Hello Again!

Thank you to those of you who've written in during our break and for the positive feedback about our previous editions of The Restaurant Connection. We're glad to hear from you, and we're as committed as ever to our mission of bringing restaurant professionals together in the San Francisco and Bay Area communities. Every day we talk to the people behind the finest restaurants in California, and our dedication grows stronger for providing the best personnel placement and resume screening services to our clients and candidates.

This month we feature someone who shares our dedication to the restaurant industry, and has a distinct gift for finding joy in (almost) any dining experience....

Evolution of the Food "Critic"

Marcia Gagliardi is not a food critic. She is actually a person we all want at our table - a food writer who is "in the know" and ready to impart her restaurant advice to anyone who just wants something good to eat.

Her weekly email newsletter, " the tablehopper," is a very personal invitation to share in her discoveries. Subscribers anticipate her column arriving in their inboxes each Tuesday afternoon for all the latest on new San Francisco restaurant openings, which chef is going where, and who just got hired as a sommelier or pastry chef, plus there are culinary event listings, guest wine writer pieces, and even star sightings in restaurants! The tablehopper website provides other invaluable insights, such as " tip please" - recommendations for where to dine considering your individual tastes and situational criteria, and " fresh meat," a listing of all places new and hot. There is even a classified ad section.

The tablehopper's email audience, not wanting a look-down-the-nose style critique, are partial to her stories, complete with cheeky commentary, juicy news, objective reviews and a compassion for the challenges faced by new restaurants. To the wise restaurateur: subscribe for free at tablehopper.com and keep up with everything that's happening in the industry.

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The tablehopper was voted "Most Obsessive Restaurant Informant" by 7x7 Magazine and "Best Fresh Scuttlebutt" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also writes for San Francisco magazine, Travel and Leisure, Fodor's online, the Northside paper, and is the Regional Managing Editor for Northern California for Gayot.com. Marcia has been in the Wall St. Journal, the Chronicle, Conde Nast Traveller UK, and had an appearance on Martha Stewart Living radio, West Coast Live, and Dining Around with Gene Burns.

The Haps

March 1, 12pm-3pm – 6th Annual Celebrity Crab Festival
Union Square - A Fundraiser for the SF 49ers Foundation
More info: Union Square Association, 415-781-7880

March 3, 8:30am-5pm – Food Safety Certification Class
Small Business Administration, San Francisco
More info: Golden Gate Restaurant Association

March 5, 6pm – Beef Tasting
Mary Risley's House, San Francisco
More info: Women Chef and Restaurateurs, 1-877-927-7787