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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Good Food Awards and Marketplace: This Weekend! public
The Socialite

Good Food Awards and Marketplace: This Weekend!

Once again, the Good Food Awards are celebrating all that is good in food, recognizing not just the well-crafted and delicious, but also the sustainable and responsibly produced. You can join the GOOD FOOD AWARDS GALA RECEPTION at 8pm this Friday January 13th, or if you don’t have the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Regular

Del Popolo

This place has not been formally reviewed by the tablehopper, but it has been mentioned in related articles... Related Articles * Jon Darsky Resurfaces with Del Popolo, the Pizza Truck of Your Dreams $ Jon Darsky, chef Cuisine * Pizza Features…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
(Sponsored): Kitchit Brings World-Class Chefs to Your Home public
The Sponsor

(Sponsored): Kitchit Brings World-Class Chefs to Your Home

“Promoting itself as a new form of ‘bespoke’ dining, Kitchit puts consumers in touch with chefs—from the everyday to ‘master chefs’ such as Daniel Patterson and Traci Des Jardins—for private dinners. It’s a great idea. Kind of underground dining comes to you.” —Sara Deseran, 7x7 Magazine Kitchit’…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
New Arrivals, and More on the Way public
707 Scout

New Arrivals, and More on the Way

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. La Toque’s former location in Rutherford’s Rancho Caymus Inn has finally scored a new identity as ALEX ITALIAN RESTAURANT. The restaurant takes its name from Italian-born owner Alessandro Sbrendola and his wife Alessia, who are both trained sommeliers and know a thing or…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Closures Brief, Lengthy, and Open-Ended public
707 Scout

Closures Brief, Lengthy, and Open-Ended

By 707 correspondent, Deirdre Bourdet. Traditionally, January marks the absolute nadir for restaurant business in Napa and Sonoma, and this one is no exception. Lots and lots of places are battening down the hatches for the winter—some for renovations, some for vacation, and others for more mysterious reasons. In…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The New Year Brings a Slew of Closures public
The Chatterbox

The New Year Brings a Slew of Closures

It’s a new year, which always brings a bunch of news about post-holiday closures. Inside Scoop broke the news that Loretta Keller’s ~THE MOSS ROOM~ abruptly closed January 1st, and Charles Phan is taking it over. Phan, who runs the Academy Café at the California Academy of Sciences,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Going Far Afield for James Franco

This is a little far afield for my usual coverage, but again, for James Franco, exceptions must be made. He had dinner at Calafia Café in Palo Alto with his mother and brother. (Yes, just like his collection of stories, Palo Alto.)…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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