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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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Leap Year Cocktails of the Farmers Market public
The Lush

Leap Year Cocktails of the Farmers Market

The first CUESA cocktail event of 2012 is coming up on Wednesday February 29th—get your tix while they last! Brought to you by CUESA and the Northern California chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild, this Leap Day event has a special theme: LADY LEAP YEAR COCKTAILS OF THE…
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The Starlet

Speed Dining at Benu with Zuck

A tablehopper reader writes in to tell me he was enjoying his first visit to Benu, and Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend Priscilla Chan came in for a quick dinner. Yes, quick. Ends up Zuck and his lady were really nice but also exhausted, so they requested the kitchen to…
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Two Food Events with Big Side Benefits public
The Chatterbox

Two Food Events with Big Side Benefits

Everyone loves a good cause—here’s a couple food-related ones for ya. Local startup ZeroCater invites you to FOOD-FOR-ALL on Wednesday February 22nd, 6:30pm-8:30pm, their official pre-party for Taste of the Nation San Francisco, with 100% of proceeds going to Share Our…
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Update on the Cocktail Program at Hog & Rocks public
The Lush

Update on the Cocktail Program at Hog & Rocks

Over at ~HOG & ROCKS~, the cocktail program has advanced nicely under the direction of Scott Beattie (he was brought on board back in October) and Michael Lazar, who joined the team as bar manager in December after things didn’t work out at Plum Bar in Oakland. The spirits…
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Chef Ménage à Trois at Café de la Presse public
The Starlet

Chef Ménage à Trois at Café de la Presse

According to a tweet, chef Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain came in to Café de la Presse for a surprise lunch late on Friday. (Ripert was also spotted at nojo having lunch that day—did he double down?) Chefs Eric Ripert and Laurent Manrique, and Anthony Bourdain. Photo from Twitter.…
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Ubuntu Loses Its Chef to SF public
707 Scout

Ubuntu Loses Its Chef to SF

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. Rising star chef Aaron London of UBUNTU announced last week that he is leaving the wine country’s temple of vegetarian gastronomy to open his own restaurant in San Francisco. Ubuntu’s surprising five-month winter hiatus this year provided an easy transition out of…
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February 14, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: XO sauce. public
Newsletter

February 14, 2012 - This week's tablehopper: XO sauce.

This week's tablehopper: XO sauce.                     Negroni at aperitivo hour at Hog & Rocks. Photo: © tablehopper.com. Happy Valentine’s Day, darlings. Was crushed when Tony Bennett failed to drown out the weekly emergency broadcast at noon today, on the 50th anniversary of when he first sang “I Left…
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This week's tablehopper: XO sauce. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: XO sauce.

Happy Valentine’s Day, darlings. Was crushed when Tony Bennett failed to drown out the weekly emergency broadcast at noon today, on the 50th anniversary of when he first sang “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” at the Venetian Room in the Fairmont Hotel. Our local radio stations also…
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Where to Live It Up on Fat Tuesday public
The Socialite

Where to Live It Up on Fat Tuesday

New Year’s resolutions already a distant memory? Good, ‘cause there’s plenty of places to live it up next Tuesday February 21st for Mardi Gras. ~TOWN HALL~ is holding their annual Mardi Gras party with Crescent City cuisine and drinks, plus dancing with live music, Samba dancers, and face…
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