Marcia Gagliardi

DOÑA TOMÁS owner Dona Savitsky recently returned from a trip to Mexico City and is launching a regional lunch menu for next week (Tuesday March 13th-Friday March 16th, 11am-2:30pm). The menu sounds delicioso: al pastor and grilled pineapple taco with fried onions and avocado salsa ($4.25)…

Dominique Crenn is not only busy opening her upcoming BAR CRENN (opening mid-March—the 13th is the current date!), but she also just announced a project coming to the Salesforce Tower: BOUTIQUE CRENN. Scoop reports it will be a combination restaurant (featuring ingredients from her Sonoma farm), boulangerie, and…

Lucky us, she’s back! The new chef de cuisine of DEL POPOLO is Michaela Rahorst, taking over for opening cdc Jeffrey Hayden. Rahorst was most recently the cdc at Frances, departing in late 2016 to travel, rest, and regroup; she also worked some private dinners and special events. Her…

After chef Anthony Strong left the Delfina Restaurant Group back in 2016 after 11 years, he then launched his idea for a restaurant-less delivery service, Young Fava, operating out of the Turtle Tower kitchen in the evenings. He soon became disenchanted with the concept for various reasons, and announced…

Anyone who has enjoyed the piri piri chicken at UMA CASA in Noe Valley can see how this is an awesome idea: chef-owner Telmo Faria is partnering with Khalid Mushasha (Lolinda, Black Cat) on PIRI PICA, a fast-casual spot focused on flame-grilled piri piri chicken. It’s…

The city shed some tears with the closure of ~HUXLEY~ last November, but now we know who’s moving in: PAPI’S, a Mexican restaurant and rotisserie from David Alexander, Craig Lipton, and Miriam Lipton, the team behind Papito Hayes, Matador, and Tender Wine Bar (which is just next door…

The chef behind the two locations of Iza Ramen and Blowfish Sushi (Ritsuo Tsuchida) has opened TAWARA SAKE DINING in the former Urban Fish in the Mission. The izakaya-inspired menu is meant to be a cozy space where Tsuchida can get a bit freestyle, re-creating dishes from his…

Lower Haight’s ~WING WINGS~ has been up for sale for some time, and owner Christian Ciscle just announced he has sold the business, but here’s the good part: the folks taking over don’t just want the lease, they want to keep Wing Wings going. Sweet. The new…