An Outer Sunset wine bar expands to mid-Market, a popular pupusa maker lands a brick-and-mortar spot in the Tenderloin, and the Slanted Door space in the Ferry Building has a taker.
The big news this week is that the former Slanted Door space in the Ferry Building already has a taker in Sorrel owners Joel Wilkerson and chef Alex Hong. They expect to open in early 2025 with a big, new, unnamed restaurant concept that will also have a bakery component, likely where the old Out the Door counter was.
Also big in the news is that the remaining, vacant 6,000-square-foot space at the Presidio Tunnel Tops park has a tenant, with a new food hall called The Mess Hall from former Momofuku chef Peter Serpico and a pair of local entrepreneurs, Rob Gaon and Nate Israel. They are planning for a 2025 opening, with multiple fast-casual options, picnic offerings, and a retail component.
Sunset beer and wine bar The Red Tail is expanding to mid-Market Street, taking over the former Waystone space in the Warfield Building. As the Chronicle reports, the new location will feature more of the team's favorite beers, including cans and eight draft pours from the likes of Cellarmaker, Humble Sea, Original Pattern, and others. And wines by the glass will be kept affordable, in the $13 range. The 45-seat bar will open in mid- to late August.
Ike's Love and Sandwiches opened it 100th location today, in the city where founder Ike Shehadeh got his start back in 2007. It's in the new Mission Rock development that's also going to be home to an Arsicault Bakery, a new restaurant from the Che Fico folks, and Trick Dog's food spinoff, Quik Dog. As KRON4 reports, it's located at 1090 Dr. Maya Angelou Lane, Unit G, and it's being called the company's new flagship store, with Ike's locations now spread across six states. (The tiny original location in the Castro closed in 2010.) The new location also comes with six new sandwiches on the sprawling menu: Ike’s Red Hot Soaring Sausage, Buddy’s Fave, Will The Thrill, Paradise Found, Hollywould’s Surf & Turf, and the Waikiki.
La Cocina alum Estrella Gonzalez, known for her Estrellita's Snacks stands at farmers' markets and the erstwhile La Cocina Municipal Marketplace, has relocated her operation elsewhere in the Tenderloin to 483 Ellis Street (formerly Marakand SF). As Tablehopper reports, in addition to Gonzalez's popular pupusas and tamales, the new shop offers tlayudas, enchiladas, and beef ribs in mole, as well as entomatadas and enfrijoladas for breakfast. See the full menu here.
Marco Polo Italian Ice Cream (3886 Noriega Street), a gelato institution in the Outer Sunset since 1982, is making a comeback. As the Chronicle reports, after closing it's original Taraval location, reopened this week on Noriega. And, that space at 1447 Taraval is set to be reborn as a new location of another SF classic, Golden Boy Pizza.
Duende, chef Paul Canales's 11-year-old Spanish spot in Oakland's Uptown, has closed its doors. Duende was Canales's solo act after spending 15 years in the kitchen at Oliveto, and he says that the past few years have just been a "super challenging business environment" for restaurants, especially in Oakland. Business has been down, he said, and while this wasn't really about crime, he said it just seemed like more people were ordering delivery and takeout these days.
And Associate Chronicle critic Cesar Hernandez filed a rave review of Minnie Bell's Soul Movement, the new go-to fried chicken spot in the Fillmore that has already garnered New York Times approval. Hernandez, like Soleil Ho before him, is a huge fan of the mac and cheese at Minnie Bell's, and he recommends the homemade hot sauce ($3 extra), the meatless braised greens, and the bruleed banana pudding.
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Photo: Estrellita's Snacks' pupusas, via Instagram