Photo of Marcia Gagliardi by Mathew Sumner.
My name is Marcia (rhymes with Garcia) Gagliardi, and I’m a freelance food writer in San Francisco. I’m known by many as the “culinary concierge” and “the enthusiastic reviewer” because I simply adore the experience of dining and going out, and since 1994, I have been adventuring throughout the City far and wide like a culinary swashbuckler. My first book was released in spring 2010, The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion by Ten Speed Press. I also write weekly posts for San Francisco Travel on their “Dine” page; a monthly gossip column, “The Tablehopper” for The Northside; and regular features for Edible San Francisco.
I have written features for Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, LA Times Magazine, Entrepreneur, Fodors.com, San Francisco magazine, Travel Weekly, Where Magazine, DiningOut Magazine, Marin Magazine, and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. I was the Regional Managing Editor for Northern California for Gayot.com (2006-2008), and wrote the weekly news and events.
I wrote the restaurants section for the upcoming Louis Vuitton City Guide: San Francisco (released in Fall 2012), wrote and edited the restaurants section in the Fodor’s San Francisco 2012 and 2013 guidebooks, contributed to the BlackBook List: San Francisco 2006 guidebook, and wrote Where Magazine’s “Hot Tips-Dining” column each month of 2004, plus restaurant and nightlife reviews for Citysearch.com.
Take a look at some of my past writing clips on my freelance writing page.
Since I’m always out and about, I get countless calls and emails from my friends and colleagues, asking, “Hey, what new place should I take my hairstylist to on Saturday?” (That depends; has your stylist ever made you cry?) Or, “Where should I go for a cocktail on a first date?” (I like getting my heat on at The Alembic.) And then there’s the one I hear the most after I tell someone I’m a food writer, “What’s your favorite place?” (Well, that entirely depends on the occasion.)
Since those questions keep coming, you can find answers in my weekly newsletter (the tablehopper), with my tip please service, and now my book, The Tablehopper’s Guide to Dining and Drinking in San Francisco: Find the Right Spot for Every Occasion.
