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The bright, sweet acidity of the Meyer lemon, combined with the floral, earthy beets and celery root makes for a lovely, light fall preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remains, to this day, one of my favorite dishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Petrale Sole with Olive Oil Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Serves 6\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>1 bunch baby gold beets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch baby chioggia beets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 tablespoon olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Salt and Pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup white wine\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ cup vegetable stock\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bulb celery root, cleaned with skin removed and cut into 2-inch long batonnets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup extra virgin olive oil, divided\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Six 6-oz. portions of petrale sole or any white fleshed fish, such as halibut, sole or bass\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 tablespoons grapeseed oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Juice and zest of one Meyer lemon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch chervil, washed, leaves picked\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch tarragon, picked and lightly chopped\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch chives, finely minced\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Celery root and beets instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Preheat the oven to 350ºF.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Place the beets on a sheet of foil large enough to fully enclose them, drizzle with the olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wrap the beets securely in the foil, and place on a sheet pan. Cook until tender throughout, about 35-45 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Allow to cool, then peel and halve or quarter, depending on size. Set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, reduce the white wine until almost completely evaporated.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Carefully add the vegetable stock; remove from the heat and set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Heat a saute pan over medium heat and add 4 tablespoons of the extra-virgin olive oil.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the celery root; sweat, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the stock and wine mixture; cover and cook over medium-low heat until the celery root is tender, about 6-8 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Remove from the heat and set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sole Instructions: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Season filets with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until very hot; add the grapeseed oil.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the filets and cook until the fish begins to brown, about 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium, turn the fish over, and cook for another minute.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Transfer the fish to a platter and keep warm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the cooked beets and lemon zest to the celery root mixture and warm through.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the lemon juice and remaining 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, shaking the pan to blend the olive oil and stock together.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stir in ½ of the chervil and tarragon and season to taste with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To serve, place a generous spoonful of the vegetable and sauce mixture into a shallow bowl and place a piece of fish on top.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Garnish with the remaining chervil, tarragon, and the chives; serve immediately.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134527\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Traci Des Jardins's classic petrale sole recipe is a Jardinière original from 1997!","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1567627609,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":8,"wordCount":530},"headData":{"title":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets | KQED","description":"Traci Des Jardins's classic petrale sole recipe is a Jardinière original from 1997!","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets","datePublished":"2019-08-23T21:13:29.000Z","dateModified":"2019-09-04T20:06:49.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"133878 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=133878","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2019/08/23/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-petrale-sole-with-braised-celery-root-and-roasted-beets/","disqusTitle":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets","videoEmbed":"https://youtu.be/p0GXrBmENiY","path":"/bayareabites/133878/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-petrale-sole-with-braised-celery-root-and-roasted-beets","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ci>Photos: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/vicchin/\">Vic Chin\u003c/a>, Video: Vic Chin and Peter Ruocco, Words & Recipe: Traci Des Jardins\u003c/i>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"celebrity-chefs","num":"2","label":"More Celebrity Chefs Recipes "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nThis was one of the original Jardinière recipes when we opened in 1997. The bright, sweet acidity of the Meyer lemon, combined with the floral, earthy beets and celery root makes for a lovely, light fall preparation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remains, to this day, one of my favorite dishes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Petrale Sole with Olive Oil Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Serves 6\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134520\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134520\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5437-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins's Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>1 bunch baby gold beets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch baby chioggia beets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 tablespoon olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Salt and Pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup white wine\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ cup vegetable stock\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bulb celery root, cleaned with skin removed and cut into 2-inch long batonnets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup extra virgin olive oil, divided\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Six 6-oz. portions of petrale sole or any white fleshed fish, such as halibut, sole or bass\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 tablespoons grapeseed oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Juice and zest of one Meyer lemon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch chervil, washed, leaves picked\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch tarragon, picked and lightly chopped\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 bunch chives, finely minced\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Celery root and beets instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Preheat the oven to 350ºF.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Place the beets on a sheet of foil large enough to fully enclose them, drizzle with the olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Wrap the beets securely in the foil, and place on a sheet pan. Cook until tender throughout, about 35-45 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Allow to cool, then peel and halve or quarter, depending on size. Set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, reduce the white wine until almost completely evaporated.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Carefully add the vegetable stock; remove from the heat and set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Heat a saute pan over medium heat and add 4 tablespoons of the extra-virgin olive oil.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the celery root; sweat, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the stock and wine mixture; cover and cook over medium-low heat until the celery root is tender, about 6-8 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Remove from the heat and set aside.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sole Instructions: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Season filets with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Heat a non-stick skillet over medium-high heat until very hot; add the grapeseed oil.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the filets and cook until the fish begins to brown, about 1 minute. Reduce the heat to medium, turn the fish over, and cook for another minute.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Transfer the fish to a platter and keep warm.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the cooked beets and lemon zest to the celery root mixture and warm through.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Add the lemon juice and remaining 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, shaking the pan to blend the olive oil and stock together.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stir in ½ of the chervil and tarragon and season to taste with salt and pepper.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To serve, place a generous spoonful of the vegetable and sauce mixture into a shallow bowl and place a piece of fish on top.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Garnish with the remaining chervil, tarragon, and the chives; serve immediately.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134527\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-768x432.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/traci-petrale-sole-final-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her Petrale Sole with Braised Celery Root and Roasted Beets \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/133878/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-petrale-sole-with-braised-celery-root-and-roasted-beets","authors":["5083"],"series":["bayareabites_16039"],"categories":["bayareabites_63","bayareabites_11028","bayareabites_12","bayareabites_14362"],"tags":["bayareabites_16431","bayareabites_16285","bayareabites_9710","bayareabites_16456","bayareabites_16455","bayareabites_8986","bayareabites_3682","bayareabites_1251","bayareabites_16284"],"featImg":"bayareabites_134523","label":"bayareabites_16039"},"bayareabites_134449":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_134449","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"134449","score":null,"sort":[1565973096000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-meatless-kofta","title":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta","publishDate":1565973096,"format":"video","headTitle":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes | Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"term":16039,"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>[aside postID='bayareabites_133876,bayareabites_131145' label='More Celebrity Chefs Recipes']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Photos: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/vicchin/\">Vic Chin\u003c/a>, Video: Vic Chin and Peter Ruocco, Words & Recipe: Traci Des Jardins\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a recipe which can be made with plant-based meat (Impossible, Beyond, etc.), ground beef or ground lamb, each with equally delicious results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is easy to prep and a very satisfying meal. You could serve them as a snack or as a main course with salad, cucumbers, hummus and pita for a delicious full meal!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Meatless Kofta\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Serves 4\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134455\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ingredients:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>1 lb plant-based meat of your choice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoons salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 shallots, finely minced, about 2 tablespoons\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1-2 cloves very fresh garlic, grated on a microplane\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup chopped parsley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons chopped mint\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon smoked paprika\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon ground cumin (toasted)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon ground coriander (toasted)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon allspice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon ground pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ cup extra virgin olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mint leaves, for garnish\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Instructions:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Place all ingredients into a bowl, mix thoroughly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Form mixture into slightly flat football-shaped kofta, about the size of a small golf ball.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Grill on a hot grill or in a pan over high heat on all sides until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To serve, spread a dollop of the yogurt sauce on a plate, arrange kofta on top; garnish with torn mint leaves.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003ch2>Yogurt Sauce:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ingredients:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>½ cup plain Greek style or drained yogurt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons chopped mint\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pinch of espelette pepper or cayenne\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ ground pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Instructions:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well. Taste and adjust the seasoning.