Marcia Gagliardi

A report by Dana Massey-Todd: As previously mentioned on tablehopper, HAYES VALLEY BAKEWORKS is a new café opening at Gough and Fulton. It will feature pastries made from scratch, in-house, as well as wholesome pizza specials each day. There will be soups, salads, and sandwiches available to go,…

Now open under the 102-feet-wide glass dome at Westfield San Francisco Centre is the 20th location of La Boulange, LA BOULANGE DU DOME. The (now Starbucks-owned) bakery and café offers a full range of mini tea sandwiches, snacks, soups, salads, tartines, and grilled sandwiches, as well as…

I’ve been waiting around for word of what Adriano Paganini (Beretta, Delarosa, Super Duper, Starbelly) was going to be calling his upcoming Latin project in the former Medjool location, and leave it to a Craigslist want ad to inform me: LOLINDA. The ad also shares this about the concept:…

As previously reported in tablehopper, the Red Vic movie house will be reopening as a multiuse space later this year, including an expansion of ~THE ALEMBIC~ and a marketplace of other food businesses. And now we just received word on the marketplace tenants. The venture, which will be called SECOND…

Last Wednesday I got a call from Chuck Siegel of CHARLES CHOCOLATES saying that after a long hunt, he found a kitchen and retail space on Florida Street, previously the Potrero Brewing Co. (It’s also across the street from the upcoming Heath Ceramics location.) He’s hoping to have…

You ready for a medley mash-up of news? Here goes. First, ~PERA~ in Potrero Hill has made some changes: there is more of a dedicated wine bar where you can hang out, and co-owner Irfan Yalcin has been leading the kitchen since their former chef Muhammet Culha left…

The historical 23 CLUB in Brisbane has a new chef as of six weeks ago: Steve Moran, a proud San Francisco native. The food will focus on seasonally available ingredients in simple preparations, including housemade sausage from an old family recipe, and burgers are served on a crusty French roll…

Now in its third week, the Chef’s Market Box from MISSION COMMUNITY MARKET is in full swing. Inside each box is a recipe from a local chef, plus all the fresh produce needed to make it. Each week, a different chef will curate the box with a seasonal recipe…