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The Bore

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In 2024, I Say, “Please, No More!”
The Bore

In 2024, I Say, “Please, No More!”

Whew, we made it. (Well, some of us.) The number of closures this past year has been brutal, and, sadly, I fear it’s just going to continue. January is a cruel month for restaurants (as if all the break-ins aren’t awful enough), so be sure to plan some…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
In 2023, Please Keep These Things Away from Me
The Bore

In 2023, Please Keep These Things Away from Me

Due to the pandemic, I have taken the past two years off from writing snarky bores, my annual bitchfest about things I don’t want to see in restaurants in the new year. And to be completely honest, it still doesn’t feel quite right to complain about anything, knowing…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
In 2022, This One's on You
The Bore

In 2022, This One's on You

Well, we’re pretty much in an eerily similar, exasperating pandemic position that we were in last winter. We’re seeing restaurants (and bars) making the hard decision to close their dining rooms, or temporarily close completely so their already severely short-staffed teams can stay healthy, quarantine, or recuperate from…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
In 2021, Let's See More of This, Everyone
The Bore

In 2021, Let's See More of This, Everyone

For the past 14 years (since 2007!), I’ve been writing my annual end-of-year snarkfest, the bore, bitching about 10 overexposed/overdone things I don’t want to see in the new year, from fried chicken sandwiches to bone broth to NOmakase. This year, obviously, things are painfully different. Our…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
I'm Not So Sweet on These Things in 2016
The Bore

I'm Not So Sweet on These Things in 2016

It’s another new year, which means it’s time for my annual ranty list of things chapping my hide about our local culinary scene. Normally, I like to keep things positive over here at hopper HQ, but it’s fun to get all kvetchy and cranky once a year.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
I'm Not So Keen on Seeing These Things in 2015
The Bore

I'm Not So Keen on Seeing These Things in 2015

As any longtime tablehopper reader knows, the end of the year means it’s when I put on my crankypants and talk some smack about things irking me about our local culinary scene. If you’re sensitive to the words “fuck” and “shit,” you may want to hop along to…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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