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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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This week's tablehopper: busy, busy. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: busy, busy.

Oh, excuse me, let me turn this down. Was blaring Blondie’s Rapture a little too loud. Figured it was a good pre-weekend soundtrack, considering Judgment Day is nigh. “Don’t stop, sure shot/Go out to the parking lot/And you get in your car and you drive real…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Cotogna public
The Regular

Cotogna

Oh yes, let’s just throw another log on ye olde hype fire, shall we? There has been citywide dismay at how hard it is to secure a reservation at the at-capacity COTOGNA, and I could practically write the starlet section based on the star sightings there alone. And then…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Regular

Jackson Square

Oh yes, let’s just throw another log on ye olde hype fire, shall we? There has been citywide dismay at how hard it is to secure a reservation at the at-capacity Cotogna, and I could practically write the starlet section...…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
Chambers Eat + Drink (Softly) Opening Tonight public
The Chatterbox

Chambers Eat + Drink (Softly) Opening Tonight

The transformation from Bambuddha Lounge into the spiffy ~CHAMBERS EAT + DRINK~ is now complete: Sean and Isabel Manchester’s groovy new bar and restaurant opens tonight for business. Chef Trevor Ogden (Mission Beach Cafe) has crafted a menu that’s a bit gastro-pubby, with some California seasonality, and a bit…
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An Update on Txoko, Opening Tuesday May 31st public
The Chatterbox

An Update on Txoko, Opening Tuesday May 31st

Time to practice your Basque Xs, because Ryan Maxey and Ian Begg (Naked Lunch) are opening their San Sebastián-inspired restaurant, ~TXOKO~. To begin, here’s how you say it: like tchotchke, just add a little “T” to the word choke, tchoke-oh. Okay, now that you’ve got that down and…
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The Chatterbox

Turtle Tower Opens a Third Location

A tablehopper reader on their way to work in SoMa told me they spotted a sign stating “TURTLE TOWER Coming Soon” on 6th Street. Further details can be found on LiveSOMA, with the owners writing in to say they are hoping for a June 1st opening. That is pho-king awesome.…
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Mirtille Opens This Week public
The Chatterbox

Mirtille Opens This Week

Not too long ago, I mentioned a new café opening in the Civic Center/Tenderloin area: MIRTILLE. Well, the 26-seat café with the blueberry-inspired palette (mirtille is French for blueberry) should be opening this Wednesday or Thursday from owners François and Isabelle Chevillotte. To recap, they will be serving healthy…
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