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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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(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’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.)…
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Changes at Criolla Kitchen in the Castro public
The Chatterbox

Changes at Criolla Kitchen in the Castro

Grub Street noted some ownership and menu changes at ~CRIOLLA KITCHEN~ in the Castro, and one of the new partners in the venture got in touch with me to share an update. One of the original managing partners is moving on, and Hans Purohit (Ristobar) and Adam Wilson (Beretta, Zeki’…
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The Starlet

Adrian Grenier and Entourage at AQ

Just before Christmas, Adrian Grenier came in to AQ for dinner and hung out in the downstairs whiskey lounge with his group—my source says he was “with his ‘model girlfriend’ and a group of friends including one of the Twitter founders.”…
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