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By Marcia GaGliardi culture@sfbg.com TABLEHOPPING Three new restaurant openings light up the fall. Plus: where to score green bean casserole (you know you want it) and char siu pork spring rolls.
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CHOW NOW Do you know how damn lucky we are with all the restaurants that open in this city every year? It’s pretty amazeballs. Some are more interesting than others, granted, but this week we have three newbies that deserve a closer look. Go ahead, stare. Winking, also OK. After going through a trial run-soft opening, Nico (3228 Sacramento, SF. www.nicosf.com) has officially opened this week in Laurel Heights. The restaurant is from Nicolas and Andrea Delaroque. French-born Nicolas has quite the résumé that includes Manresa, Atelier Crenn, and Coi, plus two casual spots, Le Garage in Sausalito and L’Appart in San Anselmo. The menu is contemporary Cal-French, and expect a full-on wine list to match. The space looks intimate and chic, like it would work really well for your next date night. (Just making suggestions.) Russian Hill is where you’ll find another neighborhood restaurant. I can hear the residents cheering; options are slim over there. It’s called Stones Throw (1896 Hyde, SF. www.stonesthrowsf.com), and opened Nov. 5. Stones Throw’s team includes Michael Mina vets — like chef Jason Halverson — offering a CalAmerican menu with appealing dishes like sunchoke soup with confit egg, green apple, and black walnut ($12), and chestnut ravioli with hen of the woods mushrooms, roasted Brussels sprouts, and truffle sauce ($22). Noice! Some folks from Fat Angel are partnering: You know the beer list will rock, and there’ll be a good selection of wines by the glass,
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too. The spot’s designed to feel comfortable, the kind of place you could swing by whenever. And over in SoMa, the AQ team is opening its next spot with an abbreviated name, TBD Restaurant (1077 Mission, SF. www. tbdrestaurant.com). The vibe is very urban camping, with plenty of wood, taxidermy, and camping gear to make you experience the wilds of SoMa in a completely new way. The menu from chef Mark Liberman and sous Alex Phaneuf features ingredients that will either be cooked on the woodfired grill, hearth, or rotisserie, so your vegetables may have been heated in embers, and that aged beef sirloin is definitely going to bear some grill marks. The beverage options include clever beer-based drinks for an extra outdoorsy kick.
BALLIN’ ON A BUDGET You like home cooking? You know, deviled eggs, green bean casserole, smoked ribs, and fried chicken? Yeah, that’s the stuff. Chefs Spencer O’Meara and Sarah Buchard of S&S Shack are popping up again at Mission Rock Resort (817 Terry Francois, SF. www.missionrockresort.com) on Tue/12 at 6pm. Tickets are $45 for the fullon feast (but it doesn’t include tip or beverages). Get your ticket now at ss-shack.ticketleap.com.
YOU GOTTA EAT THIS So, Betelnut (2030 Union, SF. www.betelnutrestaurant.com) on Union Street has been famous
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