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her meatless kofta.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134457\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her meatless kofta. \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Chef Traci Des Jardins teaches you how to use plant-based meat for a satisfying, vegetarian-friendly take on the kofta, a fragrant, spiced meatball.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1573073913,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":298},"headData":{"title":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta | KQED","description":"Chef Traci Des Jardins teaches you how to use plant-based meat for a satisfying, vegetarian-friendly take on the kofta, a fragrant, spiced meatball.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta","datePublished":"2019-08-16T16:31:36.000Z","dateModified":"2019-11-06T20:58:33.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"134449 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=134449","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2019/08/16/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-meatless-kofta/","disqusTitle":"Celebrity Chefs Recipes: Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta","videoEmbed":"https://youtu.be/jguWpmXeW5k","path":"/bayareabites/134449/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-meatless-kofta","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"bayareabites_133876,bayareabites_131145","label":"More Celebrity Chefs Recipes "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Photos: \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/vicchin/\">Vic Chin\u003c/a>, Video: Vic Chin and Peter Ruocco, Words & Recipe: Traci Des Jardins\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a recipe which can be made with plant-based meat (Impossible, Beyond, etc.), ground beef or ground lamb, each with equally delicious results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is easy to prep and a very satisfying meal. You could serve them as a snack or as a main course with salad, cucumbers, hummus and pita for a delicious full meal!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Meatless Kofta\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Serves 4\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134455\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5409-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins's Meatless Kofta \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ingredients:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>1 lb plant-based meat of your choice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoons salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>2 shallots, finely minced, about 2 tablespoons\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1-2 cloves very fresh garlic, grated on a microplane\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ cup chopped parsley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons chopped mint\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon smoked paprika\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon ground cumin (toasted)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>1 ½ teaspoon ground coriander (toasted)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon allspice\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon ground pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ cup extra virgin olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Mint leaves, for garnish\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Instructions:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Place all ingredients into a bowl, mix thoroughly.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Form mixture into slightly flat football-shaped kofta, about the size of a small golf ball.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Grill on a hot grill or in a pan over high heat on all sides until golden brown, about 4-5 minutes.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To serve, spread a dollop of the yogurt sauce on a plate, arrange kofta on top; garnish with torn mint leaves.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003ch2>Yogurt Sauce:\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ingredients:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>½ cup plain Greek style or drained yogurt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons chopped mint\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>¼ teaspoon salt\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pinch of espelette pepper or cayenne\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>½ ground pepper\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Instructions:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients and mix well. Taste and adjust the seasoning.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_134457\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her meatless kofta.\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134457\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428.jpg 1620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/08/DSCF5428-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins holds a plate of her meatless kofta. \u003ccite>(Vic Chin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/134449/celebrity-chefs-recipes-traci-des-jardinss-meatless-kofta","authors":["5083"],"series":["bayareabites_16039"],"categories":["bayareabites_63","bayareabites_12","bayareabites_1873"],"tags":["bayareabites_16431","bayareabites_9710","bayareabites_1251","bayareabites_16288"],"featImg":"bayareabites_134452","label":"bayareabites_16039"},"bayareabites_133568":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_133568","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"133568","score":null,"sort":[1557421788000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"post-jardiniere-traci-des-jardin-celebrates-5-years-with-presidios-commissary","title":"Post-Jardinière, Traci Des Jardins Celebrates 5 Years With Presidio's Commissary","publishDate":1557421788,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>[aside tag='traci-des-jardins' label='More Traci Des Jardin on KQED']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diners and chefs around the Bay Area mourned \u003ca href=\"http://www.tracidesjardins.com/\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a>'s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/133422/adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days\">Jardinière\u003c/a> when it closed after 21 years just last month, but, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/dining/jardiniere-closing-traci-des-jardins.html\">the New York Times announcement\u003c/a> reminded us, it was just a piece of Des Jardin's empire and the chef isn't planning on slowing down any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins's other San Francisco projects are Mijita Cocina Mexicana, a casual Mexican restaurant in the Ferry Building, the weeknights-only bar called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/127643/homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar\">School Night\u003c/a>, The Commissary, Arguello and Transit (the last three are all in the Presidio and partnerships with the Presidio Trust). And on \u003cb>May 22 from 6pm-9pm\u003c/b>, The Commissary will be celebrating its own milestone: 5 years of Spanish-influenced cuisine and cocktails!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins says, \"When I opened The Commissary five years ago, I was excited to have the chance to bring one of my favorite parks, the Presidio, into the lives of more San Franciscans and travelers alike and was inspired by its history as a military settlement originally established by Spanish conquistadores in the 1800s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For just one special night, the chefs who worked alongside Des Jardins in The Commissary's kitchen will return to celebrate its 5th anniversary with a menu of cava, tapas, and paella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-133576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins.jpg\" alt=\"Left to right: Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right: Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins \u003ccite>(The Commissary)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chef Des Jardins and Executive Chef Eric Minnich will be joined by former chefs including Reylon Agustin, executive chef at Michelin-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.maderasandhill.com/\">Madera\u003c/a> in Menlo Park, Rogelio Garcia, chef de cuisine at Michelin-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.sprucesf.com/\">Spruce\u003c/a> in San Francisco and a Top Chef season 15 contestant, and Robbie Lewis, regional culinary director for Bon Appétit Management Company. Chef Tom Meckfessel will also be there with his wood-fired mobile paella, \u003ca href=\"https://www.paelladelreyes.com/\">Paella del Reyes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am thrilled to have some of our former chefs back in The Commissary kitchen and to toast to the wonderful past 5 years,\" says Des Jardins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will you find on the menu? Salt Cod Fritters with Garlic Aioli, Braised Pork Tostada with Aioli, Elote Fingerlime with Cotija and Espuma, Spanish Octopus with Sauce Al Pastor and Citrus are just a few mouthwatering items offered. To see the full menu and to purchase your tickets ($85 for a seat) visit The Commissary's \u003ca href=\"http://www.thecommissarysf.com/five-year-anniversary-party\">the anniversary page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don't forget the drinks! Bar Manager, Tony Stewart, will be shaking up a selection of his favorite cocktails, along with older selections like the longtime favorite, The Official, which has jalapeno-infused tequila, Pamplemousse rose, oloroso and grapefruit bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-133575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails.jpg\" alt=\"An array of cocktails from The Commissary\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An array of cocktails from The Commissary \u003ccite>(Kassie Borreson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"On the heels of Jardinière closing after 21 years, Traci Des Jardins celebrates The Commissary's 5th anniversary with some old friends.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1558457650,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":11,"wordCount":449},"headData":{"title":"Post-Jardinière, Traci Des Jardins Celebrates 5 Years With Presidio's Commissary | KQED","description":"On the heels of Jardinière closing after 21 years, Traci Des Jardins celebrates The Commissary's 5th anniversary with some old friends.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Post-Jardinière, Traci Des Jardins Celebrates 5 Years With Presidio's Commissary","datePublished":"2019-05-09T17:09:48.000Z","dateModified":"2019-05-21T16:54:10.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"133568 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=133568","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2019/05/09/post-jardiniere-traci-des-jardin-celebrates-5-years-with-presidios-commissary/","disqusTitle":"Post-Jardinière, Traci Des Jardins Celebrates 5 Years With Presidio's Commissary","path":"/bayareabites/133568/post-jardiniere-traci-des-jardin-celebrates-5-years-with-presidios-commissary","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"traci-des-jardins","label":"More Traci Des Jardin on KQED "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diners and chefs around the Bay Area mourned \u003ca href=\"http://www.tracidesjardins.com/\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a>'s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/133422/adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days\">Jardinière\u003c/a> when it closed after 21 years just last month, but, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/dining/jardiniere-closing-traci-des-jardins.html\">the New York Times announcement\u003c/a> reminded us, it was just a piece of Des Jardin's empire and the chef isn't planning on slowing down any time soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins's other San Francisco projects are Mijita Cocina Mexicana, a casual Mexican restaurant in the Ferry Building, the weeknights-only bar called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/127643/homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar\">School Night\u003c/a>, The Commissary, Arguello and Transit (the last three are all in the Presidio and partnerships with the Presidio Trust). And on \u003cb>May 22 from 6pm-9pm\u003c/b>, The Commissary will be celebrating its own milestone: 5 years of Spanish-influenced cuisine and cocktails!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins says, \"When I opened The Commissary five years ago, I was excited to have the chance to bring one of my favorite parks, the Presidio, into the lives of more San Franciscans and travelers alike and was inspired by its history as a military settlement originally established by Spanish conquistadores in the 1800s.