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The Morris
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The Morris

There are some moments that really make me happy as a restaurant columnist, and seeing someone open their lifelong dream place is pretty high on the list. As a somm, Paul Einbund has poured me countless glasses of wine at many restaurants over the years, and I’ve been tracking…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Pinoy Heritage (Pop-Up)
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Pinoy Heritage (Pop-Up)

There’s a quality ongoing pop-up I wanted to be sure you have on your radar: PINOY HERITAGE, from chef Francis Ang and his wife, Dian. You may recognize Francis as the former executive pastry chef from Fifth Floor, and who was then executive sous chef and pastry chef for…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Motze
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Motze

Some restaurants just aren’t like the others. They may have a challenging name to pronounce (Coi comes to mind), or serve hard-to-classify food (e.g., The Progress), or just have such a quirky format that you surrender and roll with it (like the early days of Mission Chinese Food)…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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China Live

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Book Your Ticket for a tablehopper Preview Experience at China Live! 644 Broadway, San Francisco (at Grant Ave.) 415-788-8188 chinalivesf.com Cuisine * Chinese Features * Good for Groups * Lunch * Bar…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
In Situ
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In Situ

In our current food-world dynamic of always chasing what’s new (“Oooh, yeah, I had that dish, ‘grammed it, what’s next?!”), with diners traveling the world to check off a Michelin-rated or World’s 50 Best Restaurant chef’s signature dish, a restaurant like ~IN SITU~ perfectly feeds that…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Postcards from La Costiera
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Postcards from La Costiera

The rotating playlist of hits keep coming out of the Mina Test Kitchen, with the latest incarnation, ~POSTCARDS FROM LA COSTIERA~, paying homage to a culinary research trip chef Adam Sobel took all over Italy with Michael Mina last year. Like earlier MTK pop-ups, it’s a prix-fixe and family-style…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
R.T.B.
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R.T.B.

There are many pop-ups that circulate through our city on nights when restaurants are closed, and one unexpected location is Dabba in the Financial District, a fast-casual daytime place which plays host to the pop-up ~R.T.B.~, serving 30-35 guests from Friday to Monday evenings. It’s a mightily…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
El Buen Comer
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El Buen Comer

The family business, there’s nothing that feels like it. And ~EL BUEN COMER~ is definitely a family affair, with chef Isabel Caudillo cooking and her husband expediting, and their sons and daughters-in-law working alongside them. Caudillo is a La Cocina graduate, and this is her first brick-and-mortar location, a…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Tawla
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Tawla

Anyone who has a well-thumbed and stained copy of Plenty and Plenty More and Jerusalem, who knows their musaka from their maqluba and mujadara, will really enjoy poring over the extensive menu at ~TAWLA~, an Eastern Mediterranean restaurant in the Mission. And even if you don’t know these dishes,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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Volta

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * New La Fromagerie Happy Hour, Barzotto Launches Brunch, Volta Drops Lunch Stars Sighted * Conan O'Brien This place is now closed. 868 Mission St. San Francisco (at 5th St.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
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