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Table Talk: Retro Vibes at a New Mission Bar, On a Steak Out, Fab Food Events
Thanks for reading my first column for Bay Area Bites! I’m so thrilled to write for KQED on a weekly basis. I have been writing the tablehopper column since 2006, covering the SF Bay Area dining and...
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Table Talk: Sunday Nights Are Now Meat & Three Time, a Top Tempura Chef from...
Thanks for the warm welcome to Bay Area Bites! Last week was the debut of my first weekly Table Talk column, and I’m happy to be here with restaurant news, tips, and updates for you every Monday. This...
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Buzzy Valencia Street Gets a Swinging 60s Addition With The Beehive’s Debut
The Beehive is a groovy trip back to the 60s in the Mission’s former Range location Is there such a thing as “groovy cuisine”? I’m not talking about psychedelic-themed Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavors...
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Table Talk: Enjoy Being Outside with Presidio Twilight, Mother’s Day Picks...
Rain is less and less in the forecast, so it’s a good time to eat alfresco at Presidio Twilight on Thursdays or Presidio Picnic on Sundays. There’s also the new rooftop bar from Twenty Five Lusk in...
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Homework Means Celebrating on School Nights With the Dogpatch’s New...
With a menu designed by Traci Des Jardins and cocktails from Enrique Sanchez, School Night is an Intriguing Private Event Space and Weeknights-Only Bar Hybrid Experiment in the Dogpatch At first...
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Guide: Take a Deep Dive into 6 New Bay Area Restaurants
Recently, there’s been an amazing number of new restaurants springing up in the Bay Area. To celebrate the season we visited five spots in San Francisco and one in Berkeley to explore the food, drink,...
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Table Talk: Visit the Newly Opened Stonemill Matcha and Cento Osteria, Enjoy...
This week brings two exciting and rather delicious new openings (Stonemill Matcha on Valencia and Cento Osteria on the Embarcadero), plus a special visit from food writer Diana Henry to celebrate her...
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Table Talk: SF Summer Means BBQ and the Borsch Mobile
This week, let’s visit the Borsch Mobile (beef tongue sandwich lovers, take note!), and you’ll want to mark your calendar for CUESA’s 25th Birthday Bash, plus a dumpling party at Dumpling Time, summer...
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Birdsong Provides a Fine Dining High Note for SoMa
Husband-and-wife couple Chris Bleidorn and Aarti Shetty make their ambitious debut as restaurant owners — with hints of the serene Pacific Northwest — in a stunning SoMa dining room at Birdsong Like...
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Merchant Roots’ Daytime Grocer and Imaginative Nighttime Tasting Menu Table...
With all kinds of homemade foods from preserves to pastas to focaccia offered in the daytime and a Table full of constantly changing creative themes in the evening, Merchant Roots is a tiny space with...
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Table Talk: Meet the Rebranded Ritu, Get Ready for The Feast, Father’s Day Deals
This week’s Table Talk takes a look at the rebranded Ritu Indian Soul Food (formerly Dum), Alexander’s Steakhouse launches The Feast, check out these fun (and tasty) Father’s Day deals, don’t miss a...
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Table Talk: It’s Time for Rosé and Tacos and Cake and Amatriciana Pizza
This week’s highlights should feel a bit summery with news about the Tacolicious guest chef taco lineup and a rosé tasting, plus there’s the Refugee Food Festival, an all-cake dessert menu at Bluestem...
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5 Ways to Celebrate Pride Month with Food and Drink
With Pride month in full effect, there’s so much LGBTQ history to be celebrated in the Bay Area. In that spirit, restaurants and eateries all over the city are channeling that history into delicious...
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Table Talk: All Kinds of Tastings and Alfresco Events Around the Bay
This week’s Table Talk features a pinot noir and pork party, a special Calistoga AVA wine tasting, where to find a fantastic happy hour with $5 cocktails and bites, a unique outdoor event in West Marin...
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5 Savory San Francisco Summer Treats (that aren’t Ice Cream)
With summer upon us, there’s a lot more to indulge in beyond ice cream. Savory dishes deserve their own spotlight during the summer heat. As the weather heats up (well as much as it can for San...
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Craving Vegetarian/Vegan Lunch in San Francisco’s Mission
Vegetarian and vegan restaurants are abundant in the Bay Area where people tend to be conscious of the benefits of plant-based diets. Besides potential health benefits there are the ethical issues of...
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Five La Cocina Graduates Who Now Have Brick-and-Mortar Food Businesses
When you step inside the Outer Mission complex that houses the La Cocina food business incubator kitchen and offices on a regular weekday afternoon, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the busy chefs, the...
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5 Drinks to Drink When You’re Not Drinking
Whether you’re trying to cut out alcohol from your diet for health reasons or are sober and just don’t drink, period, grabbing a drink with friends after work can be tough when everyone else is...
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Fad Or The Future? Robot-Made Burgers Wow The Crowds In San Francisco
An audience gathers around the transparent 14-foot-long “culinary instrument” in a restaurant called Creator in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. Brioche buns are sliced, buttered and toasted by...
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Table Talk: September Is Full of Great Food Events…and Tequila!
Your September calendar is going to fill up with some fab food events, including the SF Cheese Fest, Eat Real Festival in Oakland, a special INFORUM talk with chef José Andrés, an Agave Girls night of...
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