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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 Chatterbox

September 18, 2007

After a month or so of Patrick Robertson acting as executive chef at ~SCALA'S BISTRO/DRAKE RESTAURANTS~, presto change-o, he has departed. The official statement is as follows: “This is a mutual decision, made with the best interest of the restaurants in mind. Scala's has…
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The Health Nut

September 18, 2007

After returning from Burning Man, it ends up the Titan Fitness Camp I was all set to start was postponed until the end of September. I can’t say I was too bummed since all I wanted to do was sleep my first week back. A lot. But alas, no…
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The Starlet

September 18, 2007

Le Colonial was like the United Nations or something: last Monday the consulate general of Mexico hosted a dinner there, which included Kamala Harris, Phil Bronstein, George and Charlotte Schultz, the guest of honor, the Ambassador of Mexico to the United States Arturo Sarukhan, along with four other guests. The…
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What’s Cookin’

September 18, 2007

So last week I had one of the most humbling dining experiences ever: dining in the dark at the SF Dark Dining event at Ft. Mason. All manners and grace are out the window as you try to gauge a proper bite by the weight on your fork, you accidentally…
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Toast of the Town public
The Socialite

Toast of the Town

There’s more to food and fashion besides edible panties (yes, really): the Golden Gate Restaurant Association’s annual ~TOAST OF THE TOWN EVENT~ is themed “Where Food Meets Fashion” this year, with an all-star line up of chefs, and the first-ever edible catwalk. The event will showcase…
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Cortez Mushroom Dinner public
The Socialite

Cortez Mushroom Dinner

Cortez Restaurant will host a ~MUSHROOM DINNER~ (no, not the kind that will make everything start moving and fizzing and morphing around you, that would be illegal). This dinner is featuring mushrooms from purveyor Todd Spanier from King of Mushrooms who will be in attendance to answer questions about the…
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Sudachi public
The Regular

Sudachi

You know that feeling when you walk into a place and you're like, "uh oh--this does not bode well…" SUDACHI set all my "Danger, Will Robinson" bells ringing, starting with a front room that was dark and total crickets, with just a lonely…
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The Chatterbox

September 11, 2007

So word on the street is executive chef ~MICHELLE MAH~ is leaving Kimpton’s Ponzu, and has a project in the works with Joie De Vivre Hospitality. I’m not allowed to say what the project is yet, but there are six new sites JDV is working on, and three…
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The Lush

Metro

Change-up in the Castro: due to their lease not getting renewed, the ~METRO BAR~ chaps, Mario Enriquez and Richard Pearson, have taken over the divey Expansion Bar down Market Street and are renaming it Metro. (Not sure what the landlord of the Metro Bar space is going to do…
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The Starlet

September 11, 2007

LarkCreekSteak knows how to draw a hodgepodge of diners: Dante Culpepper and Jerry Porter from the Oakland Raiders and Steve Jobs of Apple were all spotted eating there. See, it’s not just a restaurant in a mall! We’re talking about fine dining in a shopping CENTRE, people.   Joan…
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