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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 Starlet

Kevin Dillon and His Own Entourage on the Town

Kevin Dillon (aka Johnny “Drama” Chase of HBO’s Entourage) dined at EPIC ROASTHOUSE last Friday night with a group of six, dining on steaks and scallops (Kevin had the filet). (He was reportedly in town for the one-year anniversary at Infusion Lounge. Can someone say appearance fee?)…
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The Starlet

Kevin Dillon

Kevin Dillon and His Own Entourage on the Town February  2, 2010 Kevin Dillon (aka Johnny “Drama” Chase of HBO’s Entourage) dined at EPIC ROASTHOUSE last Friday night with a group of six, dining on steaks and scallops (Kevin had the filet). (He was reportedly in town for the…
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The Chatterbox

Let's Have a Little Chaat

This was definitely something I was looking forward to coming home to, in an effort to assuage my acute Indian food cravings: VIK’S CHAAT CORNER has opened in a new and larger space just a couple blocks away from its original location. Can’t wait to get my Mumbai…
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The Starlet

The Governator Visits Los Altos

With a promise of “I’ll be back,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger left behind a pleasantly surprised lunch crowd at Zitune, the modern Moroccan restaurant in Los Altos. No one knows what the gov, a friend, and staffer were doing in the area, and the restaurant refused to say what kind…
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The Chatterbox

Molecular Gastronomy Comes to Shallow Alto

After chef Bruno Chemel’s abrupt departure from Mountain View’s Chez TJ, he has now opened his own place, BAUMÉ in Palo Alto. Named after French chemist Antoine Baumé, the contemporary French menu is going to give your wallet a workout (five courses for $78, ten for $108, fifteen…
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Tenuta San Guido: Sassicaia
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The Lush

Tenuta San Guido: Sassicaia
 Dinner at Spruce

Mmmm, Sassicaia. Here’s more from ~SPRUCE~ on this sure-to-be-super (Tuscan) dinner: “Sassicaia translates to ‘a place of many stones.’ The rocky vineyard is located at 80 meters altitude and is the label responsible for creating the Super-Tuscan movement. For the first time in Italy’s…
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The Sponsor

(Sponsored): Roses with a Capital R

Farm-Grown Roses at Whole Foods Market Something tells us you’ll be buying a dozen roses this weekend or next. If you pick up those dozen roses from Whole Foods Market, they will be bigger and stronger than the others you could buy. Whole Foods Market carries ethically raised…
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The Hardhat

Bar Agricole

This section is written by Erin Archuleta, half of the talent behind local outfit ICHI Catering and ICHI Lucky Cat Deli (coming soon to 331 Cortland in Bernal Heights). For updates, follow @ICHISUSHI on Twitter. Outside of the foodie world, Erin works full-time championing kid literacy at 826 National.…
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February 2, 2010 - a passage from India. public
Newsletter

February 2, 2010 - a passage from India.

This week's tablehopper: a passage from India.                     A Chowpatty beach night vendor. Namaskar! After three remarkable weeks in Southern India, I am back! Well, almost: I am still making my way through 1,300 emails and 2,500 RSS feed headlines, but I’m getting close. And this…
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