Twenty Five Lusk Restaurant Review:
Tucked down a SoMa alleyway, this restaurant designed by Cass Calder Smith has an enormous lounge with a sweeping bar, plush couches and futuristic Scandinavian fire orbs downstairs, and a main dining room upstairs that blends glass, wood, steel, brick and stone to evince industrialized sophistication. Booths and tables are scattered across the asymmetrical floor and offer unexpected privacy....
SF's Speed Rack Champ; Hirsch Vineyards Founder Injured:
THE MISSION—Congrats to Trick Dog bartender Caitlin Laman, who took home the title of Miss Speed Rack 2014 at the national competition on Sunday. Laman was awarded the prize for her alacrity and accuracy in cocktail-making—obviously, a skill that comes in handy at her constantly crowded home bar. [EaterWire]
WINE COUNTRY—Hirsch Vineyards founder David Hirsch was badly injured in a tractor...
25 Lusk's Westfield Expansion Gets a Name and Concept:
In December, the 25 Lusk duo of GM Chad Bourdon and chef Matthew Dolan announced their new expansion play: a more casual restaurant under the dome in the Westfield San Francisco Centre (a.k.a. the mall). They've now updated Inside Scoop with some more details on the concept, which will be called Tap(415). It's intended as a "modern beer garden" with a fast-casual emphasis. Housemade burgers,...
25 Lusk Opening Westfield Mall Sequel:
25 Lusk, the glamorous SOMA restaurant from Chad Bourdon and chef Matthew Dolan, is the latest local spot to join the ever-growing SF expansion pool. According to Inside Scoop, the duo are planning to open a restaurant in the long-vacant 5,000-square-foot space between M.Y. China and Straits, under the dome. Details are scarce, but the duo say they plan to make it more casual than Lusk, in...