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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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July 24, 2007 public
The Chatterbox

July 24, 2007

I know some of you out there love hot Cubanos as much as I do. (The sandwich, silly.) Well, you downtown workers are officially stoked because the former Banana Hut on Kearny is now ~PALADAR CAFÉ CUBANO~, a project from Rita Abraldes, the co-founder of Charanga in the Mission,…
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The Starlet

July 24, 2007

Frances McDormand was spotted having dinner at Farina. And since I was in Chicago, I have a firsthand report of seeing Antoine Walker of the Miami Heat hanging out with his posse in the bar at the Sofitel. All I can say is the folks who robbed him at gunpoint…
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What’s Cookin’

July 24, 2007

Mamma mia, what a week. I managed to get in a dinner at Avec in Chi-town, wish I could airlift it and plunk it down in SF, what a great vibe, concept, and vittles—check it out in this week’s jetsetter. I am already working on my Nawlins…
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A Feast of Cheese and Chocolate public
The Socialite

A Feast of Cheese and Chocolate

Those scheming folks at Parties That Cook! really have evil minds. They are putting together an event called ~A FEAST OF CHEESE AND CHOCOLATE~, an event that will bring together Wil Edwards, cheese maker, and Karletta Moniz, Cocoa Tutor and publisher of The Art of Tasting Chocolate, who will help…
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Chicago: Avec public
The Jetsetter

Chicago: Avec

When in Chicago for only one night and with maybe three hours to spare, where do you eat din din? SF chef pals gave me a chorus of ~AVEC~! Avec! Avec! (Not to be confused with Tora! Tora! Tora!) Blackbird, Avec's more refined and mod older sister, which…
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The Chatterbox

July 17, 2007

A friend forwarded this story to me about a robber who turned into a hugger after some wine and cheese. Too good not to share. (The story, and wine and cheese in general.) ~PALMETTO~, the new incarnation of Home on Union, has opened! Chef Andy Kitko, formerly of Aqua, Gary…
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The Starlet

July 17, 2007

Bobby Flay and his wife Stephanie March (from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit) were spotted at the Ferry Building Marketplace. Rosario Dawson partied down at the Ambassador. Her posse consumed a few—or should I say quite a few—bottles of Dom Perignon. Tres Agaves was busy with all…
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What’s Cookin’

July 17, 2007

What the hell, am I leaving town again? Jeesh! When you get this I’ll be in Chicago, and then leaving Wednesday for New Orleans for liver calisthenics, AKA Tales of the Cocktail. Let the good times roll, indeed. After all that jambalaya and po’ boys and gumbo and Sazeracs…
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tablehopper supper public
The Socialite

tablehopper supper

I’ve had this idea in the hopper for a while (har), and now I think it’s time to try it! I’ll be hosting my ~FIRST TABLEHOPPER SUPPER~ at Cortez, with Champagne and bites and conversation for the first hour, and then a sit-down four-course dinner…
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