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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 Lush

August 11, 2009

This Wednesday August 12th, ~CAV WINE BAR & KITCHEN~ and Quintessential Wines are hosting a complimentary wine tasting including selections from Spain, Italy, and Australia chosen by wine director Pamela Busch. The free tasting is limited to the first 50 attendees, so come early. (There will be additional discounts on…
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August 11, 2009 public
The Sugar Mama

August 11, 2009

Starbelly is opening Tuesday August 18th (read all about it in the chatterbox), but they are hosting a few test meals before the launch. Whatcha doing on Sunday August 16th at 11am? I have two spots to give away to a test brunch for one winning tablehopper winner with a…
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The Starlet

August 11, 2009

I was told Kerry Walsh (U.S. Beach Volleyball Olympic Champion) was at Brix in Napa for her sister's wedding. At the SF Chefs. Food. Wine. event this past week, Rachel Dratch/"Debbie Downer" was in the mix, but most everyone was busy watching Thomas Keller…
Marcia Gagliardi
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August 11, 2009 public
What’s Cookin’

August 11, 2009

SF Chefs. Food. Wine. Talk about a tour de force. I feel like I just got out of the Trang—well, an urban and epicurean one. I was deep in the culinary and cocktail jungle, four days filled with the rapid fire of bites of food from some of the…
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Ferragosto at Piccino public
The Socialite

Ferragosto at Piccino

Flickr photo by xbluegoox. Now, ~FERRAGOSTO~ is traditionally held in Italy in mid-August—everyone goes to the beach or holds a picnic in the hills. Piccino decided to do their own little party, and let's just say a La Caja China roasting box will be figuring prominently.…
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San Francisco Natural Wine Week public
The Socialite

San Francisco Natural Wine Week

Another excuse to hit the bottle is here: ~SAN FRANCISCO NATURAL WINE WEEK~. Various locations around town will be featuring organic and biodynamic wines on their lists. No tickets are needed, just show up (but keep in mind normal reservation policies apply at both Uva Enoteca and Nopa). Follow the…
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August 4, 2009 public
The Chatterbox

August 4, 2009

~THE CORNER~, the newer sister restaurant to Weird Fish in the Mission is going through some significant changes: there's a new chef, Alex Jackson. Jackson's background includes Gramercy Tavern (he staged there for six months), a year at Fergus Henderson's St. John, plus Joel…
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August 4, 2009 public
The Lush

August 4, 2009

On Wednesday August 12th, be sure to come by the Ferry Building for the ~SUMMER FARMERS' MARKET COCKTAIL NIGHT~, when The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) and the San Francisco Chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild host this special boozy evening. Botanical-themed spirits will…
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August 4, 2009 public
The Sugar Mama

August 4, 2009

Quite the one-of-a-kind culinary showstopper event is coming up on Tuesday September 8th at Robert Mondavi Winery: Papillon VIII. Timothy Hollingsworth, the chef de cuisine of The French Laundry and very special guest "Demon Chef" Alvin Leung Jr. of BO Innovation in Hong Kong will…
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The Starlet

August 4, 2009

Heard Robert Downey, Jr. dined at Picán. He had the heirloom tomato, peach and spinach panzanella to start and the fried chicken with truffle honey for his dinner. Chef Dean Dupuis also sent an amuse-bouche of beef tongue with crispy black-eyed peas that Downey reportedly loved.…
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