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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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Tablehopper Holiday Gift Guide public
The Chatterbox

Tablehopper Holiday Gift Guide

You can’t deny it: the holidays are coming on, full steam ahead. Fortunately I am surrounded with food-lovin’ family and friends, so it makes holiday shopping easy. Below are ten ideas for folks on your list, or perhaps you want to give Santa a hint about what you’…
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The Starlet

Warming Things Up at 1300

Super hottie Shemar Moore, originally from SF, stopped by 1300 ON FILLMORE. He was in town to celebrate the holidays with his mom who still lives in SF. He played Malcolm Winters in The Young and the Restless, was a former Soul Train announcer, and plays FBI special agent Derek…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Shemar Moore

Warming Things Up at 1300 December  8, 2009 Super hottie Shemar Moore, originally from SF, stopped by 1300 ON FILLMORE. He was in town to celebrate the holidays with his mom who still lives in SF. He played Malcolm Winters in The Young and the Restless, was a former Soul…
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The Chatterbox

Yamasho Now Open in the Lower Polk

Looks like ~YAMASHO~ is now open in the Lower Polk. I was trying to scout down details for months, including going to the owner’s other place of business in Japantown (Izumiya), to no avail. But, now it’s open, and in addition to the usual sushi bar offerings, there…
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The Starlet

Adam MacDougall

The Black Crowes and Brasseries December  8, 2009 Adam MacDougall, the keyboardist of The Black Crowes (which had five sold-out Fillmore concerts last week) was spotted at FLORIO for dinner before the show on Friday.…
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Sandbox Bakery Open in Bernal public
The Chatterbox

Sandbox Bakery Open in Bernal

After the usual annoying amount of delays and setbacks that opening a business in San Francisco entails, Mutsumi Takehara’s ~SANDBOX BAKERY~ is now open as of yesterday, December 7th. Mutsumi’s background includes three years at the La Farine bakery in Oakland, and learned classic French pastry at Chez…
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Gracias Madre Opening Delayed to 12/26 public
The Chatterbox

Gracias Madre Opening Delayed to 12/26

The much-awaited 100% organic and vegan Mexican taqueria from the Cafe Gratitude folks, ~GRACIAS MADRE~, is now delayed until December 26th. The menu is full of handmade items, from tortillas to tamales, all made with heirloom corn grown on the restaurant’s organic and biodynamic farm in Pleasants Valley,…
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The Starlet

No, He Won't Spit Water on You

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and his actress girlfriend Connie Nielsen ate at Tiburon Grill at The Lodge at Tiburon—they were with friends and some kids. A few young’uns in the restaurant came up to Lars to have him sign autographs, but were too shy to ask, so Connie…
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The Chatterbox

Here's Johnny

~CAV WINE BAR & KITCHEN~ has a new executive chef, John Maher. He was previously a sous chef at Aqua, and was chef de cuisine at Dry Creek Kitchen, and has trained at The French Laundry. His menu includes dishes such as crispy pig trotters with sauce gribiche ($12), and…
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