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The Wino

Mauro Cirilli on Barolo and Barbaresco

Mauro Cirilli of Perbacco hails from Padova, Italy, where he was introduced to the joys of wine at an early age, when he would visit his grandfather's vineyard in the Colli Euganei and join in the process of making wine for their friends and family. Mauro received his…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 02, 2007

The Regular

Farallon (Oyster Bar)

The last time I was in FARALLON, it was for a big vendor lunch, back in my advertising days. Three hours, icy conical towers laden with fruits de mer, magnums of Veuve, yeah, it was a good time. Blurry. Ahhh, the nineties. Farallon has installed a new oyster bar in…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 02, 2007

The Regular

Gestalt Haus

I can often be found riding my bike, Peach One, around town. (And no, it's not a fixie.) Granted, I also adore my car (Peach2), especially when I'm sporting some sassy high heels for the evening, or when picking up bubbly from K+L, or if…

Marcia Gagliardi • Apr 02, 2007

The Chatterbox

March 27, 2007

After realizing the lease was most likely not going to be renewed in a couple years’ time, Bay Bread decided to pull out of ~PLATANOS~ in the Mission, and an amicable deal was struck. (It really wasn’t a core business for them.) The restaurant closed on Sunday the 18th.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 27, 2007

The Starlet

March 27, 2007

Top Chef contestant alert: Tiffani Faison was seen in SoMa (described by the tablehopper reader as “the little red-haired, back-stabbing, cutthroat, competitive ... from the first season”). Ouch! Eva Longoria, all five feet of her, was spotted having lunch with her basketball beau, Tony Parker at Postrio yesterday.…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 27, 2007

What’s Cookin’

March 27, 2007

Well, it’s not every day you wake up and find yourself mentioned in an article “above the fold” on the front page of the Sunday Chronicle. Dag, I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the quote they decided to use, and especially since it was taken a bit out of…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 26, 2007

The Socialite

CAVateria

The winos at CAV are whipping up something new and fun. This from CAV: What is CAVateria? Glad you asked. Starting this month we are going to open our doors on the last Saturday of the month (each month) for afternoon wine tasting and retail purchases of wine and some…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 26, 2007

The Socialite

Passover Dinners at Delfina

Yeah, I was brought up Catholic (until I decided I was done with it all), but I am totally going to ~PASSOVER DINNERS AT DELFINA~. I gotta see what I missed out on. (Although I did eat my share of risi e bisi while living in Venezia.) More from Delfina:…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 26, 2007

The Regular

TWO

Some restaurants have pulled some serious Cher-facelift magic the past couple years, from the classic case study of Bizou into COCO500, Cozmo's into CIRCA, and now Hawthorne Lane into TWO. (Sidebar: what's with the all caps on all three names? I see a trend.) The twist…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 26, 2007

The Chatterbox

March 20, 2007

Folks have been wondering about what was moving into the former Winterland space; it will be reopening soon as ~RESTAURANT CASSIS~, focusing on Southern French and authentic Niçoise cuisine with Italian flair (remember, they are in fact neighbors). This casually upscale space will be serving pasta, pizzas (there is a…

Marcia Gagliardi • Mar 20, 2007