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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.
12002 posts •
The Starlet

Total Madness

Madness (the band) was at Jasper’s Corner Tap last week (ostensibly after their show at The Warfield). They were kicking it at the bar—people saw them drinking bartender Allison Webber’s cocktails and a few Fernet shots—because that’s how we do it here in San Francisco.…
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The Starlet

Madness

Total Madness April 24, 2012 Madness (the band) was at Jasper’s Corner Tap last week (ostensibly after their show at The Warfield). They were kicking it at the bar—people saw them drinking bartender Allison Webber’s cocktails and a few Fernet shots—because that’s how we do…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Changes: Caffè Pascucci Is Now Bravado public
The Chatterbox

Changes: Caffè Pascucci Is Now Bravado

Looks like CAFFÈ PASCUCCI in SoMa/Mission Bay has changed its name to BRAVADO COFFEE BAR AND LOUNGE for the SF market. It will continue to feature a variety of Caffè Pascucci proprietary coffee blends and signature coffee drinks, plus sandwiches and more. (Thanks to Jason B. for the tip!…
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The Starlet

A Smooth Sax Sighting

On Saturday afternoon, the curly-haired man of smooth sax, Kenny G, was spotted having lunch at Puccini & Pinetti. Lunch must have been delicious, because he was back Thursday night for dinner. (He was in town playing at Yoshi’s for four nights.)…
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Pop-Ups: Hapa Ramen, Guido Returns, Truck Stop, More public
The Chatterbox

Pop-Ups: Hapa Ramen, Guido Returns, Truck Stop, More

Some quick hits for your pop-up radar: tonight is HAPA RAMEN at Wing Wings in the Lower Haight. Instead of ramen, expect preview menu items for Richie Nakano’s upcoming brick-and-mortar restaurant, HAPA, on Fillmore Street (take a peek at an in-progress menu here). 6pm-10pm, BYOB, cash only. On Wednesday…
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The Starlet

Sporty Sightings

A couple readers wrote in with these sightings: “A colleague spotted Kobe Bryant today eating lunch at Yank Sing on Stevenson Street.” And on Saturday night, another reader writes: “I saw Michael Johnson, the Gold Medal Olympic sprinter, tonight at Betelnut. He was having dinner with a female companion. He…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Michael Johnson

Sporty Sightings April 24, 2012 A couple readers wrote in with these sightings: “A colleague spotted Kobe Bryant today eating lunch at Yank Sing on Stevenson Street.” And on Saturday night, another reader writes: “I saw Michael Johnson, the Gold Medal Olympic sprinter, tonight at Betelnut. He was having dinner…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

A First: A Starlet Sighting at the Uptown

That John Waters, he really loves the slum it. According to this pic and post on Uptown Almanac, he of the pencil mustache “climb[ed] out of a mid-90s LeBaron limo” and hung out in the Uptown bar whilst in a smoking jacket. I guess now is as good a…
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