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Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi is an SF-based restaurant columnist and culinary personality, well-known for her groundbreaking 19-year-old tablehopper newsletter, offering an insider's take on restaurant news.
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Openings Abound in Sonoma public
707 Scout

Openings Abound in Sonoma

By 707 correspondent, Heather Irwin. Restaurants are blooming throughout the spring and summer north of the Golden Gate. THE SPINSTER SISTERS, a collaboration between Prune NYC’s Eric Anderson, wine insider Giovanni Cerrone, and chef Liza Hinman (formerly of Geyserville’s Santi) is slated for a summer opening in Santa…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
May 4, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: good day sunshine. public
Newsletter

May 4, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: good day sunshine.

This week's tablehopper: good day sunshine.                     Scallop crudo by Reform Club at a SPUR benefit. Photo: © tablehopper.com. TGIFF. Yeah, you know what that extra “f” stands for. (I am currently suffering from some annoying slow computer woes, so that word is on the tip of my tongue…
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Cupola Pizzeria public
The Regular

Cupola Pizzeria

Over the past two months, I headed to the Century Theatre in the Westfield Centre to catch the one-night-only showings of the gorgeously restored The Godfather and The Godfather: Part II. No, I was not going to miss seeing Al Pacino during his smoking-hot years on the…
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Comal Fires Up on May 4th public
The Chatterbox

Comal Fires Up on May 4th

As mentioned in tablehopper a while back, COMAL is opening in Berkeley on Friday May 4th, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. Owner John Paluska, formerly manager for the band Phish, and chef Matt Gandin, previously chef de cuisine at Delfina, are focusing on handcrafted regional Mexican cuisine in…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Coming This Month: Pig and Pie public
The Chatterbox

Coming This Month: Pig and Pie

According to a Facebook post, it looks like PIG AND PIE is planning to open this month, serving handmade sausages and homemade pies. As previously mentioned on tablehopper, it’s the spot opening in the Discolandia space in the Mission. A menu on the restaurant’s blog lists a breakfast…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Ashton Kutcher: Wine Lover

On Friday night, Ashton Kutcher came in to Rye with three friends, sharing a bottle of Côtes du Rhône and some “quiet conversation,” according to my informant. He also reportedly “took some photos with some fans and shook hands with one young lady to her EXTREME delight!”…
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Oakland Openings: FuseBox and Kitchen 388 Reopens public
The Chatterbox

Oakland Openings: FuseBox and Kitchen 388 Reopens

I can’t wait to cross the bridge to check out the upcoming FUSEBOX, opening this Thursday May 3rd. As previously mentioned on tablehopper, this West Oakland Korean-American restaurant is from chef Sunhui Chang, a “kkochi-gui pub/sojubang” (kkochi-gui is Korean for grilled skewers), serving affordable dishes…
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