Marcia Gagliardi

The crumbled Criolla Kitchen saga continues: it ends up some of the crew have banded together and are launching a weekly pop-up in the Mission called THE WESTWOOD POPUP in the former B3/Winemakers’ Speakeasy space. GM Hans Purohit, chef Jonny Becklund (previously Randy Lewis’ sous chef), and Rob…

After Sean Canavan left his position as executive chef of ~BLUESTEM BRASSERIE~, chef de cuisine Josh Lucas—formerly the executive chef of Luna Park and he opened Bluestem with Sean—has been helming the kitchen. New dishes include a roasted half chicken with crispy spinach and macaroni and cheese. He’…

The ambitious 150-seat restaurant and bakery opening in the former Stars, MAESTRO, is reportedly open now/this week (as I drove by on Saturday, a sign said “open”). Eater has a look at the French bistro menu by chef Neil Marquis. 555 Golden Gate Ave. at Van Ness. Just…

Beginning this weekend, ~MISSION BOWLING CLUB~ is starting brunch service Sat-Sun 11am-3pm. You can check out the menu here, which includes loco moco ($12), which is basically a rendition of the Mission Burger for breakfast, fried chicken and waffles ($11), and more. Whether you bowl or not is…

I haven’t been able to successfully reach anyone at CHEZ BERLUE, the new French market and wine bar in Cow Hollow that Eater mentioned was going to open in the former Sean men’s clothing store. According to its Facebook page, it appears to be open daily 11am-8:…

Are you one of the many fans of the espresso at ~FOUR BARREL COFFEE~? Those lines can be brutal, so you should know you can order a single-origin espresso in the Caledonia alley on the weekends from 9am-5pm. A while ago, I mentioned some changes at Coco-luxe…