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For just one special night, the chefs who worked alongside Des Jardins in The Commissary's kitchen will return to celebrate its 5th anniversary with a menu of cava, tapas, and paella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-133576\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins.jpg\" alt=\"Left to right: Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/2014_ReylonAgustin_RobbieLewis_TraciDesJardins-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left to right: Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins \u003ccite>(The Commissary)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chef Des Jardins and Executive Chef Eric Minnich will be joined by former chefs including Reylon Agustin, executive chef at Michelin-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.maderasandhill.com/\">Madera\u003c/a> in Menlo Park, Rogelio Garcia, chef de cuisine at Michelin-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.sprucesf.com/\">Spruce\u003c/a> in San Francisco and a Top Chef season 15 contestant, and Robbie Lewis, regional culinary director for Bon Appétit Management Company. Chef Tom Meckfessel will also be there with his wood-fired mobile paella, \u003ca href=\"https://www.paelladelreyes.com/\">Paella del Reyes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I am thrilled to have some of our former chefs back in The Commissary kitchen and to toast to the wonderful past 5 years,\" says Des Jardins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What will you find on the menu? Salt Cod Fritters with Garlic Aioli, Braised Pork Tostada with Aioli, Elote Fingerlime with Cotija and Espuma, Spanish Octopus with Sauce Al Pastor and Citrus are just a few mouthwatering items offered. To see the full menu and to purchase your tickets ($85 for a seat) visit The Commissary's \u003ca href=\"http://www.thecommissarysf.com/five-year-anniversary-party\">the anniversary page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don't forget the drinks! Bar Manager, Tony Stewart, will be shaking up a selection of his favorite cocktails, along with older selections like the longtime favorite, The Official, which has jalapeno-infused tequila, Pamplemousse rose, oloroso and grapefruit bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-133575\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails.jpg\" alt=\"An array of cocktails from The Commissary\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/05/TheCommissary_Credit_to_KassieBorreson-cocktails-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An array of cocktails from The Commissary \u003ccite>(Kassie Borreson)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/133568/post-jardiniere-traci-des-jardin-celebrates-5-years-with-presidios-commissary","authors":["11404"],"categories":["bayareabites_63","bayareabites_11028","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1807","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_14745","bayareabites_16407","bayareabites_1251"],"featImg":"bayareabites_133574","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_133422":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_133422","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"133422","score":null,"sort":[1556305568000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days","title":"Adieu to Jardinière: Remembrances (and caviar) in the iconic restaurant's final days","publishDate":1556305568,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ci>By Chloé Hennen\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the headline of this story reads a tad elegiac, it's because the closing of Jardinière, after dinner service this Saturday night, after 21 years as one of the most iconic spots in town, will be a loss for San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when the texture of the city seems to be constantly changing threads and other legacy businesses are shuttering (the beloved Beach Blanket Babylon is also soon to take its final bow), some longtime San Franciscans are feeling a bit nostalgic, wondering if future generations here will have any idea what they missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most certainly it's yet another signal of an ending era, as fine dining destinations make way for pop-ups and food trucks with cult followings. There may never be another de facto special occasion destination here quite like Jardinière, but the city will move on as the city always does. For Traci Des Jardins, though—and for every busser, server, host, GM, bartender, line cook, and chef who's ever worked for her—it's an end scene that won't soon be forgotten. But as is usual in the case of a natural death at the end of a long run, the current tenor at the corner of Grove and Franklin streets is more tuned toward celebrating life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Traci Des Jardins has a well-deserved cocktail at the bar at Jardinière, two weeks before the restaurant was set to close.\" width=\"980\" height=\"718\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133425\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-800x586.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Traci Des Jardins has a well-deserved cocktail at the bar at Jardinière, two weeks before the restaurant was set to close. \u003ccite>(Aubrie Pick)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I always wanted it to be excellent, and never slip,\" said the chef over the phone on Tuesday. (It never did, as reviewer Nick Czap found when he revisited \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/rediscovering-des-jardins-20-years-jardiniere-2489536353.html\">the restaurant upon its 20th anniversary\u003c/a>.) With just five dinner services to go then, she acknowledged the moment was bittersweet—amid an outpouring of sentiment, she was characteristically resolute: \"Jardinière is such a personal, high touch place, it requires a big part of me for it to feel right. I'm in a different phase in my life now, so I feel ready to let it go.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins' signature restaurant has, of course, been a primary influencer—alongside Alice Waters' Chez Panisse and Judy Rodgers' Zuni Cafe—in the way we eat and dine here; their philosophies running deep beneath the buzz words they helped create: local, seasonal, sustainable—to say nothing of being damn delicious. But the restaurant famed for its martini-cut double doors, sparkling champagne dome, warm bread salad, and duck liver mousse was best-loved among its regulars for the culture of high care and hospitality that Des Jardins fostered with her incredibly pro and devoted team. For many, it was our Cheers—albeit a pretty fancy Cheers—where they called us by name while serving our Tsar Nicolai caviar beneath Tiffany-style lamps at the bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you know anything about Traci, you already know that the end of \u003ca href=\"https://jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a> is by no means the end of Des Jardins. She will continue on in her hard-working role as a day-to-day restaurateur (let's not forget that she still helms a handful of eateries in SF) and as an \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/givers-shakers-traci-des-jardins-la-empatica-1787004397.html\">industry mentor and sage\u003c/a>. But Jardinière, as she says, was \"the mother ship,\" and it has beamed us all up in one way or another, leaving a lasting impression as the backdrop of our heady first dates, intoxicating proposals, milestone birthdays, and black-tie gala nights since it opened in 1997. The space has even seen its share of weddings, even my own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008 I exchanged marriage vows beneath that iconic dome, and descended that gracefully curving staircase to share croquembouche and glasses of Billecart-Salmon (the house favorite Champagne) with family and friends, Traci among them. It would probably make for a neater story had that union been happy and lasting (the setting way outlived the sanctity of the marriage), but I still carry with me that rare sense of specialness imparted by the place and its host. In an interview with 7x7 back in 2014, Traci's pal, MythBusters star Adam Savage, called her \"as salt-of-the-earth as it gets.\" She welcomes everyone around her like family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking to Traci and to some of her team during the restaurant's final days, family is the theme that keeps bubbling up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins with Amy Reynolds, her chief of staff.\" width=\"980\" height=\"694\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-800x567.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins with Amy Reynolds, her chief of staff. \u003ccite>(Amy Reynolds)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I cried all the way through it,\" she told me in a text message, on March 25th, of sharing the news with her team, just before Kim Severson \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/dining/jardiniere-closing-traci-des-jardins.html?fbclid=IwAR3PFrP6md0pxsDAPe7TBmrff4IXW8vHrF64zCKUqKwyGMIzjSkULj3h0Fs\">shared it with the world via The New York Times\u003c/a>. \"It was an amazing experience, how much they could all hold me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since word got out, the brick walls of the old restaurant have been packed with regulars returning to pay final tribute—my favorite-ever caviar presentation, the one that hasn't changed in 21 years, flying out of the kitchen each night and all night long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 607px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Des Jardins with Donald Link, the restaurant's opening kitchen manager, in 1997.\" width=\"607\" height=\"761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere.jpg 607w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere-160x201.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Des Jardins with Donald Link, the restaurant's opening kitchen manager, in 1997. \u003ccite>(Traci Des Jardins via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We aren't staffed to handle this kind of volume, so alums have been coming in to work shifts, both front and back of house, to lend a hand,\" she said. \"It's the way that it feels in terms of a family, how connected our people are and the bonds they've formed here.\" Many of her closing team has been with her for ages—executive chef Audie Golder joined the line in 2009 as a 23-year-old fresh from culinary school; and chief of staff Amy Reynolds started as a hostess a decade ago. Many of those who did get away didn't go far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Robbie Lewis' kids were practically born here,\" laughs Traci, who first hired Lewis in her pre-Jardinière days at the now-closed but then much-hyped and celebrity-backed FiDi restaurant Rubicon. He quit soon after to take a job at another much-hyped, now-closed restaurant—\"She was so pissed at me she was shaking and crying, and I was crying, and she told me I would regret this,\" Lewis remembers, \"and I did. I tucked my tail, went back to Rubicon and was all in—from that moment I decided I would do whatever Traci said. I was like, this is my person. She is my chef.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Robbie Lewis with his son, Dante (who's now 16), at Jardinière back in the day.\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Robbie Lewis with his son, Dante (who's now 16), at Jardinière back in the day. \u003ccite>(Robbie Lewis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the two-plus decades since, Lewis logged about eight years in the kitchen at Jardinière, where he became executive chef in 2002, and then helped open her pair of Presidio restaurants. He's a big, outwardly macho guy and a fierce commander in the kitchen, and yet he immediately goes soft on the topic of his mentor and her mother ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Traci's been thinking about this decision for some time, and she called to tell me about a week before the news broke. But on that day, I got all these calls and social media started going crazy, and it was so much more impactful than I expected. It was really an emotionally tender moment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his early days in Traci's kitchen, where though he was just three years her junior, there was no questioning who was the boss. \"In terms of having your shit together, she was just way ahead of me. She was this force to be reckoned with, a badass chef, a ball buster, with this amazing tenacity and ability to keep cranking it out.\" Lewis captures Traci—the Scorpio who can be deadly serious and X-acto sharp, but also nurturing and old-soul wise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has this ability to mentor in a style that's empowering. She allows you to make mistakes. And she was always generous with me in the press, sharing her shine which a lot of chefs would never fucking do,\" he said. \"She has challenged me in so many ways, not just to be a better chef, but to be a better husband and father.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stories like these are the norm among the Jardinière tribe. Chief of staff Reynolds met both her best friend and husband here as she worked her way through pretty much every front-of-house and service job outside of the kitchen before the chef took a chance and made the server her personal assistant. Over the past several years, they forged an unknown path together. \"In the kitchen, it's very clear what your job is. You make food, there are techniques and fundamentals. if you're cutting an onion wrong, Traci can step in and offer another way of doing it. In our world, we kind of figured it out together; her years and expertise were a mentorship for me,\" said Reynolds, who though she will remain on Traci's team, is also feeling the tug of Jardinière's last days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a freak wave of emotion,\" she said. \"Some days it's all business and let's just get through steps 1 to 15, and other days it's so emotional. I gave a pep talk to the staff before service the other day and ended up just bawling—I thought, god this is so embarrassing. This is my family and my home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Audie, as they call him, never could get away from the restaurant though he did try. \"Every time I thought about leaving, some new door opened up for me here. [Traci's] given me quite a bit of creative freedom...There was a point when we were going through like 30 pounds of kimchi, and kimchi's not really an ingredient you'd expect to see at Jardinière, but she's always been open to ideas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone actually does leave the restaurant, it's tradition that they tell a story, some memory of it, on their final day. \"I've been thinking about what mine would be,\" said Golder, who says meeting his wife, Michelle (now a baker at B. Patisserie), on the line back in 2012 takes the cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems clear that all of this—the mentorship, the bonds, the marriages, and babies—are not the product of Jardinière's 21-year tenure but rather the reason for it. Silicon Valley companies can talk all day long about their \"culture,\" but they'll never have anything on this place, where passion started, and was shared, from the top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back to that celebration of life. Jardinière may be done—get in for one last toast before the kitchen closes on Saturday, April 27th—but you'll find that same spirit of hospitality on tap, or better—in the form of a margarita—at the various local Mexican- and Spanish-style restaurants (all blessedly more affordable than the French-Californian mother ship) inspired by Traci's Mexican heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's also cooking up something new, because at the end of day, Traci is Jardinière—which is French for a female gardener—and still just 53, she has plenty tending left to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins, photographed for 7x7's December 2014 print edition.