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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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New Mega-Brasserie Opening Downtown public
The Chatterbox

New Mega-Brasserie Opening Downtown

After lots of local speculation and rumors about who was moving into 101 California Street, the former Atrium, details have been revealed. It’s another project by Mark Weiss of the Whisk Group, called ~BRASSERIE LILLE~. And get ready for this: it’s going to be a 7,638-square-…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Chatterbox

Changes at The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco

A few public service announcements about ~THE DINING ROOM AT THE RITZ-CARLTON~: it’s time for summer break, so The Dining Room will be closed until Monday July 19th, reopening Tuesday July 20th at 6pm. (You can still dine in The Lobby Lounge, ordering off a California market cuisine…
Marcia Gagliardi
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Morty's Deli, Soon Delivering ZZ Tapas public
The Chatterbox

Morty's Deli, Soon Delivering ZZ Tapas

The next time you’re getting tipsy during happy hour at a Polk Street bar, you can place a call to ~MORTY’S DELICATESSEN~ for some delivery, whether you want a kickass Reuben off their regular menu, or a stoner-happy selection off their new ZZ Tapas snack menu. Some…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
A Grand Shot of Coffee public
The Chatterbox

A Grand Shot of Coffee

Last week, as I was riding my bike home from a lunch in the Mission, I swung by the new ~GRAND COFFEE~ for a little fuel. As mentioned previously, owner Nabeel Silmi is applying some bartender skills to the barista craft. What you see here is the off-the-menu…
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The Chatterbox

A Cheesy Night

Next Monday July 12th, join Rainbow Grocery cheesemonger and author, Gordon Edgar, and American cheese expert and author, Laura Werlin, for an 18 Reasons evening of stories and, of course, tastings. Gordon will read from his new book, Cheesemonger, and between readings, Werlin will lead you through a tasting, furthering…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Someone Needs the Tablehopper's Guide to SF

Willem Dafoe was spotted at The Stinking Rose on Columbus with his girlfriend. (Pretty on-point and funny choice of location considering his recent role in the vampire movie, Daybreakers.) They sat in a romantic booth all the way in the back of The Bagna Calda room and shared sizzling…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi •
The Starlet

Willem Dafoe

Someone Needs the Tablehopper's Guide to SF July  6, 2010 Willem Dafoe was spotted at The Stinking Rose on Columbus with his girlfriend. (Pretty on-point and funny choice of location considering his recent role in the vampire movie, Daybreakers.) They sat in a romantic booth all the…
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Marcia Gagliardi •
New Izakaya Opens in Berkeley public
The Chatterbox

New Izakaya Opens in Berkeley

After months of trying to get some info on an upcoming downtown Berkeley yakitori place, finally the Umami Mart blog gets the story (cheers to Grub Street for unearthing the piece). Thanks to Umami Mart’s informative blog post, the majority of detail-gathering about this new joint, ~IPPUKU~, is…
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