San Francisco, CA
A Sparkly New Food Hall With a Cocktail Bar Is Opening at Presidio Tunnel Tops
A huge food and drink project is opening at San Francisco’s picturesque Presidio Tunnel Tops in 2025. The Mess Hall at the Presidio is a multi-hyphenate space that will house, yes, a food hall, but also an all-day cafe, plus a bar serving cocktails, beer, and wine. It’s the last piece of the food and beverage puzzle for the newish park that opened in July 2022, which is already home to Italian cafe Il Parco and food truck pop-ups.
The new Tunnel Top food hall comes from the Mess Hall Group, which have ties to another food hall in Southern California, Mess Hall Market OC in Tustin that opened in 2019. The plan for the San Francisco food hall is to offer both made-to-order foods and grab-and-go options to take into the park. A provisions market will also have some local and imported goods to round out food options while visiting the Tunnel Tops.
While no businesses were yet announced as part of the food hall at 201 Halleck Street, the cafe and bar already have some known industry names behind them. Chef Peter Serpico is leading the development of Mess Hall’s various food concepts, a spokesperson shares. Serpico is known for working his way through the kitchens of the Momofuku restaurant empire, landing as head chef at Momofuku Ko, and earning a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in 2009. He eventually became director of culinary operations for the Momofuku group before departing for Philadelphia, where he opened his acclaimed namesake restaurant Serpico in 2013. He’s also the cookbook author of Learning Korean, which was published in 2022.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles bar owner Zach Negin will develop the drinks at the Mess Hall’s upcoming bar. Negin owns Tabula Rasa Bar and Shop and the Silverlake Lounge and is also a partner in San Francisco corner store Dolores Deluxe. He’ll work on a menu of cocktails and nonalcoholic drinks, as well as curating a list of craft beers and wines for the space.
The Mess Hall at the Presidio (201 Halleck Street) is expected to open in 2025.
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For some businesses, Saturday is the most wonderful day of the year as thousands of Santas visit San Francisco watering holes for Santa Con.
But for others, the festive event is more trouble than it’s worth.
Kevin Sully Sullivan and his wife, Deb, met at the Marina Lounge in the 1980s. Sully then went on to work at the bar for 30 years and just two years ago, took over the business from the prior owners.
“We’ve loved this bar for such a long time and it’s a dream come true to actually have our names in it,” Sully said.
While Sully loves celebrating the holidays and supports Santa Con, he has posted this sign on the door of the Sully’s Marina Lounge, officially making it a Santa-free zone. For him, the extra customers aren’t worth the hassle.
“Some of these bars that encourage it, that participate, they do months of business in one day,” he said. “But many of them have to replace sinks in their restrooms. They get it torn off the wall and toilets that have all kinds of things go wrong.”
On the other hand, Westwood has beefed up its staff and is looking forward to all the Santas coming to town.
“It’s really good,” Kwame Wright said.
“It pumps in a lot of money into the economy,” Westwood said. “Local businesses, we benefit from it as well. So, we’re really happy and we’re excited that we get to host. Santa’s are welcome here.”
Aside from Halloween, Santa Con is one of the biggest events of the year for Westwood. This place normally has long lines to get in on weekends and it’s expecting an even bigger crowd Saturday. Westwood is taking steps to make sure all the Santas behave.
“Security does really hard work, and we have extra security to make sure everybody is safe,” said Wright.
But for those willing to wait until Christmas for a Santa sighting, Sully says his place will be the place to be.
“It actually ends up being a really nice day here because they know it’s a sanctuary haven from the Santa Con,” Sully said.
A large fire burned at a six-story residential building in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District early Friday morning, leaving dozens displaced, officials said.
The fire started at around 3 a.m. at a building on Golden Gate Avenue near Taylor and Market streets, adjacent to the Golden Gate Theatre. The San Francisco Fire Department said the fire started on the top floor and reached three alarms, spreading to the attic and roof of the building. Over 100 firefighters at the scene were able to prevent it from spreading to lower floors and nearby buildings, the department said.
Multiple people were rescued and self-evacuated, and a total of 45 residents were displaced, but there were no injuries, the department said. Two cats were also rescued, one that was treated by medics at the scene and another cared for by Animal Control.
Evacuated residents were provided temporary shelter at the corner of Golden Gate and Jones Street aboard a Muni bus. The Red Cross and other city agencies were called in to assist the displaced residents, the department said.
The fire was contained by 5:30 a.m., and firefighters remained on the scene for several hours. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.
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