San Franciscans We F*ck With

BayrittoWatch is presently over twenty-four SF burritos deep in its survey of the local breakfast food stable… with many more left to try — and tier. ‘San Franciscans We F*ck With’ is our ongoing series that highlights locals who we admire for their tenacity, creativity, talent, and generosity. Growing up in North Texas, and then later migrating south to Austin after I attempted college (as any wayward queer person in the Lone Star State does at some point), breakfast tacos have always been a rotating morning delicacy in my life. Pillowy tortillas enveloping faultlessly cooked eggs, well-browned potatoes, and crisp bacon, more often than not also accompanied by slices of ripened avocado and capsaicin-rich pico de gallo, offered sustenance and comfort, simultaneously. Even the...

Marcia Gagliardi — the creative, food-savvy muse behind Tablehopper — is entering a new era with her digital product that’s been a touchstone in San Francisco for years. (Cheers!) 'San Franciscans We Fuck With' is our ongoing series that highlights locals who we admire for their tenacity, creativity, talent, and generosity. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone as active, as hard-working, and as effusively generous as Marcia Gagliardi: the self-described procurer behind all the "cat and food content" on her long-standing newsletter, Tablehopper. The newsletter, which sits in the canon of independent media ownership, features a wide array of insider tips, deep dives, and e-columns that center primarily on San Francisco gastronomy. Gagliardi was far ahead of the newsletter cr...