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PPQ Dungeness Island
The Regular

PPQ Dungeness Island

You know when you have friends visiting from out of town and they want an SF seafood experience? This is not about some soup in a sourdough bowl--it's prime time to hook them up with a crab fest! And seriously now, where are you going to find dinner…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

January 8, 2008

Been watch-dogging the restaurant project slated to moved into the InterContinental San Francisco for a while, and the word is finally out about ~LUCE~. This new restaurant will be opening when the hotel opens, most likely by the end of February. The executive chef is Dominique Crenn, who was recently…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

January 8, 2008

We had a busy New Year's Eve in the city: Laura Dern and Ben Harper were at Washington Square Bar & Grill, at 12:30am on New Year's Eve (technically, New Year's Day). Just in the nick of time, I guess. They were also…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
What’s Cookin’

January 8, 2008

A Manhattan-sized hello and MEOW from NYC—it was a miracle I even made it here considering STORM 2008 was going full-tilt when I was flying out of SF on Friday. And miracle number two: it's something like 68 degrees today. I know, huh?! Highlights thus far: the…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Wine and Wishes
The Socialite

Wine and Wishes

The seventh annual ~MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION'S WINE AND WISHES~ event is coming up, a gourmet food and wine tasting hosted on Treasure Island. Over 60 of San Francisco's favorite chefs and wineries will be providing hors d'oeuvres, like Ana Mandara, A16, Ozumo, SPQR, Perbacco, Piperade,…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
Farina
The Regular

Farina

Some locals have said it took a lot of chutzpah (or as the Italians would say it, "palle") to move into the Mission and open a big sprawling Italian restaurant mere blocks away from the long-standing beloved, Delfina. The unique look of FARINA (nope, this was definitely NOT…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Chatterbox

January 1, 2008

Because I am feeling a little punchy, I decided to do some quick haikus for this week’s news. Please don’t forget these are hung over haikus, so if I got some syllable counts wrong, I don’t want to hear about it. The Excedrin hasn’t kicked in…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
January 1, 2008
The Health Nut

January 1, 2008

Yup, it’s the infamous month of resolutions, when everyone signs up for a gym membership, embarks on a new diet, or tries to give up delicious things like pasta and booze. Jeremy Manning of Titan Fitness wanted to share ten suggestions for how to stay resolved this year. Best…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
The Starlet

January 1, 2008

Jean Tripplehorn was spotted at Yank Sing. She was dining with her family (her husband and a small child). Apparently Vincent Gallo is a regular at Dosa. On his last visit he ordered organic greens and mango, lentil chicken, Tamil lamb, and spiced tomato soup. And with my own eyes…
Marcia Gagliardi
Marcia Gagliardi
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