Marcia Gagliardi

After sign-off from the health department this week, Anna Weinberg and Jennifer Puccio (Marlowe, Park Tavern)—partnering with Weinberg’s husband James Nicholas—will be opening the doors to their most recent project, THE CAVALIER, this Friday August 2nd. As mentioned previously on tablehopper, the team at Ken Fulk…

Here is your first look at INOVINO, the upcoming wine bar and enoteca opening in about a month or so in Cole Valley (in the former Hama-Ko). As previously noted in tablehopper, owner Claudio Villani was the wine director at Perbacco, so you can expect some great (read: very…

A couple of months ago, I heard a rumor that culinary badass Corey Lee of Benu had a new project in the works (actually two—we shall see). The first one has been partially revealed through an ABC license that points to a location in Hayes Valley (it’s a…

Two years ago, we mentioned that popular salad (and sandwich) shop, BLUE BARN GOURMET, was opening a second location in the former Yabbie’s Coastal Kitchen on Polk. Since the team (Sam Josi, Nate Valentine, and Stryker Scales) has their latest project (Padrecito in Cole Valley) up and running, it’…

Congrats to Steve Sando on opening his RANCHO GORDO shop in the Ferry Building Marketplace (in space 14)—according to Facebook, today is the soft opening. As we mentioned earlier, the shop will give Sando the opportunity to offer some additional products without the California-grown restriction of the farmers’…

Per the news we broke back in November, Tim and Erin Archuleta of ~ICHI SUSHI~ are opening a second location in Bernal, just across the street from their current one. They just got the final stamp on all their construction permits (woo!), and we have an update today on their…

Sandwich mavens Evan Bloom and Leo Beckerman of ~WISE SONS DELI~ have opened a brand-new sandwich counter inside the Contemporary Jewish Museum in SoMa. The space, which opened on Friday July 26th, offers their signature sandwich meats, including hot pastrami and roasted brisket, available as classic (just meat and…

Chowhounders are fired up with the news that CHAMPA GARDEN is opening a location in San Francisco’s Ingleside neighborhood. The Laotian restaurant is most known for its rice ball salad and noodle soups. Chowhounders report that the owners had hoped to open sooner, but it looks like the space…