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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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March 9, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: torque. public
Newsletter

March 9, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: torque.

This week's tablehopper: torque.                     Raw and blanched asparagus salad with carrot soubise and lemon-goat cheese vinaigrette at Grand Café. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Well, happy gorgeous Friday to you! Spring fever in effect, just as we spring forward on Sunday. And I definitely have a spring in my…
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This week's tablehopper: torque. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: torque.

Well, happy gorgeous Friday to you! Spring fever in effect, just as we spring forward on Sunday. And I definitely have a spring in my step (and soon in my shocks), because I am off to San Jose to pick up my brand-new, red, shiny, Fiat 500 Sport. I…
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Lucky Strike Lanes Opens Thursday March 8th public
The Chatterbox

Lucky Strike Lanes Opens Thursday March 8th

Time to brush up on your Lebowski quotes, because the first of two new bowling lanes in the city is here. Opening this Thursday March 8th in SoMa is the first San Francisco location of LUCKY STRIKE LANES, an import from Southern California. The former Borders location near AT&…
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Radio Africa & Kitchen Opening This Week public
The Chatterbox

Radio Africa & Kitchen Opening This Week

Report by Daisy Chow, tablehopper editorial assistant. This Thursday March 8th, chef Eskender Aseged will introduce the brick-and-mortar site of RADIO AFRICA & KITCHEN, serving the Cal-African-Med cuisine that’s been the star of his pop-up for the past seven years. Located on the ground-…
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Thermidor in Mint Plaza Appears to Be Closed public
The Chatterbox

Thermidor in Mint Plaza Appears to Be Closed

Seems Mint Plaza’s ~THERMIDOR~ went dark over the weekend. Inside Scoop mentions the restaurant’s voicemail and OpenTable are both off. Stand by for an official statement from owners Bruce Binn and Neil Jorgensen soon. Thermidor at the end of service. Photo: © tablehopper.com.…
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Criolla Kitchen Becoming Parish Eleven public
The Chatterbox

Criolla Kitchen Becoming Parish Eleven

Some more news over at ~CRIOLLA KITCHEN~ in the Castro: the transformation continues, starting with an impending new name of ~PARISH ELEVEN~ (there are 11 counties in the Bay Area, hence the inspiration for the name). The partners are shooting for a mid-April relaunch if everything falls into place.…
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Now Open: Darn Good Food public
The Chatterbox

Now Open: Darn Good Food

FiDi has a new face in the neighborhood: DARN GOOD FOOD; Eater initially reported a couple months ago it’s a “new healthy weekday quick-service food operation …. from founder Ron Henoud [who] has brought on a consulting executive chef and dietitian to create breakfast, lunch and dinner entrées featuring…
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The Starlet

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor and a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, Both Hot March  6, 2012 A tablehopper reader let me know Ewan McGregor was spotted having a grilled cheese sandwich from Cowgirl Creamery’s Sidekick at the Ferry Building (he had the Cabot Toasties), and then he went over to Blue Bottle. This…
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