Excellent Dining: A new list to peruse

If you're not signed up for The Tablehopper, you should. It gives you a great sense 0f what's going on in the SF dining scene and she seems to always have the first news (did you know, for example, that Bar Crudo is opening up a new restaurant over in the Western Addition/NoPa area across from the Independent?). It comes out once a week, delivered neatly to your inbox and gives you a good chance to figure out where to eat later that week.

Last week, she hosted a first-ever Tablehopper dinner and the diners each chose their favorite 2 places to eat. It's a great, eclectic list that covers all corners and cuisines of San Francisco from high-end places like Gary Danko to local ice cream favorite Mitchell's (and everything in between). What I like about this list is how many places I have not been to yet and even places not heard about yet. Lots to explore.

Reader favorites from the first tablehopper supper at Cortez, August 7, 2007

(everyone picked two local faves)

1550 Hyde (3 votes)
A16 (2 votes)
Acquerello
Amasia Hide’s Sushi Bar
Balboa Café (chicken paillard on Wed., caramel sundae)
Bar Bambino
Belden Taverna
Bushi-Tei
Café Divino (Sausalito)
Café Gratitude
Chapeau!
Chez Spencer
Clementine
Colibri (and their 350 tequilas)
Evvia (Palo Alto)
Fleur de Lys
Frascati
Front Porch (2 votes)
Garibaldi’s
Gary Danko (“the bomb”) (2 votes)
Hog Island Oyster Co. (grilled cheese and clam chowder!)
Incanto
Jackson Fillmore (zucchini carpaccio, tortellini al forno)
Jardiniere
Kokkari
La Taqueria
Laiola
Liberty Café
Limon
Luella
Mamacita
Mandalay
Maverick (esp. the fried chicken!)
Mediterranean Spirit
Mitchell’s Ice Cream
NUA
Oliveto
Out the Door
Perbacco
Piperade
PPQ Dungeness Island
Q
Range
Rubicon (esp. the desserts!)
Ryoko’s
Saha
Salt House
Shanghai Dumpling King
Shimo
Slanted Door
Slow Club (2 votes)
Tartine
Terzo
TWO
Umami
Woodward Garden
XOXO Chocolates
Zarzuela