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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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It Was Hammertime at Bluestem public
The Starlet

It Was Hammertime at Bluestem

According to a tweet, MC Hammer was in Bluestem Brasserie last night. He was holding court with a friend for four hours, and was seen eating one of pastry chef James Ormsby’s “cookie jars” for dessert with hot tea. MC Hammer with Kimberly O’Dowd. Photo courtesy of Bluestem.…
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This week's tablehopper: more cowbell. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: more cowbell.

Boy, am I glad to be out of the bunker. There is nothing quite like the feeling of finishing a honking deadline, or in my case, two. I had fun getting my swerve on Thursday night in North Beach, feasting at Chubby Noodle and having after-dinner drinks at Comstock Saloon…
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The Triumphant Return of Original Joe's public
The Chatterbox

The Triumphant Return of Original Joe's

North Beach was buzzing over the weekend, and I think some older folks were popping a little more Lipitor than usual before heading over to check out ~ORIGINAL JOE’S~ new home on Washington Square Park. The restaurant, which dates back to 1937, tragically closed in October 2007 after a…
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Rex Cafe Transforming Into Marbella public
The Chatterbox

Rex Cafe Transforming Into Marbella

A tablehopper reader tipped me off that after 18 years in business, REX CAFE on Polk Street is converting into a Spanish restaurant. Partners Bob DiFranco and Daniel Mougeot will close Rex at the end of February, and after a month of refreshing the space, will reopen it as MARBELLA,…
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Troya Fillmore Opening in Citizen Cake Space public
The Chatterbox

Troya Fillmore Opening in Citizen Cake Space

One of the owners of ~TROYA~ in the Richmond, Berk Kinalilar, emailed me last week to tell me Troya is opening a second location, Troya Fillmore, in the vacant Citizen Cake space. The menu will have the same Turkish focus (have you ever had their delicate and delicious manti?), but…
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New Hires at St. Vincent public
The Chatterbox

New Hires at St. Vincent

David Lynch is going full-tilt over at ~ST. VINCENT~, his upcoming project on Valencia Street (in the former Heart space). Scoop announces Lynch has hired Bill Niles (Bar Tartine) as the chef—although Chris Kronner will still be consulting on food operations. The impending food style is described as “hearty,…
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