\" width=\"980\" height=\"1225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133429\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-960x1200.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins, photographed for 7x7's December 2014 print edition. \u003ccite>(Matt Edge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/bidding-adieu-to-jardiniere-san-francisco-2635443513.html\">7x7 Bay Area.\u003c/a>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"As is usual in the case of a natural death at the end of a long run, the current tenor at the corner of Grove and Franklin streets is more tuned toward celebrating life.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1556305568,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1926},"headData":{"title":"Adieu to Jardinière: Remembrances (and caviar) in the iconic restaurant's final days | KQED","description":"As is usual in the case of a natural death at the end of a long run, the current tenor at the corner of Grove and Franklin streets is more tuned toward celebrating life.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Adieu to Jardinière: Remembrances (and caviar) in the iconic restaurant's final days","datePublished":"2019-04-26T19:06:08.000Z","dateModified":"2019-04-26T19:06:08.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"133422 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=133422","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2019/04/26/adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days/","disqusTitle":"Adieu to Jardinière: Remembrances (and caviar) in the iconic restaurant's final days","path":"/bayareabites/133422/adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ci>By Chloé Hennen\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the headline of this story reads a tad elegiac, it's because the closing of Jardinière, after dinner service this Saturday night, after 21 years as one of the most iconic spots in town, will be a loss for San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a time when the texture of the city seems to be constantly changing threads and other legacy businesses are shuttering (the beloved Beach Blanket Babylon is also soon to take its final bow), some longtime San Franciscans are feeling a bit nostalgic, wondering if future generations here will have any idea what they missed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most certainly it's yet another signal of an ending era, as fine dining destinations make way for pop-ups and food trucks with cult followings. There may never be another de facto special occasion destination here quite like Jardinière, but the city will move on as the city always does. For Traci Des Jardins, though—and for every busser, server, host, GM, bartender, line cook, and chef who's ever worked for her—it's an end scene that won't soon be forgotten. But as is usual in the case of a natural death at the end of a long run, the current tenor at the corner of Grove and Franklin streets is more tuned toward celebrating life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Traci Des Jardins has a well-deserved cocktail at the bar at Jardinière, two weeks before the restaurant was set to close.\" width=\"980\" height=\"718\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133425\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-160x117.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-800x586.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-de-jardins-jardiniere-bar-768x563.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Traci Des Jardins has a well-deserved cocktail at the bar at Jardinière, two weeks before the restaurant was set to close. \u003ccite>(Aubrie Pick)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I always wanted it to be excellent, and never slip,\" said the chef over the phone on Tuesday. (It never did, as reviewer Nick Czap found when he revisited \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/rediscovering-des-jardins-20-years-jardiniere-2489536353.html\">the restaurant upon its 20th anniversary\u003c/a>.) With just five dinner services to go then, she acknowledged the moment was bittersweet—amid an outpouring of sentiment, she was characteristically resolute: \"Jardinière is such a personal, high touch place, it requires a big part of me for it to feel right. I'm in a different phase in my life now, so I feel ready to let it go.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins' signature restaurant has, of course, been a primary influencer—alongside Alice Waters' Chez Panisse and Judy Rodgers' Zuni Cafe—in the way we eat and dine here; their philosophies running deep beneath the buzz words they helped create: local, seasonal, sustainable—to say nothing of being damn delicious. But the restaurant famed for its martini-cut double doors, sparkling champagne dome, warm bread salad, and duck liver mousse was best-loved among its regulars for the culture of high care and hospitality that Des Jardins fostered with her incredibly pro and devoted team. For many, it was our Cheers—albeit a pretty fancy Cheers—where they called us by name while serving our Tsar Nicolai caviar beneath Tiffany-style lamps at the bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you know anything about Traci, you already know that the end of \u003ca href=\"https://jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a> is by no means the end of Des Jardins. She will continue on in her hard-working role as a day-to-day restaurateur (let's not forget that she still helms a handful of eateries in SF) and as an \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/givers-shakers-traci-des-jardins-la-empatica-1787004397.html\">industry mentor and sage\u003c/a>. But Jardinière, as she says, was \"the mother ship,\" and it has beamed us all up in one way or another, leaving a lasting impression as the backdrop of our heady first dates, intoxicating proposals, milestone birthdays, and black-tie gala nights since it opened in 1997. The space has even seen its share of weddings, even my own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2008 I exchanged marriage vows beneath that iconic dome, and descended that gracefully curving staircase to share croquembouche and glasses of Billecart-Salmon (the house favorite Champagne) with family and friends, Traci among them. It would probably make for a neater story had that union been happy and lasting (the setting way outlived the sanctity of the marriage), but I still carry with me that rare sense of specialness imparted by the place and its host. In an interview with 7x7 back in 2014, Traci's pal, MythBusters star Adam Savage, called her \"as salt-of-the-earth as it gets.\" She welcomes everyone around her like family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In talking to Traci and to some of her team during the restaurant's final days, family is the theme that keeps bubbling up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins with Amy Reynolds, her chief of staff.\" width=\"980\" height=\"694\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133426\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-800x567.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/amy-reynolds-traci-des-jardins-jardiniere-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins with Amy Reynolds, her chief of staff. \u003ccite>(Amy Reynolds)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I cried all the way through it,\" she told me in a text message, on March 25th, of sharing the news with her team, just before Kim Severson \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/dining/jardiniere-closing-traci-des-jardins.html?fbclid=IwAR3PFrP6md0pxsDAPe7TBmrff4IXW8vHrF64zCKUqKwyGMIzjSkULj3h0Fs\">shared it with the world via The New York Times\u003c/a>. \"It was an amazing experience, how much they could all hold me.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since word got out, the brick walls of the old restaurant have been packed with regulars returning to pay final tribute—my favorite-ever caviar presentation, the one that hasn't changed in 21 years, flying out of the kitchen each night and all night long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133427\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 607px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Des Jardins with Donald Link, the restaurant's opening kitchen manager, in 1997.\" width=\"607\" height=\"761\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere.jpg 607w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-tonald-link-jardiniere-160x201.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Des Jardins with Donald Link, the restaurant's opening kitchen manager, in 1997. \u003ccite>(Traci Des Jardins via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We aren't staffed to handle this kind of volume, so alums have been coming in to work shifts, both front and back of house, to lend a hand,\" she said. \"It's the way that it feels in terms of a family, how connected our people are and the bonds they've formed here.\" Many of her closing team has been with her for ages—executive chef Audie Golder joined the line in 2009 as a 23-year-old fresh from culinary school; and chief of staff Amy Reynolds started as a hostess a decade ago. Many of those who did get away didn't go far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Robbie Lewis' kids were practically born here,\" laughs Traci, who first hired Lewis in her pre-Jardinière days at the now-closed but then much-hyped and celebrity-backed FiDi restaurant Rubicon. He quit soon after to take a job at another much-hyped, now-closed restaurant—\"She was so pissed at me she was shaking and crying, and I was crying, and she told me I would regret this,\" Lewis remembers, \"and I did. I tucked my tail, went back to Rubicon and was all in—from that moment I decided I would do whatever Traci said. I was like, this is my person. She is my chef.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Robbie Lewis with his son, Dante (who's now 16), at Jardinière back in the day.\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133428\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/robbie-lewis-dante-jardiniere-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Robbie Lewis with his son, Dante (who's now 16), at Jardinière back in the day. \u003ccite>(Robbie Lewis)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the two-plus decades since, Lewis logged about eight years in the kitchen at Jardinière, where he became executive chef in 2002, and then helped open her pair of Presidio restaurants. He's a big, outwardly macho guy and a fierce commander in the kitchen, and yet he immediately goes soft on the topic of his mentor and her mother ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Traci's been thinking about this decision for some time, and she called to tell me about a week before the news broke. But on that day, I got all these calls and social media started going crazy, and it was so much more impactful than I expected. It was really an emotionally tender moment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his early days in Traci's kitchen, where though he was just three years her junior, there was no questioning who was the boss. \"In terms of having your shit together, she was just way ahead of me. She was this force to be reckoned with, a badass chef, a ball buster, with this amazing tenacity and ability to keep cranking it out.\" Lewis captures Traci—the Scorpio who can be deadly serious and X-acto sharp, but also nurturing and old-soul wise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She has this ability to mentor in a style that's empowering. She allows you to make mistakes. And she was always generous with me in the press, sharing her shine which a lot of chefs would never fucking do,\" he said. \"She has challenged me in so many ways, not just to be a better chef, but to be a better husband and father.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stories like these are the norm among the Jardinière tribe. Chief of staff Reynolds met both her best friend and husband here as she worked her way through pretty much every front-of-house and service job outside of the kitchen before the chef took a chance and made the server her personal assistant. Over the past several years, they forged an unknown path together. \"In the kitchen, it's very clear what your job is. You make food, there are techniques and fundamentals. if you're cutting an onion wrong, Traci can step in and offer another way of doing it. In our world, we kind of figured it out together; her years and expertise were a mentorship for me,\" said Reynolds, who though she will remain on Traci's team, is also feeling the tug of Jardinière's last days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a freak wave of emotion,\" she said. \"Some days it's all business and let's just get through steps 1 to 15, and other days it's so emotional. I gave a pep talk to the staff before service the other day and ended up just bawling—I thought, god this is so embarrassing. This is my family and my home.