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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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Lenny Kravitz Hits the Lower Haight public
The Starlet

Lenny Kravitz Hits the Lower Haight

Haighteration shares this fun story of Lenny Kravitz in the Lower Haight, who swung by Wing Wings and was reportedly a fan of the Angry Korean wings (we have this in common). The piece also mentions he was heading to The Slanted Door for dinner that night. (If you have…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Closures: Now and Later public
The Chatterbox

Closures: Now and Later

A few closures around town: Eater reports LE BORDEAUX in North Beach has closed after barely six months in business. 524 Union St. at Stockton. This is a little late, but a tablehopper tipster let me know DELI-UP CAFE in the Mission closed at the beginning of the year. It…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Babe Pizza

The luminous Cameron Diaz was spotted having lunch on Valentine’s Day at Boot and Shoe Service in Oakland. Leah Garchik’s spy reports, “a few paparazzi were asked to leave the restaurant.”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Lou Reed

(Velvet) Underground Dining February 21, 2012 Well, look at that, Lou Reed having lunch at the St. Francis Fountain. Rock Stars in the Fast Lane at A16 June  7, 2011 According to this tweet from Michael Murphy, A16 was busy with rock star diners last night: U2’s drummer Larry…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Big Oakland Update public
The Chatterbox

Big Oakland Update

Whew, the Diablo Dish had a big update on Oakland projects, but here’s the quick recap: Paul Canales has released a few details about his still-unnamed space next to Flora (“he’s strongly considering adding a small, curated wine shop where customers can buy bottles of wine to bring…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

POTUS on Tour

The city was all abuzz last week with a visit from President Barack Obama, who made an unexpected pit stop at Great Eastern in Chinatown for some dim sum to go. There’s been a huge (and slightly misinformed) hubbub over the fact that the restaurant still serves shark’s…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Royally Feasting

Last Thursday, the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent dined at Park Tavern (grande dame Denise Hale was in their party). Since one is supposed to address the Princess as Your Royal Highness, imagine being a server that night: “Your Royal Highness, would you like the chicken [she did] or…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
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