Marcia Gagliardi

According to a piece in Scoop and an announcement on their website, Mark Pastore and Chris Cosentino of ~INCANTO~ are closing their 12-year-old Noe Valley restaurant on Monday March 24th. They plan to reopen later this spring, possibly as early as April, as PORCELLINO, which will have a…

A website has gone up for a SoMa project I have been tracking and trying to find details on for a while: BUZZWORKS. The team isn’t ready to disclose details on the project until May, so we’ll have to rely on their website for now, which says there…

Some big news over at ~BAR AGRICOLE~: a press release announces owner Thad Vogler has brought on Melissa Reitz as chef-partner. She was previously at Camino (where Vogler met her), as well as Quince, Zuni Café, Pizzaiolo, and most recently at Bantam in Santa Cruz. Like the bar, sourcing…

I was driving in SoMa on Sunday, tsk-tsking over the closed doors of the EndUp on a Sunday afternoon. (Seriously? What the hell is going on over there? Sunday afternoons used to be an epic scene at that club. Makes me sad.) Then I  noticed a huge “restaurant for…

LITTLE CHIHUAHUA is starting brunch service this Saturday March 15th. All three of their locations (Divisadero, Noe Valley, Mission) will be offering Mexican brunch dishes, including stacked enchiladas, French toast, and chile relleno; check out all the options here. They’ll be pouring Sightglass coffee and mimosas. For this month…

Preeti Mistry’s ~JUHU BEACH CLUB~ is celebrating one year of business this month, and of course she is throwing a big, colorful party. On Sunday March 16th from 3pm-6pm, catch a Holi party with food and drinks in their parking lot. Holi is the Indian Festival of Love,…

Starting March 14th, every Friday you can find OFF THE GRID at Fort Mason again, from 5pm-11pm (rain or shine). You’ll find a wide selection of more than 30 vendors, including the likes of Azalina’s, Red Sauce Meatballs, the Lobsta Truck, and Johnny Doughnuts. To fight off…