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chef Audie, as they call him, never could get away from the restaurant though he did try. \"Every time I thought about leaving, some new door opened up for me here. [Traci's] given me quite a bit of creative freedom...There was a point when we were going through like 30 pounds of kimchi, and kimchi's not really an ingredient you'd expect to see at Jardinière, but she's always been open to ideas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When someone actually does leave the restaurant, it's tradition that they tell a story, some memory of it, on their final day. \"I've been thinking about what mine would be,\" said Golder, who says meeting his wife, Michelle (now a baker at B. Patisserie), on the line back in 2012 takes the cake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems clear that all of this—the mentorship, the bonds, the marriages, and babies—are not the product of Jardinière's 21-year tenure but rather the reason for it. Silicon Valley companies can talk all day long about their \"culture,\" but they'll never have anything on this place, where passion started, and was shared, from the top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back to that celebration of life. Jardinière may be done—get in for one last toast before the kitchen closes on Saturday, April 27th—but you'll find that same spirit of hospitality on tap, or better—in the form of a margarita—at the various local Mexican- and Spanish-style restaurants (all blessedly more affordable than the French-Californian mother ship) inspired by Traci's Mexican heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's also cooking up something new, because at the end of day, Traci is Jardinière—which is French for a female gardener—and still just 53, she has plenty tending left to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_133429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 980px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins, photographed for 7x7's December 2014 print edition.\" width=\"980\" height=\"1225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133429\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait.jpg 980w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-160x200.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-768x960.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2019/04/traci-des-jardins-portrait-960x1200.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins, photographed for 7x7's December 2014 print edition. \u003ccite>(Matt Edge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This article originally appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.7x7.com/bidding-adieu-to-jardiniere-san-francisco-2635443513.html\">7x7 Bay Area.\u003c/a>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/133422/adieu-to-jardiniere-remembrances-and-caviar-in-the-iconic-restaurants-final-days","authors":["11590"],"categories":["bayareabites_63","bayareabites_11028","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1807","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_3328","bayareabites_150","bayareabites_1251"],"featImg":"bayareabites_133424","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_127643":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_127643","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"127643","score":null,"sort":[1525738323000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar","title":"Homework Means Celebrating on School Nights With the Dogpatch’s New Weeknights-Only Bar","publishDate":1525738323,"format":"image","headTitle":"New Restaurants 2018 | Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"term":16196,"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003cem>With a menu designed by Traci Des Jardins and cocktails from Enrique Sanchez, School Night is an Intriguing Private Event Space and Weeknights-Only Bar Hybrid Experiment in the Dogpatch\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first glance, a bar being closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights is like a Financial District coffee shop only being open on weekend evenings or a sports bar strictly serving weekday lunch. It makes you raise your eyebrows as if you’re a judge on “Shark Tank” and begs you to ask the contestant, “Are you trying to lose money with this business plan?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll realize that this structure for the Dogpatch Sunday to Wednesday nights-only newcomer, School Night, is actually pretty smart, if unconventional. It may even be brilliant. In present day, start-up-centric San Francisco terms, it’s a “disruptor.” Some “disruptors” truly do disrupt normal life in a negative way and are annoying pests like all of those electric scooters on the sidewalks. Other disruptors like how the Los Angeles chef Dave Beran serves dessert bites throughout the tasting menu at his new restaurant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dialoguerestaurant.com/\">Dialogue\u003c/a>, are initially met with heavy skepticism for being different but then win approval because they end up being a clever change-up from the status quo that nobody knew they wanted or needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is definitely the latter type of disruptor. Let’s get one thing straight about how it manages to be a restaurant and bar industry disruptor — it isn’t just a restaurant and bar. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepearlsf.com/school-night-bar\">School Night\u003c/a> is an open to the public part of a spectacular two-year old event spaced called \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepearlsf.com/\">“The Pearl.”\u003c/a> The venue’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson, knew that he couldn’t just open another restaurant in the traditional format when he decided to go into the hospitality business with a background in renewable energy finance (talk about an unlikely path!). Hopefully this isn’t breaking news to the dining public but it’s no secret in the restaurant industry — owning a restaurant or bar or winery or pretty much any food and beverage concept — is not going to make sustainable money. It’s even more daunting in a competitive and outrageously expensive market like this one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"Inside The Pearl\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127825\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside The Pearl \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127802\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127802\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Brooklyn Winery in New York’s flexible business model served as one inspiration for The Pearl, as did multi-purpose art galleries and newer hotels. That aforementioned urban winery, for example, is really a winery, event space, casual place for a few bites, and weddings destination. These are venues that serve multiple functions and attract different crowds for different time periods. They are dynamic concepts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127880\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl signage\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127880\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl signage \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is enormously helped by The Pearl and The Pearl is greatly enhanced by School Night. Mendelson described the relationship to us as a “virtuous cycle” where The Pearl wouldn’t be on the radar for many Bay Area residents because private event spaces are a small and not very talked-about niche. Everyone pays attention to restaurants and bars. So, much of the public is now aware of The Pearl because of School Night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, School Night gives The Pearl another prime event space on the big nights for those (Thursday-Saturday), which makes a much more substantial amount of money than a restaurant or bar. On those four traditionally slow nights for private events, School Night is its own destination for eating and drinking the creations of one of San Francisco’s most celebrated chefs and one of San Francisco’s most talented bartenders. Besides, who goes out on weekends anymore? Isn’t Monday night the new Saturday night?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to tell if this is a positive or negative result of #adulting. On one hand, you still have to wake up to work on a Tuesday morning and an 11pm third round of pisco sours might make that less fun. On the other hand, adults (non-parents, that is) don’t have to worry about calculus homework or going to soccer practice because we don’t have the dreaded “school nights” anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new.jpg\" alt=\"Books and signage on display at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127855\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books and signage on display at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many people, this writer included, “school night” still sends shivers down our spines like how “flight delay” or “jury duty” makes you freeze and clam up. The term has negative connotations of writing essays about Faulkner at the dinner table and your parents telling you to go to sleep by 10pm even if the Giants game is only in the eighth inning. In other words, school night meant “no fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, we have School Night the bar to bring back the “cool” in school night. We’re so over weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new.jpg\" alt=\"The bar at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127818\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bar at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is an 87-seat bar, open kitchen and dining area located next to The Pearl’s spectacular three-level space, entered from a separate door on 19th Street. The bar’s design is compelling everywhere your eye wanders. It’s worth a trip to the Dogpatch just to see the plant-themed faded prints on the three-dimensional wall fixture near the entrance. But, it’s the Latin-inspired food from Traci Des Jardins and chef de cuisine Audie Golder and the cocktails by Enrique Sanchez that really are the reason to skip the Netflix watching and yoga classes after work in favor of going out on the sleepy town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg\" alt=\"School Night's food menu\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127854\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Night's food menu \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127815\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127815\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food menu is split between composed kitchen dishes and items from the kitchen’s retro red, wood-burning oven named Bertha, brought in from Portland, Oregon. Acquring Bertha from our neighbor to the north isn’t as random as it sounds. One of The Pearl’s main investors is Kurt Huffman, a powerful Portland restaurateur with his ChefStable group. Yes, that’s the connection of why Portland’s beloved pig-centric sandwich shop, \u003ca href=\"http://lardosandwiches.com/\">Lardo\u003c/a>, popped up at The Pearl at the end of April. Keep an eye on a closer Portland-San Francisco dining relationship that has, for the most part, been a distant rivalry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Bertha, guests can enjoy surf, turf or vegetables with baby back ribs “costillas” slathered with tomatillo barbecue sauce ($16); clams and mussels cooked by the flames and paired with angel hair pasta and aji amarillo aioli for “fideos” ($17); or blistered vegetables ($14) from Mariquita Farms, the Watsonville farm that Des Jardins works closely with. Queso fundido ($16) is a gooey mix of Oaxacan, Provola and Fontal cheeses melted by Bertha and teamed with chorizo and poblano peppers, then ready to be formed into a kind of DIY quesadilla with flour tortillas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/_XIHOb7OfoY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins nods to her mother’s and grandparents’ Mexican heritage throughout the menu at her Presidio restaurant, Arguello, and serves a classic plate of tacos al pastor ($15 for three) at School Night. Bay Area diners often cringe at the thought of eating something like duck hearts and gizzards grilled on anticucho skewers ($13), but hopefully can get past that offal mental block because they be some of the most tender and flavorful cuts of duck, beef and chicken. Another unexpected bird preparation emerging from Bertha partners fried quail leg with a moist achiote-marinated quail breast ($23), accompanied by fried plantains and a zesty onion escabeche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfe Ranch quail\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127836\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wolfe Ranch quail \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Bertha and kitchen dishes aren’t necessarily small plates or large plates. Think of the non-snack dishes as larger tapas that are great for sharing with a friend or enjoying on your own as a two-to-three dish dinner. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those snacks for setting the stage of a full meal or just filling an empty belly while drinking include lime, jalapeño and coriander-dusted pepitas ($4) and housemade tortilla chips with tomatillo-chipotle and guajillo-arbol chile salsas ($6).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the kitchen, diners can order meat-free Impossible meatball “albondigas” one at a time ($3) and learn that the Impossible burger meat might actually excel more in meatball form with tomatillo salsa than as a patty on a bun with ketchup and mustard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new.jpg\" alt=\"Meat-free Impossible meatball\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127834\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meat-free Impossible meatball \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not as surprising to find \u003ca href=\"https://www.impossiblefoods.com/\">Impossible\u003c/a> meatballs on this bar food menu as it might seem. Des Jardins’ Hayes Valley high-end flagship, Jardinière, was one of the first restaurants in the country to serve it as a burger (and as Impossible beef tartare!). She started her role as a culinary advisor for the Silicon Valley start-up long before it launched in restaurants a year ago. For a little perspective on the company’s growth and Des Jardins’ importance in it, Jardinière and Cockscomb (Chris Cosentino’s meat-centric, opposite of vegetarian SoMa restaurant) were two of the first three restaurants to serve the Impossible burger and now 1,000 restaurants do just over 365 days later. It’s a borderline phenomenon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere on the menu, instead of serving fries, the duck fat-confited fried potatoes ($12) are smashed, crisped and served with guajillo mojo and crema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cebiche ($13) at School Night comes Peruvian-style. That means raw local halibut comes in small cubes, not heavily diced, is only briefly marinated in the lime-based leche de tigre and comes with hominy and corn nuts, instead of tortilla chips as would be done in Mexico. It’s also given the Peruvian spelling of a “b,” not “ceviche.” Sanchez learned this in high school and insists on it, just like one of his mentors (and Peru’s most influential chef), Gastón Acurio. