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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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This week's tablehopper: keep on truckin'. public
What’s Cookin’

This week's tablehopper: keep on truckin'.

Hello troublemakers. Are you ready for another sunny weekend? Yes, we quite deserve it. Enjoy every sunshine-y second. If we break San Francisco’s track record of colored fog for July 4th, I’ll be shocked. Sunday, Sunday, Sunday… So for today’s installment, I wanted to share a…
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Nombe public
The Regular

Nombe

What would I consider a fine quality in a restaurant? Well, for starters, chicken skin on the menu is most certainly an eye-catching item. Oh, and what I’d call “chef chicken wings,” juicy and meaty numbers sporting a crispy and chewy exterior from a homemade toasted rice powder…
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Prospect Is Now a Reality public
The Chatterbox

Prospect Is Now a Reality

Last week I had a chance to attend a friends and family dinner at the brand-new ~PROSPECT~, the much-awaited project from the Boulevard team (Nancy Oakes, Pam Mazzola, and Kathy King) that opens tonight for dinner in The Infinity building in SoMa. The executive chef is Ravi Kapur,…
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The Chatterbox

Kitted Out

The culinary interwebs (Eater, Thrillist, SFoodie, Inside Scoop, et al.) have been bubbling with news of this new SoMa joint that just opened yesterday, SPICE KIT. As owners Wilfred Pacio and Fred Tang put it, their offering is “chef-driven Asian street food” (they are both alums of high-end…
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Time to Get Skooled public
The Chatterbox

Time to Get Skooled

~SKOOL RESTAURANT AND BAR~ is now open at the base of Potrero Hill. The project is from Andy Mirabell (Blowfish Sushi To Die For), with executive chef Toshihiro Nagano (Bushi Tei, Bushi Tei Bistro, Blowfish Sushi To Die For), and director of operations Olia Kedik (Blowfish Sushi To Die For)…
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The Chatterbox

New Ethiopian Restaurant Opening in SoMa

A new and soon-to-open Ethiopian restaurant in SoMa has been getting all kinds of coverage in Eater, Grub Street, SFoodie, and Live SOMA (and I am sure I’m missing probably five more outlets). MOYA is aiming for a July 1st opening, serving lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.…
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Hog & Rocks Is Ready to Open Its Pen public
The Chatterbox

Hog & Rocks Is Ready to Open Its Pen

If everything goes according to plan, the city’s first ham and oyster bar, ~HOG & ROCKS~ will be opening on Sunday July 4th. The project is from chef Scott Youkilis of Maverick, partner Dave Esler, and Eric Rubin of Tres Agaves Tequila, who helped to develop the overall concept.…
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The Chatterbox

New Restaurant Opening This Fall: Melody

The former Coco’s Bakery Café in the Outer Mission is going to be morphing into MELODY, a project from Esam Jaber. Look for an all-day menu of Lebanese/Middle Eastern/French dishes that are authentic and homey. The space is relatively large—it features two garages with high…
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New Delis/Cafés Around Town public
The Chatterbox

New Delis/Cafés Around Town

Not like it’s going to diminish the lines at Ike’s (whose fate remains TBD)… I got this tip too late last week from a reader, but here you go: there’s a new deli in the Mish next door to the 500 Club called CLARE’S DELI. The…
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The Chatterbox

Summer Break

Just a few reports on temporary closures around town: ~COI~ is closed for summer vacation until July 6th. When it reopens, there will be a light remodel in the dining room, and a totally new menu. Meanwhile, ~MASA’S~ will be closed from July 4th through the 19th. When they…
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