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"I felt a tinge of sadness when Hopscotch, an 11-year-old Oakland restaurant, closed in June, but its end paved the way for Good Luck Gato: chef Kyle Itani teamed up again with former Hopscotch staff—Matthew Meyer (who served as Hopscotch sous chef for seven years) and Daniel Paez (who tended bar there for four years)—and Paez has even revisited Hopscotch hits on the new cocktail list, including the maple Old Fashioned that inspired the Fistul of Pesos." - Dianne de Guzman