The Chatterbox

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The Chatterbox
The Chatterbox

October 10, 2006

A party at MAC last week was all atwitter with this big hunk o' news about ~ZUNI~: long-term partner Vince Calcagno has sold his share of the biz to Gilbert Pilgram; a number of folks know Pilgram through his 20 years at Chez Panisse. Pilgram has a pretty dreamy…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

October 3, 2006

Okay, the biggest hoopla on the industry's lips as of Monday morning was of course the release of the ~MICHELIN GUIDE'S~ ratings for San Francisco, which is scheduled to hit bookstores this Wednesday, 10/4 (check out the release event in the starlet). To recap, here…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

September 26, 2006

Whoa, big changeup at ~JARDINIÈRE~: this is why I go out practically every night, because you never know what you just might stumble across! Oh, and it's fun to go out. Anyway, while swilling at CAV's first anniversary party, I found out acclaimed Executive Chef ~ROBBIE…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

September 19, 2006

Folks in the Dogpatch area are gonna be stoked about this news, and pizza lovers just might make the trek cross-town for this one: a tiny pizza place will be opening (optimistically) by the beginning of November called ~PICCINO~ (it's an endearing Italian diminutive of the word "…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

September 12, 2006

This town seems to have baked goods on its mind lately (glad it's not just me): Potrero residents/Dogpatchers are starting their morning with fresh (organic) breakfast pastries and tarts at ~PETITE PATISSERIE~. Rachel Leising is behind this new venture, with over 20 years of baking experience, including…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

September 5, 2006

Attention cheeseheads. (And I don't mean Green Bay fans.) We can enroll in a number of schools in our life: culinary school, dental school, driving school (that's what you get for rolling stop signs). Now, how about the dreamiest of them all, Cheese School! Sara Vivenzio,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

August 22, 2006

Fans of ~TABLESPOON~ on Polk Street (present company included) will be happy to hear they scored a liquor license! After weeks of waiting for the permit, it finally went through last week. Which is dreamy, because the space already has a great bar. Swing on by for a cocktail, and…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

August 15, 2006

I am a bit bummed to not be in town for the opening, well, not totally bummed since Lake Tahoe is pretty darned dreamy, but checkity check it: ~THE FRONT PORCH~ opens today! You can see my previous mention of this fab new gastropub here, and they'll even…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

August 8, 2006

So after some remodeling and a repainting, the old Julie's Supper Club on Folsom location is reopening within a week as ~CLUB J2~ (as in Julie's Two). The former business office was transformed into a dance floor, and the tented back room is currently closed until…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

August 1, 2006

Just after ~ROOSEVELT'S TAMALE PARLOR~ was lovingly restored and reopened, there are some changes to report. One of our local tamale queens, Karen Taylor, is no longer consulting with Roosevelt's—the commute from Sonoma was a long one, and she is going to keep her attention…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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