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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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’…

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…

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…

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

Uncorked! Wine Festival Returns Saturday May 21st

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Uncorked! Wine Festival Returns Saturday May 21st

Spring is here, and you can sip on some wine alfresco at the annual GHIRARDELLI SQUARE UNCORKED! WINE FESTIVAL on Saturday May 21st. There will be more than 40 wineries pouring, plus live entertainment, cooking demonstrations and a sampling of dishes by executive chef Mark Richardson of Seasons at Four…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Good News Bears at Boulevard

Actress Tatum O’Neal came into Boulevard on Saturday with her daughter (they were celebrating her daughter’s birthday).…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Tatum O'Neal

Good News Bears at Boulevard May 10, 2011 Actress Tatum O’Neal came into Boulevard on Saturday with her daughter (they were celebrating her daughter’s birthday).…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011

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Three Special Italian Dinners (Outside the 415)

I know I’m not the only one who is a fan of Italian food, so these upcoming Italian meals should please many of you. On Thursday May 12th, Marin Organic and FRANTOIO RISTORANTE in Mill Valley are putting on a meal to celebrate Cooking with Italian Grandmothers, by chef…

Marcia Gagliardi • May 10, 2011