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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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Take a Mini Island Trip at Flip Flop at Over Proof at ABV public
The Lush

Take a Mini Island Trip at Flip Flop at Over Proof at ABV

Last month, I mentioned the crew at ~ABV~ (Todd Smith, Ryan Fitzgerald, and Erik Reichborn-Kjennerud) were launching their one-year pop-up series, Over Proof, on their upstairs mezzanine. They started this quarterly pop-up with Flip-Flop, a deep dive into rum and the food culture in the different regions of the world…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
February 7, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss. public
Newsletter

February 7, 2017 - This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss.

This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss.                     It may not be raining men, but these Chinese lanterns are nice. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Howdy amigos. You keeping dry out there? I have been hiding in movie theaters (I highly recommend seeing La La Land if you want to forget about everything…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: kiss kiss.

Howdy amigos. You keeping dry out there? I have been hiding in movie theaters (I highly recommend seeing La La Land if you want to forget about everything for a couple of hours) and restaurants (like experiencing the Chinese New Year/Grandma Wu’s menu at M.Y. China—and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Postcards from La Costiera public
Biz

Postcards from La Costiera

The rotating playlist of hits keep coming out of the Mina Test Kitchen, with the latest incarnation, ~POSTCARDS FROM LA COSTIERA~, paying homage to a culinary research trip chef Adam Sobel took all over Italy with Michael Mina last year. Like earlier MTK pop-ups, it’s a prix-fixe and family-style…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
In Situ public
Biz

In Situ

In our current food-world dynamic of always chasing what’s new (“Oooh, yeah, I had that dish, ‘grammed it, what’s next?!”), with diners traveling the world to check off a Michelin-rated or World’s 50 Best Restaurant chef’s signature dish, a restaurant like ~IN SITU~ perfectly feeds that…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Garden Creamery Now Scooping in the Mission public
The Chatterbox

Garden Creamery Now Scooping in the Mission

Back in 2015, we mentioned the closure of JOCELYN’S BAKERY in the Mission, and we have been tracking the progress of GARDEN CREAMERY, which is taking its place (some of you may know their bright watermelon-colored truck). Thanks to some longtime tablehopper readers, I learned Hawaiian-born owner Erin Lang…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Joe, Can You Pass Me a Pork Bun?

Sounds like Joe Montana is quite the fan of THE SARATOGA and reportedly has come in a lot with his wife and friends. They seem to like ordering the salads and pork buns (good choice!) and chicken paillard or fish. He also likes Manhattans and old-fashioneds, cheers.…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
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