu at the new restaurant (BRENDA’S MEAT & THREE) she would be opening with her partner and wife, Libby Truesdell—along with André and Jennifer Larzul—in the former Blue Jay Café, I knew I…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 15, 2015

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Pink Zebra

Some folks color outside the lines, and naming your restaurant something like PINK ZEBRA is your first clue things will be tweaked here. Like chef Jesse Koide’s previous kitchen HQ (Mission Chinese Food), Pink Zebra is a Mission restaurant within a restaurant (Tao Yin). His menu is a funky…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jan 08, 2015

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The Progress

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * An Intimate First Look at The Progress, Opening Within a Week Stars Sighted * Justin Timberlake 1525 Fillmore St. San Francisco (at O'Farrell St.) 415-673-1294 theprogress-sf.com $$$ Stuart Brioza,…

Marcia Gagliardi • Dec 08, 2014

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Causwells

Everyone wants the perfect little neighborhood spot, and some neighborhood joints are so good that we’ll leave our own neighborhood to go to someone else’s. And in the case CAUSWELLS, a place that’s over the hill and in the Lululemon thicket of the Marina that inspired my…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 16, 2014

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ABV

After living in the city for 20 years, you can bet I have done my fair share of drinking in my 20s and 30s along 16th Street (especially at Dalva—and now, in my 40s, I’m so happy to graduate to the Hideout). And eating: I remember when Tokyo…

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 09, 2014

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Chubby Noodle Marina

You ready to chow down and rock out to some ’90s hip-hop? Because that’s what you’re going to be doing at CHUBBY NOODLE MARINA. This 49-seat spot is a brick-and-mortar version of the permanent Chubby Noodle pop-up inside Amante in North Beach (although the menu at the Marina…

Marcia Gagliardi • Sep 04, 2014

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Great China

When I was researching places to include in my guidebook some years ago, my fab publicist pal Birdie—a longtime Berkeley resident—introduced me to GREAT CHINA. She was surprised I hadn’t been yet, especially considering what a knockout yet crazy-affordable wine list they had (she’s my Champagne…

Marcia Gagliardi • Aug 14, 2014

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Dirty Habit

I’m the first to admit it (and I was pretty clear from the beginning) that I hated the name of DIRTY HABIT, the new incarnation of the former Fifth Floor space at the Hotel Palomar. And you know what? I still don’t like the name. I have zero…

Marcia Gagliardi • Jul 17, 2014

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