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The Starlet

Golden Girl

Betty White came in to SCALA’S BISTRO and had the crab toast, mushroom pizza, and petrale sole. According to my source, “She was here for the Marine Wildlife Rescue in Monterey, she is super fun and sweet. She came in with a Monsignor, they went to the Starlight [Room]…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Betty White

Golden Girl February 23, 2010 Betty White came in to SCALA’S BISTRO and had the crab toast, mushroom pizza, and petrale sole. According to my source, “She was here for the Marine Wildlife Rescue in Monterey, she is super fun and sweet. She came in with a Monsignor, they…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

The Changing Tide at Aqua

I was sorry to learn the Bacchus Management Group (which includes Spruce, Pizza Antica, and The Village Pub) has decided, after a long period of deliberation, to walk away from the AQUA space. Due to risk issues, they mutually decided it was best for their company and all others involved.…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Celebrate the Persian New Year at Zaré at Flytrap
The Chatterbox

Celebrate the Persian New Year at Zaré at Flytrap

The New Year’s celebrations continue: chef/owner Hoss Zaré of ~ZARÉ AT FLYTRAP~ is introducing the first Persian New Year’s celebration in San Francisco. On Monday March 15th through Wednesday March 17th, the restaurant will host a New Year’s celebration with communal tables and traditional symbolic dishes…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Nice Play at Waterbar

Last Friday night, Mayor Gavin Newsom and wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom were at WATERBAR for a birthday dinner for her father, Ken Siebel, and seated right across from them was Troy Aikman, Hall of Fame quarterback from the Dallas Cowboys. According to my source, “Mayor Newsom wasted no time in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Daisy Martinez Hosting a Dinner at Destino
The Chatterbox

Daisy Martinez Hosting a Dinner at Destino

Food Network’s Daisy Martinez is hosting a special Nuevo Latino dinner on Monday March 8th at ~DESTINO~ to introduce her new cookbook, Daisy: Morning, Noon, and Night. Chef James Schenk will utilize Daisy’s vibrant pan-Latin recipes to create a four-course dinner, paired with Argentine wine. The dinner also…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

Power Brunching on Valentine's Day

A tablehopper reader noted quite the power scene playing out at the BALBOA CAFE: “Nancy Pelosi was having Valentine’s Day brunch at the same time Willie Brown was having it with his daughter, and Gordon Getty was doing a V-day brunch too. Oh yes, so was I…” I wonder…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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