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg\" alt=\"Cebiche\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127838\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cebiche \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salads are generally the last thing on most bar-goers minds but like with the little gem spears at True Laurel and the kale salad at Trick Dog, are given real respect at School Night. The Mexican chopped salad actually is a plate of little gem lettuce cups filled with jicama, cucumber, avocado and pepitas ($13). Meanwhile, the straightforward Tijuana Caesar ($13) is the answer to one of food’s great trivia questions: “Where was the Caesar invented?” Yes, Caesar’s restaurant in Tijuana’s Zona Centro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez, a native of Lima, Peru, is one of the city’s great ambassadors for that country’s spectacular cuisine and, of course, pisco. The Peruvian brandy gets its own section on the cocktail menu (all cocktails are $12), as do agave spirits and whiskey. If you’re after a daiquiri or a Negroni, don’t worry, it’s a full bar and you’ll be perfectly happy. But for Sanchez’s menu of a dozen drinks, split four per spirit category, trust the master and enjoy his witty and delicious creations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without question, the bar’s most Instagram-friendly drink is the Maracuyá Sour, essentially a passion fruit and cacao-pisco sour with a “school crossing” symbol stenciled onto the foamy egg white top from a Peychaud’s bitters spray. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Sanchez displays the “school crossing” symbol stencil used to make the Maracuyá Sour cocktail\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127890\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Sanchez displays the “school crossing” symbol stencil used to make the Maracuyá Sour cocktail\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/NlUovpPHHMg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Principal’s Punch is a play on the San Francisco-invented pisco punch, adding falernum and the herbal French liqueur, Génépy, to the tried-and-true trio of pisco, pineapple and lemon. There’s one catch to that trio. Instead of the usual pineapple gum syrup most recipes for the drink call for, Sanchez makes a pineapple agua fresca-like mix of pineapple juice from the fruit and pineapple water from the skin. Agua fresca and fresh fruit have been a pivotal part of Sanchez’s life since his boyhood when his grandmother had a roadside kiosk selling both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Principal’s Punch\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127883\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Principal’s Punch \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition, Sanchez makes his own labor-intensive version of the purple maize-based agua fresca staple in Peru, chicha morada, from pineapple skins, apples, cloves and cinnamon, all stained a deep, dark purple hue from the maize’s cob. It’s served in the, you guessed it, Purple Maize cocktail with pisco, amaro, lime, and orange liqueur. The chicha morada and the pineapple agua fresca are also served on their own as non-alcoholic options ($5). And if you’re wondering, Sanchez, doesn’t make his own version of Peru’s beloved sugary soda, Inka Kola, nor does he actually enjoy drinking it these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a spirit-forward pisco option, spring for the Pura Uvas with Madeira and vermouth. Note how it is garnished with a frozen grape because the drink has only three ingredients and each one is made from grapes, as Sanchez playfully mentions in its menu listing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, many of the drinks have fascinating histories or sarcastically comedic stories behind their names. Sanchez does a great job of offering insights into his drink creations, both with drink description paragraphs on the menu and recipes on the back of bar coasters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new.jpg\" alt=\"Coasters with cocktail recipes\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127840\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coasters with cocktail recipes \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the “whiskey” section, the bourbon fizz Teacher’s Pet cocktail doesn’t refer to a nickname for Sanchez in school. It’s actually a tongue-in-cheek reference to a whoopie cushion-like trick he and a friend played on a teacher they didn’t like as mischievous 14-year olds. Cochineals are tiny insects found in cactus around Latin America and South America. They have a vivid red color that, well, gave the teacher a colorful bottom when he sat on the cochineals that had been discreetly placed on his chair in a matchbook by the two young students. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher's Pet from the School Night menu\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher's Pet from the School Night menu \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along with making teachers angry, the bugs are often used to naturally color alcohol and cosmetics. Campari discontinued using cochineal for price reasons a few years ago but Cappelletti, one of the key ingredients in the Teacher’s Pet, still adds it. Don’t be grossed out. Cochineal eventually has no taste in the final products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere on the whiskey side, Hierba Buena is a rye mint julep-like ode to San Francisco’s history as “Yerba Buena” and also the name of the mint leaf used in the drink, providing a minty doubleheader with a San Francisco favorite, fernet. The menu’s Manhattan-style offering is The Queen of Lima, stirring together bourbon; Negra Ciolla (a pisco made of the Negra Criolla grape); mistela (a fortified wine blending pisco and regular grape wine); and Peruvian-made Chuncho bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, you might be wondering why was whiskey singled out as a specialty on School Night’s menu? An old-fashioned is Sanchez’s drink of choice when going out and the way for him to quickly judge a bar’s potential. On cue, his old-fashioned, Bertha & The Smoke, includes his own blend of bitters (Angostura, orange and Dale DeGroff’s pimento) smoked in Bertha, then stirred with high-proof rye, and poured over a large rock snugly nestled in a previously smoked tumbler.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/3ZNbFhR_MhI\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha & The Smoke\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127889\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha & The Smoke \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As these approachable but elaborate drinks suggest, Sanchez is one of the under-the-radar stars of San Francisco’s bar community. He’s not a celebrity bartender because he doesn’t seek the spotlight or have his own bar, but he is an icon to his fellow city bar managers and one of the most entertaining bartenders in the city to chat with. If you want to learn every minute detail about smoking bitters or a particular pisco grape, then get ready for a lesson at School Night. There may be homework afterwards. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived in San Francisco from Peru as a 21-year old and grew to become the lead bartender for Acurio’s first restaurant outside of Peru, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, when it opened on the Embarcadero a decade ago. Sanchez is a big reason why pisco sours are now one of the most ordered drinks across the Bay Area. But, his career has also taken him to a few Mexican concepts, like Tres Agaves and Arguello, that have opened his eyes to agave spirits right at the same time that mezcal started having its “revolution” moment. As a Peruvian, pisco will always “be in his blood” but Sanchez acknowledges he’s really excited by mezcal and tequila nowadays. That’s why agave is the third part of his menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His version of a margarita is Mr. Kotter, splitting the difference of a classic recipe’s use of orange liqueur and the Tommy’s way with agave nectar, and serving the drink on a hibiscus-infused rock for a color flourish. Tequila isn’t an expected base for a martini but it is in Pancho’s Martini, smoothed out with the salty embrace of manzanilla sherry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The menu’s best match for a poolside cocktail is, appropriately, Spring Break, a smoky mezcal drink on ice pebbles with pineapple gum syrup and hibiscus. Finally, if the lecture at School Night is making your eyes feel a little heavy, it’s time for the Recess Reboot. The mezcal drink is an interpretation of how Mexican coffee often has cinnamon, cloves and piloncillo. Sanchez makes the spiced coffee as a cold brew to mix with amaro and whipped cream for a richer body when poured over crushed ice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of cocktails, four local beers are served on draft ($7), Peru’s national Cusqueña lager is available by the bottle ($5) a few tempting sherries are offered ($6-$8) and three wines are poured by-the-glass on draft ($12). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, in order to make this weeknight-only concept really work, Mendelson knew all along that his grand plan could thrive only if he has an all-star team. He certainly found that with Des Jardins and Sanchez. Des Jardins might not be the national icon of a Thomas Keller or Alice Waters, but the two-time James Beard winner and Central Valley native deserves a place on the local chefs’ Mount Rushmore for her influential work at restaurants and in the community. She sits on the board of La Cocina, is active in all sorts of charity and education activities, and helped launch the Giants’ centerfield garden with the Bon Appétit Management Company a few years ago at AT&T Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127935\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the restaurant side, she started with no culinary training (no school nights!) but landed apprenticeships with many legendary French kitchens including La Maison Troisgros, Alain Passard’s L’Arpège and Alain Ducasse’s Le Louis XV. After learning classical French techniques from the best mentors possible, Des Jardins’ career brought her back to her home state and the wonderful ingredients of California. She was an opening chef in various capacities at some of the most important restaurants of the 1990s including Patina in Los Angeles (the only one still open); Aqua; Japantown’s fascinating Japanese-French fusion restaurant, Elka (here’s an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/13/garden/from-hill-to-hill-san-francisco-s-top-restaurants.html\">interesting throwback article\u003c/a> about that important but oft-forgotten place); and Rubicon. That last one is where Des Jardins finally could run her own kitchen as Executive Chef and where she won the 1995 James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year award. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her solo debut, Jardinière, opened in 1997 and still is as strong as ever, balancing a nightly crowd of theatergoers, older regulars and eager, young food-obsessed diners. Des Jardins also owns or co-owns Mijita, a taqueria in the Ferry Building and attached to AT&T Park; Arguello, TRANSIT and The Commissary in the Presidio; and Public House at AT&T Park. Her restaurant concepts are eclectic in style and location to say the least. After helping to put the Presidio on the San Francisco dining map, it’s exciting to see her help elevate the Dogpatch dining scene in the complete opposite corner of the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Mendelson, Des Jardins and Sanchez have a strong team of industry personnel and non-traditional hospitality personnel to make sure this concept isn’t just an experiment. The Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner, a Founding Partner of The Independent concert venue on Divisadero. School Night’s General Manager is Riley Bartlett (Pizzeria Delfina, Spruce) and Amy Reynolds is the Director of Operations for Des Jardins’ medium-sized stable of restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new.jpg\" alt=\"Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127824\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-800x571.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-768x548.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1200x856.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1180x842.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-960x685.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-240x171.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-520x371.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, The Pearl is its own operation and School Night is an overlapping one between the chef and The Pearl. As far as event spaces go, you’d be hard pressed to find a more impressive venue than The Pearl. It’s a three-level loft-chic space with a gorgeous rooftop patio. The main floor boasts several intriguing maps as pieces of art by Alexis Laurent and a ceiling-high living indoor garden on built-in giant cranes à la New York’s High Line. For a bar next door to not seem like a low-key supporting act to such a stunner...good luck! With Laurent’s help, School Night has managed to be architecturally notable on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside The Pearl looking down on the first level\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127827\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside The Pearl looking down on the first level \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl second level space\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127887\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl second level space \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl rooftop patio\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127888\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl rooftop patio \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Seating is split between the bar, central high-tops and wooden booths on the non-bar side wall. The latter two areas have full service. A partition made of glazed glass cubes and a stack of firewood greets diners at the door and then a chic-industrial theme dominates everywhere you look when walking to a seat. Exposed pipes run overhead with oversized lamp bulbs dangling down from the ceiling. They immediately draw your attention to the skylight (trend alert!) that gives the airy space an even grander aura. