Marcia Gagliardi

A report by Dana Eastland. Back in November we reported that the Noe Valley location of Pasta Pomodoro was closing, and it looked like the landlord of the building was making some major changes to the space. It turns out that the building’s owners, John and Vi Gianaras, have…

There are quite a few switcheroos we’re going to report here, I hope you’ve had your coffee. First up, Pete Mrabe will be moving PISTO’S TACOS in North Beach to the former Mas Sake space (2030 Lombard Street at Webster) in three to six months, and in…

Over in the Marina, we noticed last month some ABC activity for the closed THE REPUBLIC sports bar space, which listed former Fog City chef Erik Lowe and pastry chef Aaron Toensing (who are also both Bix veterans). We reached out for more details, but they spoke with the Scoop…

Back in October, we broke the news that Melissa Perello (Frances) was taking over the former Baker & Banker space, and now we have learned the name of this new project: OCTAVIA. Additional details (for now): the style of food will be similar to Frances, Perello is having Paul Einbund…

After running the kitchen at ~SLOW CLUB~ since 2008, chef Matt Paul has stepped down. The parting is amicable, according to a note from the restaurant. In his place, two chefs from Slow Club’s kitchen have been promoted, Max Bauer and Marco Pool. Bauer has been the sous chef…

On our gloriously sunny Sunday this past weekend, I was happy to hop in my car and scoot over to ALL GOOD PIZZA in Bayview, where you can now find another player in our locally made bagel scene: Earl’s Bread (you can read about other locally made bagels in…

On Sunday February 22nd, enjoy (another hopefully) sunny afternoon in Dogpatch at ~PICCINO~’s annual oyster party. Beginning at 11am, they’ll be serving oysters both raw and barbecued, all from Two X Sea. There will also be lots of rosé available by the glass. Oysters will be available from…