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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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Frisson's 3rd Anniversary public
The Socialite

Frisson's 3rd Anniversary

Frisson is celebrating its third anniversary, which they like to call the ~LITTLE BLACK DRESS PARTY~. Cocktail attire is required, how novel. How Miss Golightly! Dinner features a special four-course menu for $65, with an optional wine pairing for $35. Cocktail hour starts at 6pm with complimentary sparkling wine…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Half Moon Bay, CA public
The Jetsetter

Half Moon Bay, CA

Since I grew up in San Mateo, I'm no stranger to the ocean-side charms of ~HALF MOON BAY~. I remember olallieberry u-picks when I was a kid, weekends with my family tide pooling or playing on the beach at Pescadero, summers at Girl Scout camp on…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Chatterbox

July 31, 2007

One of the most hotly anticipated restaurant openings of the year is finally happening: this Thursday, August 2, ~SPRUCE~ will be opening its doors to the rabid dining public. Let’s watch it blow up on OpenTable! The project was beleaguered with numerous delays (oh, we love historical buildings!), but…
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Temple public
The Lush

Temple

The saga of ~TEMPLE~ was more like something out of “Tales from the Crypt,” but let’s hear if for persistence! It’s alive! In early 2006, we all heard about this multi-level mega-club and restaurant from Paul Hemming that was taking over Dr. Winkie’s legendary Club…
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The Starlet

July 31, 2007

The patio at Enrico’s is already becoming a hotspot: director Brett Ratner was seen drinking Schramsberg bubbles with a few friends, and this last Friday Sean Penn was spotted eating and drinking with about six pals. Chris Tucker recently tucked into some sushi at Umami.…
Marcia Gagliardi
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What’s Cookin’

July 31, 2007

Yo, color me stoked! Big thanks to the editors at the San Francisco Bay Guardian for voting tablehopper “Best Fresh Scuttlebutt” in the Best of the Bay 2007 lineup. And bonus, they spelled my name right AND didn’t call tablehopper a blog. Looking forward to the party on Friday,…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Gastronomy by the Bay public
The Socialite

Gastronomy by the Bay

Over Labor Day weekend I’ll be away at Burning Man raising some ruckus, but I am sorry to be missing the ~GASTRONOMY BY THE BAY~ event over at the Ferry Building. Here’s more on this cool event: This is the first international gourmet food festival where European and…
Marcia Gagliardi
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A Tour of Italy public
The Socialite

A Tour of Italy

Seasons Steak & Seafood at Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco presents the second in a series of quarterly wine pairing dinners with ~A TOUR OF ITALY~.The evening begins with Zardetto Prosecco and passed canapés while Master Sommelier Peter Neptune, one of only 73 individuals in the U.S. to…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Jeff Creamer on Chilean Wines public
The Wino

Jeff Creamer on Chilean Wines

Jeff Creamer is wine director at TWO. He learned the trade working under Master Sommelier Larry Stone at Rubicon before becoming the wine director at Hawthorne Lane. This year Creamer helped owner David Gingrass guide that restaurant’s metamorphosis into TWO, reshaping the wine cellar into an eclectic collection of…
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Cafe Majestic public
The Regular

Cafe Majestic

*THIS RESTAURANT HAS CLOSED* CAFE MAJESTIC has been getting a ton of buzz lately--the publicist has been doing her job for sure, but it's also because there is some talent simmering in the kitchen: Ian Begg. He's worked under Todd Humphries at the Wine Spectator…
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