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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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The Starlet

Hugh Jackman Is Not a Homebody

Since Hugh Jackman was in town for two weeks for his run at the Curran, there were plenty of sightings to report. And homeboy tweets, so it makes my job easy. He celebrated the opening night at the Velvet Room in the Clift Hotel, and last Monday he had dinner…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman Is Not a Homebody May 17, 2011 Since Hugh Jackman was in town for two weeks for his run at the Curran, there were plenty of sightings to report. And homeboy tweets, so it makes my job easy. He celebrated the opening night at the Velvet Room in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
Revealed: The New Lunch Menu at Oyaji public
The Chatterbox

Revealed: The New Lunch Menu at Oyaji

Last week, I mentioned ~OYAJI~ is now serving lunch Wed-Sun, and a star tablehopper reader snagged a lunch menu for me. Items basically include all the things I want to eat all the time: ramen ($8.50); oyako-don ($7), chicken and egg over rice; katsu curry ($7), deep-…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Lush

Bernal Heights Update: A Wine and Tequila Report

Eater has more details on EL AMIGO, the Bernal Heights bar connected to Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack that I mentioned was going through some changes. Ends up the new owner, Joe Kaplan, was a bartender at neighboring The Royal Cuckoo, and is serving a house margarita (made with Cabrito Blanco…
Marcia Gagliardi
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The Starlet

Kevin Bacon

Two Degrees Away from Seeing Kevin Bacon May 17, 2011 Down on the Peninsula, Kevin Bacon was spotted at Scott’s Seafood Palo Alto. My spotter says it was “possibly a business meeting and not sure what he was having to eat, but definitely him (minus Kyra Sedgwick, unfortunately).”…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Lieutenant Gavster Getting a To-Go Dinner

I tend to not include local politicians in the starlet, but since he’s no longer our mayor, Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom was spotted waiting for his to-go order at Delfina. He was reportedly “chatting with some of the diners” and “looked very dapper in a suit…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
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