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: strike it rich. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: strike it rich.

Oh, hello rainy weekend. I’m going to consider it a productivity booster. But right now, here’s your little afternoon tablehopper break, which will not be contributing to your productivity. To your waistline, yes. To your BAC level, quite—especially with this week’s piece of fresh meat review…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Comstock Saloon public
The Regular

Comstock Saloon

The cocktails at COMSTOCK SALOON are so good, you could be tempted to drink your dinner. Quite. But that would be a bleary-eyed drunk’s mistake, because trust me, you don’t want to miss out on the goldmine (heh, couldn’t resist, sorry) of tasty and satisfying eats here…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Brasserie Lille Project on Hold public
The Chatterbox

Brasserie Lille Project on Hold

A tablehopper reader let me know that 101 California Street, slated to become the future home of ~BRASSERIE LILLE~ (the mega brasserie project from Mark Weiss of Whisk Group) has a notice to quit in the window. I got in touch with Weiss, and he said the project is now…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Cotogna Opens for Lunch Wednesday December 1st public
The Chatterbox

Cotogna Opens for Lunch Wednesday December 1st

~COTOGNA~ will open its doors for lunch beginning tomorrow, Wednesday December 1st. Have you had a chance to look at the Cotogna menu yet? It includes a three-course prix-fixe lunch for $24, a variety of antipasti for $10 (like a spinach sformato with Grana Padano fonduta), pastas for $16 (including…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

New Lebanese Spot in Hayes Valley

I’ve been wondering what was moving into the former Apollo Café on the corner of Fell and Laguna. Then I saw a sign for MAZZAT, and then a ‘hopper reader informed me it’s going to be Mazzat Lebanese. The plot thickens! Will let you know when I hear…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Wine Bar Opening in Cow Hollow: Pe Yale public
The Chatterbox

Wine Bar Opening in Cow Hollow: Pe Yale

The owner of WINE JAR on Fillmore Street in Pac Heights, Kamran Shirazi, is going to be opening a second wine bar on the other side of the hill, at 3131 Fillmore Street in Cow Hollow (next door to the upcoming Atelier Crenn). It’s going to be called PE…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Liquor License Watch: Some Findings! public
The Chatterbox

Liquor License Watch: Some Findings!

Back in September, the Inside Scoop mentioned Frascati’s Rebecca and Jon Rader were potentially taking over Mattin Noblia’s ILUNA BASQUE in North Beach. They are currently being very tight-lipped and all no-commenty about their project, but a liquor license transfer now lists the project as CAMPANULA KITCHEN &…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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