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East Bay Openings Include Horn Barbecue, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge, and More Updates

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East Bay Openings Include Horn Barbecue, Magnolia Street Wine Lounge, and More Updates

In case you don’t follow me on Instagram or Twitter or Facebook, which is where you will find all the latest updates, I wanted to be sure you knew that HORN BARBECUE has officially opened! Pitmaster and chef-owner Matt Horn has survived the endless, hair-pulling bureaucracy and…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 27, 2020

Carb-Filled SF Openings from Maison Nico and Le Dix-Sept Patisserie, Plus Akna, a Pop-Up

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Carb-Filled SF Openings from Maison Nico and Le Dix-Sept Patisserie, Plus Akna, a Pop-Up

Just because you need more goodies in your life…especially NOW. A few weeks ago, I mentioned the latest project at Nico, now MAISON NICO, a French-inspired market, épicerie, and café from chef-owner Nicolas Delaroque and Paul Einbund (The Morris), offering French pâtés and terrines, viennoiserie, sweets, coffee…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 27, 2020

SF Classics Return, Including Tommy's Joynt and Vesuvio

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SF Classics Return, Including Tommy's Joynt and Vesuvio

Just a quick note to report the happy news that TOMMY’S JOYNT “is reopening Oct. 29 with reduced hours and a smaller menu,” according to this post on SFGate. The beloved hofbrau temporarily shut down, sending everyone into a tizzy that is was permanent, but thankfully they’ll be…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 27, 2020

Closures Include Cockscomb, Alfred's, Nick's on Mission; Fire at The Argentum Project

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Closures Include Cockscomb, Alfred's, Nick's on Mission; Fire at The Argentum Project

Ugh, writing about these closures is just the worst. I’m keeping these brief, we all know why everything is closing. How can restaurants be expected to survive this impossible business climate without federal assistance? The Senate has gone home and failed to pass the $120B restaurant revitalization fund. It’…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 27, 2020

A Couple Ways to Supplement Your Trips to the Grocery Store and Help Restaurants

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A Couple Ways to Supplement Your Trips to the Grocery Store and Help Restaurants

I wanted to let you know about a couple new ways you can stock your fridge and enjoy some tasty meals at home while helping to support restaurants. First, there’s Feastin, a new delivery platform offering a variety of restaurant meals and dishes and kits, plus groceries and cocktails.…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 27, 2020

This week's tablehopper: what a circus.

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This week's tablehopper: what a circus.

Inhale, exhale. Ahhhhhh! And argh! I know most of us are really feeling the pressure this week, with Election Day in a week (VOTE! My gawdess, please vote!) and so much hanging in the balance (I can’t EVEN). Do whatever you need to do for self-care and sanity…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 26, 2020

The Anchovy Bar Is Now Open from State Bird Provisions/The Progress Team

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The Anchovy Bar Is Now Open from State Bird Provisions/The Progress Team

Boom, all of a sudden, Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski of State Bird Provisions and The Progress decided to swing open the doors to their latest project, THE ANCHOVY BAR, which just opened last week around the corner in the former Fat Angel (Wylie Price is behind the new look)…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 13, 2020

Restaurant Reopenings and New Parklets: Central Kitchen Wine Bar, Swan, Saison, August 1 Five, More

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Restaurant Reopenings and New Parklets: Central Kitchen Wine Bar, Swan, Saison, August 1 Five, More

Some quick updates for you: Central Kitchen is now CENTRAL KITCHEN WINE BAR, with a more-casual experience and menu from co-chefs Thomas McNaughton and Ryan Pollnow, offering handmade pasta from the Flour+Water Pasta Shop team (previously Salumeria), like sweet potato and ricotta tortelloni with sage brown butter,…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 13, 2020

Openings: United Dumplings in Bernal, Tanglad on Castro

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Openings: United Dumplings in Bernal, Tanglad on Castro

I’ve been speaking with one of the owners behind UNITED DUMPLINGS and doing some taste-testing over the past few months, and am happy to say they are opening this week: Wednesday October 14th! Can you even imagine the headaches of opening a first-time restaurant in this pandemic?…

Marcia Gagliardi

Marcia Gagliardi • Oct 13, 2020

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