This week’s tablehopper: first look at SAAM’s 🇹🇭 menu (opening tonight!), help save Tommaso’s 🍕 from eviction, weekend salt 🧂 and wine 🍷 tastings, and a deep dive on Goman’s Gay 90’s 👠 and the Barbary Coast in the archivist. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: summer shorts. (free)

First look at SAAM’s 🇹🇭 menu (opening tonight!), help save Tommaso’s 🍕 from eviction, weekend salt 🧂 and wine 🍷 tastings, and a deep dive on Goman’s Gay 90’s 👠 and the Barbary Coast in the archivist.

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This week’s tablehopper: news from Leo’s Oyster Bar and Pasta Supply Co 🍝; special tomato 🍅 dishes are here; win passes to this summer’s coolest indie wine 🍷 event; the SF Pizza 🍕, Bagel, & Beer Festival returns; and more North Beach updates. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: pomodoro time. (free)

News from Leo’s Oyster Bar and Pasta Supply Co 🍝; special tomato 🍅 dishes are here; win passes to this summer’s coolest indie wine 🍷 event; the SF Pizza 🍕, Bagel, & Beer Festival returns; and more Nor...

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🎉GIVEAWAY!🎉 Enter to win 1️⃣ pair of weekend passes to the @unfilteredwinefestival 🍷 at @donkeyandgoat winery in Berkeley July 25–26. 2 days of 60+ of California’s most compelling indie winemakers, cool panels, delish food, music, and great people! How to enter: www.instagram.com/p/Da52aFJD_p...

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The Vegan Empire That Traded Oat Milk for Cattle Ranching

After building a plant-based-restaurant empire, the brood behind Café Gratitude has bet on meat—and MAHA ideals.

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Hola! This Sunday, I’ll be moderating 𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘼 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, a panel discussion about music and mental health, with legendary Bay Area saxophonists Eddie M. (Prince), Dave Ellis (RatDog), Jessica Jones (Don Cherry), and Howard Wiley (E-40). This event is also FREE! Reserve your space here: bit.ly/4yhfsfn

This week’s tablehopper: summer dishes 🍑 and special menus, a Cal-Italian wine 🍷 event, cheers to two new brewery/taproom projects 🍻, some casual openings, and SF’s first Aussie-style handroll shop is coming! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: a first look at Bruno’s Italian Taste, bringing authentic Southern Italian 🌶️ flavor to SF, plus a bunch of news bites around the Bay, and an equipment sale from Recchiuti Confections. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

Awwww, Frog and Toad! www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

“Frog and Toad”: An Amphibious Celebration of Same-Sex Love

The illustrated children’s-book series endures as a classic. Was it also the author’s attempt to come out?

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This week’s tablehopper: raising a glass to Jeannette Etheredge, Bar Brucato is sadly closing, The DeLuxe 🍸🎶 is open, changes at Golden Focaccia (and other news bites), Father’s Day meals, a starlet, and more! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: cash only. (free)

Raising a glass to Jeannette Etheredge, Bar Brucato is sadly closing, The DeLuxe 🍸🎶 is open, changes at Golden Focaccia (and other news bites), Father’s Day meals, a starlet, and more!

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A reminder for my fellow self-employed friends: tax quarterlies are due! 😑💸

This week’s tablehopper: Tasty bites: a new focaccia shop 🇮🇹, Esme is softly opening on Divis, bánh mì from an SF favorite, World Cup ⚽️, and score a discount on special events (UNFILTERED 🥂 and SF Mag’s Best of the Bay). www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: sun’s out, buns out. (free)

Tasty bites: a new focaccia shop 🇮🇹, Esme is softly opening on Divis, bánh mì from an SF favorite, World Cup ⚽️, and score a discount on special events (UNFILTERED 🥂 and SF Mag’s Best of the Bay).

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Did you catch this past weekend's tablehopper? Supporting subscriber exclusive: a first look at Bar Malone’s 🍸, big news from Noodle in a Haystack 🍜, new openings (and sad longtime closures), Juneteenth on the Waterfront, and so many ways to celebrate Pride. 🌈 www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: no shrinking violets. (free)

Supporting subscriber exclusive: a first look at Bar Malone’s 🍸, big news from Noodle in a Haystack 🍜, new openings (and sad longtime closures), Juneteenth on the Waterfront, and so many ways to celeb...

