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Restaurant Week- Let The Games Begin!

By Lev | Published: January 20, 2012
Hey, Folks, Restaurant Week starts tonight! Man, what a deal! Soup or salad, meatloaf or pork confit, apple blackberry crisp or Mexican chocolate pot de creme, bottomless wine, all for thirty bucks! Sheesh! Come on down!
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Brunch This Friday, Seghesio Gets Props

By Lev | Published: November 23, 2011
This Friday, we will be serving the brunch instead of lunch menu starting at 9 AM. Dinner will be as usual.   For those of you who follow the Wine Spectator, Seghesio Zinfandel, which we have in the bottle, was voted 12th best wine of the year, worldwide. We agree that it is pretty dang good, and [...]
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Sidreria

By Lev | Published: September 11, 2011
Dessert A sidreria is, like it sounds, a place where they make cider. The apples are pressed and the juice is allowed to spontaneously  ferment in giant barrels. No yeast, sugar, or water is added. Over time, sidrerias have evolved into informal country restaurants. The food is placed in the center of the table for all [...]
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Chop Bar Pig Roast at Eat Real Fest on Sept 24 and 25, 2011

By Chop Bar | Published: August 30, 2011
This is our third year participating in the Eat Real Festival, a great event that takes place in Jack London Square on Sept 23-25, 2011. We will be roasting three little piggies on Saturday and Sunday (not Friday). We hope to see you all there! Follow @EatRealFest on Twitter to find out more about the event. Have any [...]
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Monday Night Movies, Monthly Pig Roasts

By Lev | Published: April 29, 2010
Starting May 10th, we are going to show movies every Monday night. Our upstairs neighbor Austin Hill will be curating the first few. The emphasis will be on local filmmakers and documentaries, but we’ll probably sneak “Porky’s” and “Animal House” in there once in a while. There will also be drink specials and a bar [...]
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tables are here, but pig roast possibly postponed

By Lev | Published: April 6, 2010
The tables are here and they look and feel great. They really make you want to eat a big steak off of them. The bad news is that rain is forecast for Sunday, so we probably won’t do a pig roast that evening. We will be open, though.
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Carbonara

By Lev | Published: March 30, 2010
Hi, everybody. We’ve got the first of the season’s English peas in, and they’re really sweet and juicy. This week we’ll be serving a good old Carbonara, with bacon, egg, lots of black pepper, and the peas. This picture is of our first batch of sausages hanging in our walk-in.
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New Tables, Spring Menu

By Lev | Published: March 23, 2010
Hi, folks. Here are some photos of our new tables, which should be coming any day now. The guy in the foreground is Jeffrey Ruiz, woodworker extraordinaire, who also did our back wall and picnic tables. He works exclusively in reclaimed materials and says that they definitely won’t wobble! Good news with the menu, too. It’s [...]
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Sunday Dinner

By Lev | Published: January 29, 2010
Hi, everybody, sorry for the lack of updates, its been kinda busy over here. We’re doing Sunday dinner again this weekend. We’ll be serving meatloaf, mashed potatoes, salad, and dessert for only $20 between 6 and 8:30, plus beer and wine specials. Hope to see you all there.
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Chronicle Review: 2 1/2 stars!

By Lev | Published: January 21, 2010
Well, our first chronicle review came out and we got 2 1/2 stars. Check it out here: Chop Bar is a treat in Jack London Square “Chop Bar serves breakfast and lunch, and I’d be there all the time if I lived or worked nearby. I wish I did.” -Carol Ness, reviewer Thanks, SF Chronicle. Look for the [...]
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