Outdoor Seating Smoking Ban, Cantina Wine Bar, More!

GALA EVENTS - Over 80 Bay Area restaurants are involved with Dine Out For Meals On Wheels, beginning next Tuesday, November 9th. Everyone from Bissap Baobob to Acquerello to Roadside BBQ. The full list of participants and more details reside here. [EaterWire]

NANNY STATES - The law forbidding smoking in outdoor dining spots in San Francisco goes into effect today. Light up on any sidewalk seating area, back patio, rooftop or swath of land within 15 feet of the above and you are now subject to a $500 fine. [ISSF]

TENDERNOB - Cantina bar is going to start up some nifty wine tasting nights called Bodega de Cantina on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The sneak preview is happening next Tuesday and they are even going to have a regular food menu. [GrubStreet]

OPENING REPORT - Table 24 opened in Orinda for breakfast, lunch and dinner last week. And there's even a child's menu. [EaterWire]

Bissap Baobab. [Photo:Flickr/Jordan Fischer]