Marcia Gagliardi

Some exciting news: chef Jeremy Fox will be cooking at ~SAISON~ from June 14th-18th while Saison’s chef Joshua Skenes is off to the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen (he was voted one of the 10 Best New Chefs 2011). Fox is calling the series SMITH@Saison—and…

I was happy to learn about the second tenant in the upcoming 740 Valencia Street location, which will hold The Abbot’s Cellar and a third tenant. Hopefully open by this fall will be DANDELION CHOCOLATE, a small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate factory from partners Todd Masonis and Cameron…

Right on schedule, the Basque-inspired ~TXOKO~ is opening tonight for dinner at 5pm (open until 2am). You can check out a copy of the menu on their site here, and read up on all the deets in my piece from last week. I look forward to getting a closer…

A few new beer and wine licenses that have been issued around town are sure to make diners happy: over at ~BRENDA’S FRENCH SOUL FOOD~, it means you’ll be able to have mimosas with your Hangtown fry, and at BISTRO SF GRILL, you can have a glass of…

As if Tony Gemignani’s menu of pizzas at ~TONY’S PIZZA NAPOLETANA~ wasn’t enough, he’s added some intriguing new items as well. Perhaps the most notable addition is his new gluten-free pizza that he has been perfecting for nine months. It is cooked in its own…

Over in Bernal Heights, ~LOCAVORE~ has promoted chef de cuisine Jonathan Merritt to executive chef; chef Jason Moniz will remain as one of the partners/owners of Locavore, but he will be working on special projects such as expanding their sausage business. There shouldn’t be a dramatic change in…

If all goes well, a new juice bar/café will be joining the growing roster of food venues coming to Third Street in the Bayview, this one with a community-minded goal: youth development agency Hunters Point Family (HPF) plans to open GET FRESH JUICE BAR AND CAFÉ at 5600…