Marcia Gagliardi

If you don’t feel like chasing down the DEL POPOLO truck for one of Jon Darsky’s superlative wood-fired oven pizzas, now you can enjoy one of his Neapolitan-inspired pies while sitting in his handsome new restaurant in Lower Nob Hill. Look for about five to seven…

Some big news over at ~CHEZ PANISSE~: downstairs co-chef Jérôme Waag will be departing the restaurant in January to embark on a new project of his own in Japan. Waag has worked at Chez Panisse for something like 25 years (he started as a busboy and eventually worked his…

We mentioned back in June that chef David Kurtz, previously of Maven, was taking over Galette 88’s space in the FiDi to open his own project, HOMAGE. We can now release some details, and FiDi workers, get excited. The name will make sense upon first glance at the menu,…

We mentioned not too long ago that Staffan Terje and Umberto Gibin of Perbacco and barbacco were opening a new project, VOLTA, in the former ‘Witchcraft location in SoMa. Here’s a little update for you curious diners, because this modern brasserie is going to open in early December. The…

Back in October, we heard a rumor that Lindsay and Michael Tusk were taking over the closed Barrique, which is across the street from Quince. When we followed up, they couldn’t comment on it at the time, but now they confirmed the news with the Scoop, which reports they…

The last time I ran into chef Dennis Lee of ~NAMU GAJI~ at an event, he alluded to a project that would be coming soon, one that would launch before Namu Noodle in Dogpatch. Now that the ABC license application has hit the wires, we learn that it’s going…

By Dana Eastland. 3RD COUSIN, the brick-and-mortar restaurant from chef Greg Lutes in the former Kinfolk space in Bernal, is now open. According to Facebook, they opened on November 19th, with a menu informed by Lutes’ pop-up, Kinfolk. The dishes are hearty California style, and a chef’…

By Dana Eastland. North Beach classic ORIGINAL U.S. is returning after closing earlier this year. The Chronicle reports that it is being reopened by former general manager Alberto Cipollina and San Francisco Giants Executive Vice President of Business Operations Mario Alioto, though not in the same location. The old…

By Dana Eastland. A fab tablehopper reader and tipster sent us the news that NOETECA in Noe Valley has been sold to a new owner. According to a note in the window, the owners have sold it to Michele D’Amico while they focus on the upcoming Mission Brasserie (which…