Marcia Gagliardi

Release the loaves! At last, ~BAR TARTINE~ is opening its sandwich shop this Wednesday August 1st. You’ll be able to come by for sandwiches and more Wed-Fri 10:30am-2:30pm, either dine-in or for takeout. It’s almost like a shop within the restaurant: there’s a counter with…

A couple of interesting projects in historic buildings are on the horizon. First up, there was some liquor license activity for FIREHOUSE 8, a project that is going into a 1917 firehouse that has been vacant for 30 years: San Francisco Landmark #188 in Russian Hill. The site mentions: “the…

Lots of chef moves to report on, starting with Sean Eastwood, the new chef de cuisine for NAVIO RESTAURANT (music alert!) at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. Eastwood’s extensive background includes time in France with the renowned three-star Michelin chef Paul Bocuse and in Britain with two-star Michelin chef…

A couple of weeks ago I noticed a protest was assembling on Facebook over a new owner taking over the famed EAGLE TAVERN in SoMa. Grub Street has a full recap of the story, the players, and what happened to the deal; not too long ago some former Eagle employees…

Owner Pete Mrabe of ~DON PISTO’S~ and THE CHUBBY NOODLE in North Beach will soon have a third place to add to his burgeoning empire: a deli. While he can’t announce the actual location just yet, he said he plans to open it in the next three months.…

Some quick opening (and closing) news for you: Uptown Almanac pays a visit to THAI IDEA VEGETARIAN, a second location of the Polk Street restaurant. 3221 Mission St. at Valencia, 415-826-4639. A couple of tipsters wrote in to tell me that a second location for SIDEWALK JUICE is set to…

Hopefully my brand-new, late-night dining app has been keeping you well fed past 11pm. Here’s one more option for your radar: starting this Fri-Sat (August 3rd-4th), the SOMA STREAT FOOD PARK is going to have some trucks parked and serving late-night food from 12am-4am! Dude. Update: Word just came…

By Dana Massey-Todd: Sometimes my twenty-one-year-old brother comes to visit me in the city, and we try to figure out fun things to do. It’s hard, because he has a huge appetite, no money, and loves beer. So you can be sure that come Thursday August 2nd, I’ll…

On Wednesday August 1st, Traci Des Jardins will be hosting a party with 7x7, A Celebration of Contemporary Mexican Restaurants, at MIJITA IN THE FERRY BUILDING, featuring some of the city’s finest Mexican food and the chefs who make it. Antelmo Faria of Tacolicious, Laurence Jossel and Gonzalo Guzman…

San Francisco can be a pretty vicious town for a young chef. Rents are high, the health and building codes are long, and the market is pretty saturated with wonderful places to eat already. So how is a creative young upstart ever to get going? On Thursday August 9th, the…