Welcome back to Good Taste, a menu for eating well in the Bay Area. Are we in a bloom loop right now? This week, we’re highlighting some fun summer openings to put on your radar.
Boto Restaurant and Bar
In Marcia Gagliardi’s most recent Tablehopper newsletter, she shared some menu and operating details about Boto Restaurant and Bar, a Brazilian spot with a rooftop bar opening on June 27 in San Francisco. “Classic starters include coxinha (chicken croquette with Brazilian spreadable cheese and house hot sauce), while mains include dry-aged picanha (charcoal-grilled, top sirloin cap steak with crispy garlic clarified butter, feijão tropeiro beans, boiled cassava, and tomato vinaigrette) and rotisserie chicken galinhada (turmeric, rice, grilled okra, rainbow carrots, cipollini onion, and chicken jus).” Hop over to Tablehopper if you’re curious to know more, because the restaurant website doesn’t seem to have any helpful info on it yet. 1853 Union Street, SF.
Tarts de Feybesse
Monique and Paul Feybesse expect to open their lovely Tarts de Feybesse as a brick and mortar business in Oakland in late July or early August. For years, this culinary-pedigreed couple have been baking impossibly gorgeous pastries, cakes, and savory French classics out of their home in Vallejo and delivering them all over the Bay Area. That’s extraordinarily hard work and it’ll be so exciting for them to be able to share this new space with the public. I’ve personally been anticipating this opening since the Feybesses mentioned it to me as an ultimate goal when I interviewed them in my living room back in 2016. It’s been wonderful to watch this impeccable family business grow and receive acclaim, and in some ways, that’s probably just starting. 324 24th Street, Oakland
Eos & Nyx
San Jose’s old Century 12 movie theater has turned into a two-story Mediterranean restaurant called Eos & Nyx from the owners of local cocktail bars Alter Ego, MINI Boss, Still OG, and Paper Planes. Reps for the project say that it’ll open mid-summer for brunch and dinner. They’re currently keeping menu details under wraps, except to share that it will draw culinary influence from France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and North Africa. That’s a lot of flavor. 201 South Second Street, San Jose
Prescott Market Hall
Taking shape in West Oakland is Prescott Market Hall, a community food hall from the producers of the West Oakland Farmers Market. The website projects a late 2024 for the full opening, but the first tenant, a new taproom from Almanac Beer Co., will open in August. More food vendors are being onboarded or considering the space at the moment.
“We have strong interest from an East Bay coffee chain, we’re in talks with a couple of bakers, a couple of taquerias, a burger concept, and a butchery and pantry concept … we want to have Prescott Market humming all day through the night, breakfast, lunch and dinner,” Prescott’s director and curator Harvindar Singh told Berkeleyside last month.
In the meantime, the Prescott Night Market launched on June 6 and will host events with mobile indie vendors like Clandestina Cocina, De La Creamery, D’Grobak, and Tacos El Ultimo Baile on July 11, August 15, September 5, and October 3. 1620 18th Street, Oakland.
Bombay Brasserie
Details are slim here, but a little birdie whispered to me that they think Bombay Brasserie will open inside the Taj Campton Place in August. The Campton Place restaurant has been closed since March and the hotel website touts an “exciting transformation” to come. (Former Campton Place chef Sri Gopinathan now has his popular Fillmore Street restaurant Copra.) 340 Stockton Street, San Francisco.
George’s Donuts & Merriment
George’s Donuts & Merriment (163 West Portal, San Francisco) was announced in November 2023 and plans to open in August, so we’ve been waiting to have a Hot Donut Summer for a minute. George’s will bring “drunken” donuts, savory sinkers, and other experiments on the classic by Chef Janina O’Leary. George’s is also going to be a proper restaurant with a wine license that wants to be a lively hub for the neighborhood.
Bon Délire
French for “good delirium,” Bon Délire is expected to debut in the former Hard Water space in September with Parisian lounge vibes, cocktails, vinyl DJs and lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch. This isn’t technically happening during the summer season, but you should be able to order a Quiche Lorraine and look cute as you gaze on the waterfront when we get actual summer-like weather after Labor Day, so it counts. Pier 3, The Embarcadero, SF.
Don’t forget to check out all the brand-new food businesses that have recently opened or are soon to come as part of San Francisco’s Vacant to Vibrant accelerator class of 2024.
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