Cheers to 20 years! 🥂 I kicked off the first in a series of tablehopper 20th anniversary events with a preview party 🎉 at the soon-to-reopen 15 Romolo—take a first look inside, read all about the upda...

Twenty-six years after publication, the editor who commissioned the book on a blind offer remembers Bourdain ahead of the A24 biopic "Tony."

So many new openings and upcoming projects (including the scoop on Maison Nico’s 🥮 next location!), enter to win a year of SF dining 🎉, three restaurants that need our support 💪, and what to eat and d...

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.

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...

tablehopper on July 17, 2026: "🎉 GIVEAWAY BELOW! 🎉 If you subscribe to tablehopper, you’ve seen my posts about the upcoming @unfilteredwinefestival 🍷 at @donkeyandgoat winery in Berkeley the weekend o...

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

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

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!

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).

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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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!

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🍷.

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

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...

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.

Thank you, FOUND SF, for the opportunity to talk about the places and people I love, and to fill folks in on my latest news!

An exclusive preview of TBD izakaya 🍢 (in the original Akiko’s), a tasty Tunisian-owned 🇹🇳 sandwich shop in the Castro, the muy bonita Maria Isabel opens next week, plus more openings, and a cheese 🧀 ...

I am a pasta fanatic. Death-row meal. Desert-island meal. If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life… pasta. Pasta, always pasta. Growing up it was spaghetti and tomato sauce (sometimes me...

Updates from The Slanted Door Group, sequels (Smokin’ D’s BBQ 🍖 and more), Outta Sight is opening a bar 🍻, a bodacious beef bourguignon sandwich 👀, and a new trio of locally made sauces 💥.

The iconic Tenderloin motor lodge was supposed to close on New Year’s — until its landlord stepped in at the 11th hour.

Our kitchen expert recommends a tool that maximizes the cooking surface area of food for optimal browning, faster cooking, and serious crispiness.

A preview of Goldenette diner 🍔, a visit to Sforno Pizzeria Napoletana 🍕, ideas for Valentine’s Day 💝 + Lunar New Year 🧧, and today’s archivist features a menu from where the first patty melt was inve...

A preview of Goldenette diner 🍔, a visit to Sforno Pizzeria Napoletana 🍕, ideas for Valentine’s Day 💝 + Lunar New Year 🧧, and today’s archivist features a menu from where the first patty melt was inve...

Exclusive: meet Clementina 🍊 from the Montesacro team, Kayma Algerian 🇩🇿 Eatery has a new home, upcoming openings include The Cake 🍰 Shop by Butter & Crumble, and James Beard Foundation’s Taste Americ...

"We're barely getting there."