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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Wine Exploration Time at Maritime, Oakland Urban Wine Trail public
The Lush

Wine Exploration Time at Maritime, Oakland Urban Wine Trail

By Dana Eastland. There’s a cool new wine bar/tasting room open in North Beach, called MARITIME WINE TASTING STUDIO. Hoodline originally caught the story, and The Chronicle nabbed some additional details. It’s from Chris Nickolopoulos, the founder and CEO of Maritime Wine Trading Collective, a wine producer,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Openings: Academy, Chica, and Piccolo Forno public
The Chatterbox

Openings: Academy, Chica, and Piccolo Forno

By Dana Eastland. As reported earlier this year, there are changes afoot at the former Pizza Inferno on Fillmore. The New Fillmore reports that it’s now softly open as ACADEMY, from chef Nick Pallone and Peter Fogel. They’ve revamped the space, giving it a more open feel, with…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Cala Now Serving Tacos for Lunch at Tacos Cala public
The Chatterbox

Cala Now Serving Tacos for Lunch at Tacos Cala

Exciting things keep happening at ~CALA~: today Gabriela Cámara and her team opened for lunch during the week. The back-alley taco spot is called Tacos Cala and is in the back of the restaurant (enter through Hickory Street). The menu is focused on tacos de guisado, with three different options—…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Chino Now Closed in the Mission (Dang It) public
The Chatterbox

Chino Now Closed in the Mission (Dang It)

I was sorry to hear over the weekend that ~CHINO~ was going to be closing, especially since I was really digging the new direction chef-partner Ron Pei was taking the menu, and Danny Louie’s cocktails were killing it. (Well, it wasn’t for lack of trying—the journey of…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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