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Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi is an SF-based restaurant columnist and culinary personality, well-known for her groundbreaking 19-year-old tablehopper newsletter, offering an insider's take on restaurant news.
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The Chatterbox

The Changing Tide at Aqua

I was sorry to learn the Bacchus Management Group (which includes Spruce, Pizza Antica, and The Village Pub) has decided, after a long period of deliberation, to walk away from the AQUA space. Due to risk issues, they mutually decided it was best for their company and all others involved.…
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Celebrate the Persian New Year at Zaré at Flytrap public
The Chatterbox

Celebrate the Persian New Year at Zaré at Flytrap

The New Year’s celebrations continue: chef/owner Hoss Zaré of ~ZARÉ AT FLYTRAP~ is introducing the first Persian New Year’s celebration in San Francisco. On Monday March 15th through Wednesday March 17th, the restaurant will host a New Year’s celebration with communal tables and traditional symbolic dishes…
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The Starlet

Nice Play at Waterbar

Last Friday night, Mayor Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom were at WATERBAR for a birthday dinner for her father, Ken Siebel, and seated right across from them was Troy Aikman, Hall of Fame quarterback from the Dallas Cowboys. According to my source, “Mayor Newsom wasted no time in…
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Daisy Martinez Hosting a Dinner at Destino public
The Chatterbox

Daisy Martinez Hosting a Dinner at Destino

Food Network’s Daisy Martinez is hosting a special Nuevo Latino dinner on Monday March 8th at ~DESTINO~ to introduce her new cookbook, Daisy: Morning, Noon, and Night. Chef James Schenk will utilize Daisy’s vibrant pan-Latin recipes to create a four-course dinner, paired with Argentine wine. The…
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The Starlet

Power Brunching on Valentine's Day

A tablehopper reader noted quite the power scene playing out at the BALBOA CAFE: “Nancy Pelosi was having Valentine’s Day brunch at the same time Willie Brown was having it with his daughter, and Gordon Getty was doing a V-day brunch too. Oh yes, so was I…” I…
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The Starlet

TyFlo on the Town

A couple tablehopper readers wrote in some Tyler Florence sightings around town: he was spotted at FRANCES, and another reader writes, “My friends and I spotted Tyler Florence at TAYLOR’S REFRESHER at the Ferry Building today. And he seems to have lost a few pounds!” Good for him, that…
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The Starlet

Tyler Florence

TyFlo on the Town February 23, 2010 A couple tablehopper readers wrote in some Tyler Florence sightings around town: he was spotted at FRANCES, and another reader writes, “My friends and I spotted Tyler Florence at TAYLOR’S REFRESHER at the Ferry Building today. And he seems to have lost…
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The Chatterbox

Feeling Chipper

I was scooting home after a shopping mission at Rainbow and noticed the grand opening sign for CAFEZAZO. Instead of spending time researching the story, how convenient, I’m just going to link to Jonathan Kauffman’s report that he just posted instead. Sounds like the fried-to-order potato…
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