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127884\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are four main design features that the Instagram and gallery-frequenting crowds will appreciate. We mentioned the three-dimensional plant print wall fixture by the entrance, made by Laurent. The bathrooms are right next to it and each stall has an eye-catching tile wall. The bar’s background is a giant menu board that seems partially inspired by the one at Toronado and partially like a chalkboard in a classroom. The far end of the room features a wheel-like light creation by Laurent that has a steampunk vibe to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new.jpg\" alt=\"Three-dimensional plant print wall relief by San Francisco artist Alexis Laurent\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127837\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-dimensional plant print wall relief by San Francisco artist Alexis Laurent \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new.jpg\" alt=\"The festive bathroom \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127823\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The festive bathroom \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Clearly, School Night has the talent and the design to make it a hit on what are usually the most sluggish evenings of the week for bars and restaurants. Plus, the $12 cocktails are “a deal” by San Francisco’s inflated standards and the venue is in a neighborhood going through a huge building and housing boom. There is a lot working in School Night’s favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School Night is an intriguing industry strategy and one that will be closely watched. We’ve seen other restaurants in the city make daring changes, whether it’s having ticketed reservations or serving high-end cuisine in no-frills spaces. It’s up to San Francisco diners and drinkers to fill our the report card for this concept. However, one thing is for certain — when our adult homework involves tasting cebiche and pisco cocktails, we look forward to school nights. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new.jpg\" alt=\"School Night signage\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Night signage \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.schoolnightsf.com/\">\u003cstrong>School Night\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n601 19th St. \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/School+Night/@37.7615343,-122.3911776,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808f7fb811772cff:0x73e436e233e70b52!8m2!3d37.7615343!4d-122.3889836\">MAP\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94107\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 903-5427\u003cbr>\nHours: Sunday-Wednesday, 5pm-Midnight\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pg/ThePearlSF/about/?ref=page_internal\">The Pearl\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/schoolnightsf/?hl=en\">@SchoolNightSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SchoolNightSF\">@SchoolNightSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $$\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"With a menu designed by Traci Des Jardins and cocktails from Enrique Sanchez, School Night is an Intriguing Private Event Space and Weeknights-Only Bar Hybrid Experiment in the Dogpatch","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1530252006,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":48,"wordCount":4129},"headData":{"title":"Homework Means Celebrating on School Nights With the Dogpatch’s New Weeknights-Only Bar | KQED","description":"With a menu designed by Traci Des Jardins and cocktails from Enrique Sanchez, School Night is an Intriguing Private Event Space and Weeknights-Only Bar Hybrid Experiment in the Dogpatch","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Homework Means Celebrating on School Nights With the Dogpatch’s New Weeknights-Only Bar","datePublished":"2018-05-08T00:12:03.000Z","dateModified":"2018-06-29T06:00:06.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"127643 https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=127643","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2018/05/07/homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar/","disqusTitle":"Homework Means Celebrating on School Nights With the Dogpatch’s New Weeknights-Only Bar","nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/trevorfelch\">Trevor Felch\u003c/a> (writer), \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/wendy-goodfriend\">Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/a> (photos/video)","path":"/bayareabites/127643/homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>With a menu designed by Traci Des Jardins and cocktails from Enrique Sanchez, School Night is an Intriguing Private Event Space and Weeknights-Only Bar Hybrid Experiment in the Dogpatch\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first glance, a bar being closed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights is like a Financial District coffee shop only being open on weekend evenings or a sports bar strictly serving weekday lunch. It makes you raise your eyebrows as if you’re a judge on “Shark Tank” and begs you to ask the contestant, “Are you trying to lose money with this business plan?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll realize that this structure for the Dogpatch Sunday to Wednesday nights-only newcomer, School Night, is actually pretty smart, if unconventional. It may even be brilliant. In present day, start-up-centric San Francisco terms, it’s a “disruptor.” Some “disruptors” truly do disrupt normal life in a negative way and are annoying pests like all of those electric scooters on the sidewalks. Other disruptors like how the Los Angeles chef Dave Beran serves dessert bites throughout the tasting menu at his new restaurant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dialoguerestaurant.com/\">Dialogue\u003c/a>, are initially met with heavy skepticism for being different but then win approval because they end up being a clever change-up from the status quo that nobody knew they wanted or needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4434-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is definitely the latter type of disruptor. Let’s get one thing straight about how it manages to be a restaurant and bar industry disruptor — it isn’t just a restaurant and bar. \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepearlsf.com/school-night-bar\">School Night\u003c/a> is an open to the public part of a spectacular two-year old event spaced called \u003ca href=\"https://www.thepearlsf.com/\">“The Pearl.”\u003c/a> The venue’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson, knew that he couldn’t just open another restaurant in the traditional format when he decided to go into the hospitality business with a background in renewable energy finance (talk about an unlikely path!). Hopefully this isn’t breaking news to the dining public but it’s no secret in the restaurant industry — owning a restaurant or bar or winery or pretty much any food and beverage concept — is not going to make sustainable money. It’s even more daunting in a competitive and outrageously expensive market like this one. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1.jpg\" alt=\"Inside The Pearl\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127825\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4679-new-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside The Pearl \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127802\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127802\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0169-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Adam Mendelson \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Brooklyn Winery in New York’s flexible business model served as one inspiration for The Pearl, as did multi-purpose art galleries and newer hotels. That aforementioned urban winery, for example, is really a winery, event space, casual place for a few bites, and weddings destination. These are venues that serve multiple functions and attract different crowds for different time periods. They are dynamic concepts. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127880\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl signage\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127880\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0077-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl signage \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is enormously helped by The Pearl and The Pearl is greatly enhanced by School Night. Mendelson described the relationship to us as a “virtuous cycle” where The Pearl wouldn’t be on the radar for many Bay Area residents because private event spaces are a small and not very talked-about niche. Everyone pays attention to restaurants and bars. So, much of the public is now aware of The Pearl because of School Night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, School Night gives The Pearl another prime event space on the big nights for those (Thursday-Saturday), which makes a much more substantial amount of money than a restaurant or bar. On those four traditionally slow nights for private events, School Night is its own destination for eating and drinking the creations of one of San Francisco’s most celebrated chefs and one of San Francisco’s most talented bartenders. Besides, who goes out on weekends anymore? Isn’t Monday night the new Saturday night?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to tell if this is a positive or negative result of #adulting. On one hand, you still have to wake up to work on a Tuesday morning and an 11pm third round of pisco sours might make that less fun. On the other hand, adults (non-parents, that is) don’t have to worry about calculus homework or going to soccer practice because we don’t have the dreaded “school nights” anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new.jpg\" alt=\"Books and signage on display at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127855\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0096-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Books and signage on display at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For many people, this writer included, “school night” still sends shivers down our spines like how “flight delay” or “jury duty” makes you freeze and clam up. The term has negative connotations of writing essays about Faulkner at the dinner table and your parents telling you to go to sleep by 10pm even if the Giants game is only in the eighth inning. In other words, school night meant “no fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily, we have School Night the bar to bring back the “cool” in school night. We’re so over weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new.jpg\" alt=\"The bar at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127818\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4612-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The bar at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Night is an 87-seat bar, open kitchen and dining area located next to The Pearl’s spectacular three-level space, entered from a separate door on 19th Street. The bar’s design is compelling everywhere your eye wanders. It’s worth a trip to the Dogpatch just to see the plant-themed faded prints on the three-dimensional wall fixture near the entrance. But, it’s the Latin-inspired food from Traci Des Jardins and chef de cuisine Audie Golder and the cocktails by Enrique Sanchez that really are the reason to skip the Netflix watching and yoga classes after work in favor of going out on the sleepy town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg\" alt=\"School Night's food menu\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127854\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0094-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Night's food menu \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127815\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2880\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127815\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4556-new-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The food menu is split between composed kitchen dishes and items from the kitchen’s retro red, wood-burning oven named Bertha, brought in from Portland, Oregon. Acquring Bertha from our neighbor to the north isn’t as random as it sounds. One of The Pearl’s main investors is Kurt Huffman, a powerful Portland restaurateur with his ChefStable group. Yes, that’s the connection of why Portland’s beloved pig-centric sandwich shop, \u003ca href=\"http://lardosandwiches.com/\">Lardo\u003c/a>, popped up at The Pearl at the end of April. Keep an eye on a closer Portland-San Francisco dining relationship that has, for the most part, been a distant rivalry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Bertha, guests can enjoy surf, turf or vegetables with baby back ribs “costillas” slathered with tomatillo barbecue sauce ($16); clams and mussels cooked by the flames and paired with angel hair pasta and aji amarillo aioli for “fideos” ($17); or blistered vegetables ($14) from Mariquita Farms, the Watsonville farm that Des Jardins works closely with. Queso fundido ($16) is a gooey mix of Oaxacan, Provola and Fontal cheeses melted by Bertha and teamed with chorizo and poblano peppers, then ready to be formed into a kind of DIY quesadilla with flour tortillas.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/_XIHOb7OfoY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/_XIHOb7OfoY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Des Jardins nods to her mother’s and grandparents’ Mexican heritage throughout the menu at her Presidio restaurant, Arguello, and serves a classic plate of tacos al pastor ($15 for three) at School Night. Bay Area diners often cringe at the thought of eating something like duck hearts and gizzards grilled on anticucho skewers ($13), but hopefully can get past that offal mental block because they be some of the most tender and flavorful cuts of duck, beef and chicken. Another unexpected bird preparation emerging from Bertha partners fried quail leg with a moist achiote-marinated quail breast ($23), accompanied by fried plantains and a zesty onion escabeche.