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This week’s tablehopper: another slice of New York. The second half of my New York recap (including Le Veau d’Or and Raoul’s 🍸), and my daytrip to BottleRock! 🎶 www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

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ASK E. JEAN | OFFICIAL TRAILER

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This week's newsletter! New openings (bakeries 🥐 and breakfast spots and Vietnamese projects), coffee news (plus another ☕️ competition presentation at The Wild Fox), deals on Wine Fare 🥂 tickets, SF AAPI Cocktail Week 🍹, and more! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

FYI for high fliers 😎: TSA quietly updates policy on bringing marijuana through security www.sfgate.com/cannabis/art... via @leddder.bsky.social @sfgate.com

TSA quietly updates policy on bringing marijuana through security

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This week’s tablehopper: Arabella’s cocktail salon 🍸 and Hardware Coffee Co. ☕️ are open, Ristobar is closing, part one of my jetsetter piece about New York 🗽, a subscriber giveaway to see Underworld 🪩, and a pretty woman star sighting. 🤩 www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

Brad Kilgore’s trio of restaurants (including ama) at the Transamerica Pyramid Center suddenly close, subscribers get a first look at a new trattoria, the Inner Richmond scores Kitchen Commons 🍳 and Rose Pizzeria 🍕, Mother’s Day 💐 inspo, and DJ Harvey! 🪩 www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

New openings—from Maillards 🍔 to Indian curries to matcha 🍵 clouds—plus Lamb Jam, Fior d’Italia turns 140 🎂, Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience 🍷, special-priced menus, and more! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: any way you slice it. (free)

New openings—from Maillards 🍔 to Indian curries to matcha 🍵 clouds—plus Lamb Jam, Fior d’Italia turns 140 🎂, Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience 🍷, special-priced menus, and more!

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🍽️ Giveaway Alert! 🍽️ Throughout April, SF chefs (Reem’s California, Abacá, Canela, The Vault Steakhouse, Bosco) are serving American lamb dishes for Lamb Jam. Taste + vote for your fave thru 4/30! Enter to win a $100 gift card to a participating restaurant here: www.instagram.com/p/DXaSNBJj1r...

SF stories: El Faro 🌯, a new Vietnamese specialty coffee ☕️ shop, a kitchen table book from Faith Wheeler, Brucato’s spring release, and highlights of the upcoming Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience🍷. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: puffy clouds. (free)

SF stories: El Faro 🌯, a new Vietnamese specialty coffee ☕️ shop, a kitchen table book from Faith Wheeler, Brucato’s spring release, and highlights of the upcoming Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience🍷.

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THE BEST! Great interview. So fun. Filmmaking legend dishes the dirt about his SF apartment, taking LSD and people-watching www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...

Movie legend tells all about his SF apartment, taking LSD and people-watching

"My inspiration comes from being alive and spying on people."

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New openings: homestyle Thai 🇹🇭 and Hologram café ☕️ + bistro, an upcoming project from Caché 🐟, tasty tonkatsu, where to go for SF Restaurant Week 🍽️, new cookbook events, and a ticket 🎟️ giveaway! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week: treat yourself to a sushi bento box from Dining Yamamoto, don't miss the SF Restaurant Week 🍽️ giveaway, and two upcoming 1906 Quake ⚡️ anniversary events! www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: an early visit to Dining Yamamoto for top-quality 🍣 bento 🍱 boxes from a sushi pro, Easter 🐣brunches and traditional treats, new openings, SF Restaurant Week 🍽️ giveaway, 1906 Quake ⚡️ history events, and more. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: hop to trot. (free)

An early visit to Dining Yamamoto for top-quality 🍣 bento 🍱 boxes from a sushi pro, Easter 🐣brunches and traditional treats, new openings, SF Restaurant Week 🍽️ giveaway, 1906 Quake ⚡️ anniversary eve...

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This week’s tablehopper: a new chef and upgraded menu at Izzy’s 🥩, truly fantastic falafel 🥙 at Falafelland’s new location, Passover picks, a special Sunday collab dinner at Meski, Wine Fare 🥂, and more. www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

Love this format! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

It’s Not Quite Dinner or a Cocktail Party, but It’s All the Rage.

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This week’s tablehopper: deep purple. (free) www.tablehopper.com/newsletter/t...

This week’s tablehopper: deep purple. (free)

Now open: Clementina 🍊, Grand Lake Kitchen Noe Valley, and Lobalita, plus a new Basque-style cheesecake, a pizza 🍕 party, a sunset cruise 🛥️ for The Bay Lights, and more.

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pretty good candid shot of me 😌 via: @tablehopper.bsky.social