Marcia Gagliardi
restaurant columnist, food writer, and event producer in San Francisco, California
A freelance food writer since 2002, Marcia Gagliardi is perhaps best known in the San Francisco food community as “the tablehopper.” Her cheeky weekly e-column (sent every other Tuesday and archived on tablehopper.com) is chock-full of insider news and gossip about the San Francisco Bay Area restaurant and bar scene, covering what’s hot, opening, or closing, along with restaurant reviews, culinary and wine events, and even star sightings in bars and restaurants. It's free to subscribe.
The 12-year-old tablehopper column was voted “Most Obsessive Restaurant Informant” by 7x7 magazine, and San Francisco magazine’s Best of the Bay Area 2008–2012: Reader’s Choice for “Best Scoop on Food” and “Best e-newsletter.” Marcia has appeared on Playboy TV; the Rachael Ray Show; Travel Channel's Feed the Beast; Food Network Canada's Eat St.; Oprah & Friends: The Gayle King Show; and Michael Krasny’s Forum.
She had monthly appearances on KRON4 with her "tablehopper hot list," and previously had a weekly segment on KGO Radio called "You Gotta Eat This."
In 2010, Marcia released a groundbreaking restaurant guidebook, "The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion" with Ten Speed Press. She also wrote the restaurants section for the Louis Vuitton City Guide 2017: San Francisco and 2013.
She currently writes a weekly column for KQED called Table Talk.Previous publications: Condé Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian U.K., American Way, Entrepreneur, 7x7, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
In April 2018, she launched mymilligram, a weekly newsletter featuring low-dose and high-quality cannabis products. Learn about the latest well-made Cali creations, microdosing, events, and more. Subscribe, and be sure to check out the curated mymilligram boxes and the fun visuals at @mymilligram.
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