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The Chatterbox

February 17, 2009

Found out that after 12-plus years at Hawthorne Lane and ~TWO~, executive chef Bridget Batson is moving on. She’s looking forward to having a break, and is considering other new opportunities, but isn’t in a big rush for her next gig. Her last day at TWO is this…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 17, 2009

The Lush

February 17, 2009

Looks like ~15 ROMOLO~ will be opening its doors this Wednesday or Thursday. As I mentioned in earlier columns, it has a sexy new look, new lighting, new tunes on the jukebox, new seating, and there will be a tasty new menu of bar snacks. And there will be a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 17, 2009

The Starlet

February 17, 2009

This is downright charming: Bill Cosby came into Nopa and sat at the back counter overlooking the kitchen on Friday night. He was inspired to try it after seeing the restaurant featured in a recent Check Please! Bay Area episode. The funny timing (crucial in comedy, you know) is that…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 17, 2009

What’s Cookin’

February 17, 2009

Man, it’s raining a bunch out there. Might be a good time to ready the meat ship. Yup, mateys, you heard right. I haven’t laughed this hard in, oh, a week. The wet conditions may not have me riding my bike so much these days (sob), but that’…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 16, 2009

The Socialite

Victorian Bushfire Fundraisers

Coming up are two very important ~FUNDRAISERS TO HELP THE POOR VICTIMS OF THE BUSHFIRES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA~. There are thousands of people who are now homeless from the fires, their towns burned to the ground, and almost 300 people have perished. The Aussies need all the help they can…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 16, 2009

The Socialite

Growers' Dinners

Jack Falstaff’s executive chef, Jonnatan Leiva, started a series of ~GROWERS' DINNERS~ in the fall of 2008, and now the ongoing series has expanded to include other chefs who want to recognize the hardworking, visionary farmers and purveyors behind the ingredients. The monthly Growers' Dinners will feature…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 16, 2009

The Chatterbox

February 10, 2009

It looks like ~TSUNAMI MISSION BAY~ is on track to open in the Avalon Towers this Thursday February 12th. The loft-like space features brick-layered and white oak-paneled walls and a custom granite bar, where a variety of spirits, including 20 gins and of course a number of sakes will be…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 10, 2009

The Lush

February 10, 2009

Down in SoMa, ~JOHN COLINS LOUNGE~ just started demolition yesterday on an office space that will be transformed into the future home of their bar. They are moving the bar because of the impending Transbay-related demo of their current space. They hope to open and move into the new space…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 10, 2009

The Starlet

February 10, 2009

Over at Presidio Social Club, Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips (formerly of Luna and currently with Dean & Britta) and their entourage had a quick dinner at PSC before their show at the Palace of Fine Arts. Private eyes, they’re watching you! John Oates of Hall and Oates was…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 10, 2009

What’s Cookin’

February 10, 2009

Hey there, were you giving thanks for the rain this weekend? I sure was. - I was also giving thanks to the people who enabled me to make a perfect Sunday brunch: a plate of Soul Food Farm eggs slow-basted in marvelous bacon fat. And about that bacon: it was…

Marcia Gagliardi • Feb 09, 2009