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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Do You Love Oysters? public
The Chatterbox

Do You Love Oysters?

Well, you better if you win this contest. ~WATERBAR~ is quickly approaching the sale of its half millionth oyster since the restaurant’s opening in January 2008. The guest who orders the half millionth oyster will be rewarded with a year’s supply of oysters at Waterbar: one dozen oysters…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Lush

Free Bonny Doon Tasting on Thursday

This Thursday June 24th, there will be a complimentary wine tasting with Randall Grahm from Bonny Doon Vineyard at ~CODA~ from 5:30pm-7:30pm. This Meet the Winemaker Happy Hour will include a complimentary tasting of select Bonny Doon Vineyard wines, with music from DJ Jacob Pena of Colombia…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Grab a Little Glass of "Ombra" at Bellanico public
The Lush

Grab a Little Glass of "Ombra" at Bellanico

When I lived in Venezia (Italy), I knew all about grabbing a little “ombra”—it’s a term in Venetian dialect for the small glasses of wine you could get at wine bars (bacari) all over town. Starting Saturday June 26th, from 9pm until closing, BELLANICO RESTAURANT & WINE BAR…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

Slow to Open in Berkeley this July

Seems appropriate that a restaurant called SLOW will be opening in Berkeley this July from chef/owner Kyle Anderson. Chef Anderson, 28, has worked with Daniel Boulud in New York and for Charlie Trotter in Chicago; he is also working with Christopher Blue of Chocolatier Blue, along with general manager…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Lots of Pourin' at Pinot Days this Sunday June 27th public
The Lush

Lots of Pourin' at Pinot Days this Sunday June 27th

This Sunday June 27th, more than 500 acclaimed pinots will be poured at the 6th annual PINOT DAYS GRAND FESTIVAL in San Francisco, and more than 220 winemakers will be present. There are also three thematic Focus Tastings, a special Producer Spotlight tasting with winemaker Adam Lee of Siduri Wines,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Charming Cloris

Cloris Leachman came in to Kuleto’s for a late dinner last Saturday after performing at the Rrazz Room. She ordered the seabass on a crispy risotto cake with pea shoots, and immediately ordered another risotto cake for her son to try. She reportedly surprised the waiter with a hug…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Chapman on the Town

Tracy Chapman was spotted at CAV Wine Bar & Kitchen with a group of around 15 people (including her actress girlfriend)—my spy says they ate mostly appetizers, cheese, fries, salads, and shishito peppers.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
New "Lifestyle Market" in West Berkeley: The Beehive public
The Chatterbox

New "Lifestyle Market" in West Berkeley: The Beehive

A new addition to the West Berkeley food scene is THE BEEHIVE MARKET, a Saturday affair that features an organic food court, farmers, and food manufacturers, as well as locally made, eco-friendly lifestyle products (transportation, personal care, pets, kids apparel, garden). Neither a farmer’s market nor a flea…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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