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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And... Some Permanent Closures

After a bunch of rumors and misinformation and no information, Grub Street reports the official closing for TI COUZ is this Sunday May 15th. My intern was poking around and discovered a sign for Giordano Bros., home of the famous all-in-one sandwich in North Beach. An email in to Giordano’…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Your Next Lunch: Oyaji!

Thanks to buddy and girl-about-town Rebecca Chapa, I learned ~OYAJI~ in the Outer Richmond is now open for lunch Wed-Sun, and is serving a different menu than dinnertime. Now, what is on the menu currently remains mysterious since I couldn’t confirm anything before my deadline (Oyaji is closed Mon-Tue)…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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A Couple Upcoming Wine Dinners

~MILLENNIUM~ is hosting a spring sparkling wine dinner with Farm Wine Imports on Tuesday May 17th. Five courses and an amuse, paired with six non-traditional French, Italian, and Spanish sparkling wines. 6pm-9:30pm; dinner served at 6:30pm. $85 per person (before tax/gratuity). Call Alison to reserve your seat…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Another Clive Owen Sighting

Super-hottie Clive Owen was spotted at Twenty Five Lusk (again!) with the producer of Hemingway & Gellhorn last Monday evening, and stayed until the lounge closed. (This is the third or fourth time he’s been in, so it’s safe to say he’s a fan!) Also, actor and…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Bill Bellamy

Ladies and Gentlemen, Another Clive Owen Sighting May 10, 2011 Super-hottie Clive Owen was spotted at Twenty Five Lusk (again!) with the producer of Hemingway & Gellhorn last Monday evening, and stayed until the lounge closed. (This is the third or fourth time he’s been in, so it’s…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Four Traveling Pizza Ovens in One Place on One Night

Coming up this Friday May 13th (awooooooo!) is the first San Francisco Nomadic Pizza Throw-Down! Four traveling pizza ovens (Pizza Politana, Fist of Flour, Copper Top Ovens, and Casey’s Pizza) will converge on COFFEE BAR, donating proceeds to a Japanese tsunami relief fund. $12 will get you four pizza…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

Yo, Media and Trade: You Coming to this Champagne Tasting or What?

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Yo, Media and Trade: You Coming to this Champagne Tasting or What?

On Wednesday May 25th, trade and media are invited to this fantastic and inaugural Champagne tasting, featuring 31 of the top Champagne houses and growers, and over 90 different Champagnes in all. Each house is featuring a non-vintage, a vintage, and a third wine of their choice—and in many…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Double Play at Café Claude

Café Claude hosted actor Omar Metwally and singer Tracy Chapman last Thursday evening.…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Omar Metwally

Double Play at Café Claude May 10, 2011 Café Claude hosted actor Omar Metwally and singer Tracy Chapman last Thursday evening.…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Two Special Author Dinners at Woodward's Garden and Salt House

Were you bummed to miss the M.F.K. Fisher dinner I wrote up at ~WOODWARD’S GARDEN~? Here’s your chance to attend another cool one on Wednesday May 18th, with author Rebecca Solnit of the book Infinite City. She will be accompanied by fellow Infinite essayists and mapmakers…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011