Marcia Gagliardi

Every once in a while, I walk into a restaurant space in San Francisco that makes me say, “Wait, whoa, we get to have this?” I had that feeling when I first saw The Progress, and Quince, and Saison. Sightglass too. And now, taking in the crisp, clean, white, modern…

A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the changes happening at ~CHINO~ in the Mission, with chef Ron Pei taking over the kitchen after a temporary closure. The restaurant has reopened, and you can look at the new Cali-meets-Chinese menu here (from clams in bacon-jalapeño broth…

The 450 Hayes development has signed on a restaurant concept from Adriano Paganini’s restaurant group, which also operates Super Duper Burgers, Belga, Beretta, Lolinda, Starbelly, and Uno Dos Tacos. The space is in the construction project next to Flipper’s Burgers, and the restaurant will be moving into the…

In June, we mentioned that there is a new café coming to Nob Hill called THE SOAP BOX CAFE. They are serving Vietnamese sandwiches and fresh spring rolls, as well as bagels, salads, and beverages. Yelpers are reporting that everything is pretty good, and the prices are reasonable (banh mi…

~MAGNOLIA GASTROPUB & BREWERY~ is getting a new chef…well, kind of. Dennis Lee of Namu Gaji has been running the kitchen at Magnolia’s Dogpatch restaurant Smokestack since it opened last year, and now he’ll also be taking over at Magnolia. Hoodline reports that Lee has started transitioning…

There are changes afoot at ~NOJO~ in Hayes Valley, Scoop reports. Chef-owner Greg Dunmore has sold the restaurant to a Japanese company called AP Company, which operates hundreds of restaurants in Japan. Nojo will reopen as their flagship restaurant in the United States, and Dunmore will  serve as the…

On Sunday August 30th, ~WATERBAR~ is hosting the seventh annual OysterFest on their bayside patio. Waterbar is well known for their eclectic and extensive selection of oysters, and this event will only feature sustainable oysters from Waterbar and other oyster shuckers from around town. Look for plenty of bites from…

SUPER DUPER BURGERS is celebrating Eat Drink SF with a week-long guest burger chef party, from Monday August 17th through Friday August 21st, at their Kearny Street location. The guest chef burger will be available all day, and a portion of the proceeds from the special burger will go…

Kick-ass Portland chef Jenn Louis will be in town this week promoting her new book, Pasta by Hand. The book includes 65 recipes for rustic Italian pasta shaped by hand, with a particular focus on dumpling-style pastas (you may have seen her article on gnocchi in Saveur earlier…

By Dana Eastland. SALSIPUEDES, the new full-service restaurant from Jay Porter (The Half Orange), Luis Abundis (Nieves Cinco de Mayo), and Bradford Taylor (Ordinaire Wine Shop) that we’ve been reporting on since 2014, is now open in Oakland. It’s a bit of a soft opening, with a…