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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

February 24, 2009

The tiki community is taking two hits this week. First, Martin Cate has left ~FORBIDDEN ISLAND~ tiki bar in Alameda. You can read his goodbye note in its entirety here, but the net-net is, “I was a minority partner in FI [Forbidden Island], and we just had different ideas…
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The Starlet

February 24, 2009

A tablehopper reader wrote in to say they saw Rob Schneider at Cafe Divine at Stockton and Union, having lunch “with a lady friend.” He had a coffee and an arugula salad. Actor Zach Braff (Scrubs, etc.) and four pals dined at Ame, celebrating a friend's birthday, complete…
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February 24, 2009 public
What’s Cookin’

February 24, 2009

As planned, last week was a total tasty blast, and included Tuesday’s -LIOCO dinner at Conduit and the “Three on Five” beverage battle/sommelier smackdown at Fifth Floor. Let me tell you, it’s tough to agree or even disagree with a somm sitting next to you with a…
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Festa del Pesto public
The Socialite

Festa del Pesto

Last month when “The Perfect” video I did with CHOW.com on Farina’s pesto was posted, I had people telling me for weeks afterwards how the video made them crave that pesto something fierce. (I have one friend who went in for it the very next day). Well, crave…
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The Socialite

A Moveable Feast

Jesse Kuhn (Marin Roots Farm), Mourad Lahlou (Aziza), and James Syhabout (formerly Manresa, Commis) The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA), is proud to announce the first annual ~A MOVEABLE FEAST: TWELVE CHEFS CELEBRATE SIX FARMERS IN A SERIES OF SEASONAL SUPPERS~, in partnership with leading Bay Area…
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Toyose public
The Regular

Toyose

Bwok! Hey, wanna go check out the chicken garage? Of course you do. Numerous folks (some of them chefs) have told me about TOYOSE, a kooky late-night Korean restaurant that's in a converted garage. No joke. With killer chicken wings. That's enough to raise at…
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February 17, 2009 public
The Chatterbox

February 17, 2009

Found out that after 12-plus years at Hawthorne Lane and ~TWO~, executive chef Bridget Batson is moving on. She’s looking forward to having a break, and is considering other new opportunities, but isn’t in a big rush for her next gig. Her last day at TWO is…
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February 17, 2009 public
The Lush

February 17, 2009

Looks like ~15 ROMOLO~ will be opening its doors this Wednesday or Thursday. As I mentioned in earlier columns, it has a sexy new look, new lighting, new tunes on the jukebox, new seating, and there will be a tasty new menu of bar snacks. And there will be a…
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The Starlet

February 17, 2009

This is downright charming: Bill Cosby came into Nopa and sat at the back counter overlooking the kitchen on Friday night. He was inspired to try it after seeing the restaurant featured in a recent Check Please! Bay Area episode. The funny timing (crucial in comedy, you know) is that…
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February 17, 2009 public
What’s Cookin’

February 17, 2009

Man, it’s raining a bunch out there. Might be a good time to ready the meat ship. Yup, mateys, you heard right. I haven’t laughed this hard in, oh, a week. The wet conditions may not have me riding my bike so much these days (sob), but that’…
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