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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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April 21, 2009 public
The Sugar Mama

April 21, 2009

Golden Gate Wine Cellars is hosting another Boutique Wine Tasting Extravaganza on Saturday May 2nd. Come and meet with the owners, winemakers, and representatives of yet another bunch of stellar producers. You will be tasting wines from Hourglass, Fisticuffs, Chappelet, Buoncristiani, Atrea, Meyer, Ramian, Bella, Bohemian, Gain Bay, Redmon, Fantesca…
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The Starlet

April 21, 2009

Condoleezza Rice dined at MacArthur Park Palo Alto last Thursday (she is back to teaching at Stanford). She chatted it up with the GM, and had artichokes, chicken, and ribs. And she wasn’t alone: Secret Service came in right before her to check out the restaurant and dined at…
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April 21, 2009 public
What’s Cookin’

April 21, 2009

As some of you may remember, I am just getting back from four days of sun and music and heat (triple -digits, wooo!) and pools in the desert, so this week is a super-short issue. Looks like you had some nice weather yourself. Why thank you, yes, I enjoyed…
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April 14, 2009 public
The Chatterbox

April 14, 2009

After months of wondering what was going to go into the 54 Mint space in Mint Street Plaza, I was thrilled to get the first peek at the project. A very special Italian restaurant is going to be opening in the now-chic space, a project from Alberto Avalle (an…
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The Lush

April 14, 2009

Don’t blame me if you come back to the office toasted, but here goes: ~PALIO D'ASTI~ is offering $1 martinis (Stoli or Hendrick's) from 11:30am–2pm throughout the month of April. At half the price of iced tea, it becomes the most rational choice.…
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The Starlet

April 14, 2009

Anna Gastayer from past seasons of Saturday Night Live was spotted at Perbacco. And I loved this saucy sighting from a tablehopper reader: “I saw Curtis Stone, aka the Take Home Chef, at South Wine Bar on Friday at about 5:30pm. He's quite fetching in that Aussie…
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April 14, 2009 public
What’s Cookin’

April 14, 2009

Looking back on my culinary excursions last week, it was the week of Little Bunny Foo Foo: I had rabbit pot pie at Mission Beach Café (and a full-tilt-boogie with dessert—j’adore the lemon velvet cream pie, whoa), and rabbit and liver sausage the following night at…
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Wok on the Wild Side public
The Socialite

Wok on the Wild Side

This year is the ~11TH ANNUAL WOK ON THE WILD SIDE BENEFIT~ for CCSF’s Culinary & Hospitality Studies Program. The evening is prepared and presented by the students, chefs, and guests of City College of San Francisco Culinary Arts and Hospitality Studies program. Four kitchens, eight chefs, and a…
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Dine Out For Life public
The Socialite

Dine Out For Life

~DINE OUT FOR LIFE~ and 25% of your food bill (and at some places are including alcohol sales too) will benefit the HIV prevention programs of the STOP AIDS Project, a non-profit organization providing services to those living with HIV/AIDS. Choose a restaurant and dine out with your…
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