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127836\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new.jpg\" alt=\"Wolfe Ranch quail\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127836\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0243-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wolfe Ranch quail \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Bertha and kitchen dishes aren’t necessarily small plates or large plates. Think of the non-snack dishes as larger tapas that are great for sharing with a friend or enjoying on your own as a two-to-three dish dinner. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those snacks for setting the stage of a full meal or just filling an empty belly while drinking include lime, jalapeño and coriander-dusted pepitas ($4) and housemade tortilla chips with tomatillo-chipotle and guajillo-arbol chile salsas ($6).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the kitchen, diners can order meat-free Impossible meatball “albondigas” one at a time ($3) and learn that the Impossible burger meat might actually excel more in meatball form with tomatillo salsa than as a patty on a bun with ketchup and mustard. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new.jpg\" alt=\"Meat-free Impossible meatball\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127834\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0228-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meat-free Impossible meatball \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s not as surprising to find \u003ca href=\"https://www.impossiblefoods.com/\">Impossible\u003c/a> meatballs on this bar food menu as it might seem. Des Jardins’ Hayes Valley high-end flagship, Jardinière, was one of the first restaurants in the country to serve it as a burger (and as Impossible beef tartare!). She started her role as a culinary advisor for the Silicon Valley start-up long before it launched in restaurants a year ago. For a little perspective on the company’s growth and Des Jardins’ importance in it, Jardinière and Cockscomb (Chris Cosentino’s meat-centric, opposite of vegetarian SoMa restaurant) were two of the first three restaurants to serve the Impossible burger and now 1,000 restaurants do just over 365 days later. It’s a borderline phenomenon. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere on the menu, instead of serving fries, the duck fat-confited fried potatoes ($12) are smashed, crisped and served with guajillo mojo and crema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cebiche ($13) at School Night comes Peruvian-style. That means raw local halibut comes in small cubes, not heavily diced, is only briefly marinated in the lime-based leche de tigre and comes with hominy and corn nuts, instead of tortilla chips as would be done in Mexico. It’s also given the Peruvian spelling of a “b,” not “ceviche.” Sanchez learned this in high school and insists on it, just like one of his mentors (and Peru’s most influential chef), Gastón Acurio. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127838\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg\" alt=\"Cebiche\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127838\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0208-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cebiche \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salads are generally the last thing on most bar-goers minds but like with the little gem spears at True Laurel and the kale salad at Trick Dog, are given real respect at School Night. The Mexican chopped salad actually is a plate of little gem lettuce cups filled with jicama, cucumber, avocado and pepitas ($13). Meanwhile, the straightforward Tijuana Caesar ($13) is the answer to one of food’s great trivia questions: “Where was the Caesar invented?” Yes, Caesar’s restaurant in Tijuana’s Zona Centro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez, a native of Lima, Peru, is one of the city’s great ambassadors for that country’s spectacular cuisine and, of course, pisco. The Peruvian brandy gets its own section on the cocktail menu (all cocktails are $12), as do agave spirits and whiskey. If you’re after a daiquiri or a Negroni, don’t worry, it’s a full bar and you’ll be perfectly happy. But for Sanchez’s menu of a dozen drinks, split four per spirit category, trust the master and enjoy his witty and delicious creations. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without question, the bar’s most Instagram-friendly drink is the Maracuyá Sour, essentially a passion fruit and cacao-pisco sour with a “school crossing” symbol stenciled onto the foamy egg white top from a Peychaud’s bitters spray. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new.jpg\" alt=\"Enrique Sanchez displays the “school crossing” symbol stencil used to make the Maracuyá Sour cocktail\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127890\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0178-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enrique Sanchez displays the “school crossing” symbol stencil used to make the Maracuyá Sour cocktail\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/NlUovpPHHMg'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/NlUovpPHHMg'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The Principal’s Punch is a play on the San Francisco-invented pisco punch, adding falernum and the herbal French liqueur, Génépy, to the tried-and-true trio of pisco, pineapple and lemon. There’s one catch to that trio. Instead of the usual pineapple gum syrup most recipes for the drink call for, Sanchez makes a pineapple agua fresca-like mix of pineapple juice from the fruit and pineapple water from the skin. Agua fresca and fresh fruit have been a pivotal part of Sanchez’s life since his boyhood when his grandmother had a roadside kiosk selling both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127883\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Principal’s Punch\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127883\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0092-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Principal’s Punch \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition, Sanchez makes his own labor-intensive version of the purple maize-based agua fresca staple in Peru, chicha morada, from pineapple skins, apples, cloves and cinnamon, all stained a deep, dark purple hue from the maize’s cob. It’s served in the, you guessed it, Purple Maize cocktail with pisco, amaro, lime, and orange liqueur. The chicha morada and the pineapple agua fresca are also served on their own as non-alcoholic options ($5). And if you’re wondering, Sanchez, doesn’t make his own version of Peru’s beloved sugary soda, Inka Kola, nor does he actually enjoy drinking it these days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a spirit-forward pisco option, spring for the Pura Uvas with Madeira and vermouth. Note how it is garnished with a frozen grape because the drink has only three ingredients and each one is made from grapes, as Sanchez playfully mentions in its menu listing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, many of the drinks have fascinating histories or sarcastically comedic stories behind their names. Sanchez does a great job of offering insights into his drink creations, both with drink description paragraphs on the menu and recipes on the back of bar coasters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127840\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new.jpg\" alt=\"Coasters with cocktail recipes\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127840\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0219-new-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coasters with cocktail recipes \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the “whiskey” section, the bourbon fizz Teacher’s Pet cocktail doesn’t refer to a nickname for Sanchez in school. It’s actually a tongue-in-cheek reference to a whoopie cushion-like trick he and a friend played on a teacher they didn’t like as mischievous 14-year olds. Cochineals are tiny insects found in cactus around Latin America and South America. They have a vivid red color that, well, gave the teacher a colorful bottom when he sat on the cochineals that had been discreetly placed on his chair in a matchbook by the two young students. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new.jpg\" alt=\"Teacher's Pet from the School Night menu\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127853\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0091-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher's Pet from the School Night menu \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Along with making teachers angry, the bugs are often used to naturally color alcohol and cosmetics. Campari discontinued using cochineal for price reasons a few years ago but Cappelletti, one of the key ingredients in the Teacher’s Pet, still adds it. Don’t be grossed out. Cochineal eventually has no taste in the final products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere on the whiskey side, Hierba Buena is a rye mint julep-like ode to San Francisco’s history as “Yerba Buena” and also the name of the mint leaf used in the drink, providing a minty doubleheader with a San Francisco favorite, fernet. The menu’s Manhattan-style offering is The Queen of Lima, stirring together bourbon; Negra Ciolla (a pisco made of the Negra Criolla grape); mistela (a fortified wine blending pisco and regular grape wine); and Peruvian-made Chuncho bitters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, you might be wondering why was whiskey singled out as a specialty on School Night’s menu? An old-fashioned is Sanchez’s drink of choice when going out and the way for him to quickly judge a bar’s potential. On cue, his old-fashioned, Bertha & The Smoke, includes his own blend of bitters (Angostura, orange and Dale DeGroff’s pimento) smoked in Bertha, then stirred with high-proof rye, and poured over a large rock snugly nestled in a previously smoked tumbler.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/3ZNbFhR_MhI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/3ZNbFhR_MhI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha & The Smoke\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127889\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0183-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bertha & The Smoke \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As these approachable but elaborate drinks suggest, Sanchez is one of the under-the-radar stars of San Francisco’s bar community. He’s not a celebrity bartender because he doesn’t seek the spotlight or have his own bar, but he is an icon to his fellow city bar managers and one of the most entertaining bartenders in the city to chat with. If you want to learn every minute detail about smoking bitters or a particular pisco grape, then get ready for a lesson at School Night. There may be homework afterwards. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived in San Francisco from Peru as a 21-year old and grew to become the lead bartender for Acurio’s first restaurant outside of Peru, La Mar Cebicheria Peruana, when it opened on the Embarcadero a decade ago. Sanchez is a big reason why pisco sours are now one of the most ordered drinks across the Bay Area. But, his career has also taken him to a few Mexican concepts, like Tres Agaves and Arguello, that have opened his eyes to agave spirits right at the same time that mezcal started having its “revolution” moment. As a Peruvian, pisco will always “be in his blood” but Sanchez acknowledges he’s really excited by mezcal and tequila nowadays. That’s why agave is the third part of his menu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His version of a margarita is Mr. Kotter, splitting the difference of a classic recipe’s use of orange liqueur and the Tommy’s way with agave nectar, and serving the drink on a hibiscus-infused rock for a color flourish. Tequila isn’t an expected base for a martini but it is in Pancho’s Martini, smoothed out with the salty embrace of manzanilla sherry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The menu’s best match for a poolside cocktail is, appropriately, Spring Break, a smoky mezcal drink on ice pebbles with pineapple gum syrup and hibiscus. Finally, if the lecture at School Night is making your eyes feel a little heavy, it’s time for the Recess Reboot. The mezcal drink is an interpretation of how Mexican coffee often has cinnamon, cloves and piloncillo. Sanchez makes the spiced coffee as a cold brew to mix with amaro and whipped cream for a richer body when poured over crushed ice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of cocktails, four local beers are served on draft ($7), Peru’s national Cusqueña lager is available by the bottle ($5) a few tempting sherries are offered ($6-$8) and three wines are poured by-the-glass on draft ($12). \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, in order to make this weeknight-only concept really work, Mendelson knew all along that his grand plan could thrive only if he has an all-star team. He certainly found that with Des Jardins and Sanchez. Des Jardins might not be the national icon of a Thomas Keller or Alice Waters, but the two-time James Beard winner and Central Valley native deserves a place on the local chefs’ Mount Rushmore for her influential work at restaurants and in the community. She sits on the board of La Cocina, is active in all sorts of charity and education activities, and helped launch the Giants’ centerfield garden with the Bon Appétit Management Company a few years ago at AT&T Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardins at School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127935\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4548-new1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci Des Jardins at School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the restaurant side, she started with no culinary training (no school nights!) but landed apprenticeships with many legendary French kitchens including La Maison Troisgros, Alain Passard’s L’Arpège and Alain Ducasse’s Le Louis XV. After learning classical French techniques from the best mentors possible, Des Jardins’ career brought her back to her home state and the wonderful ingredients of California. She was an opening chef in various capacities at some of the most important restaurants of the 1990s including Patina in Los Angeles (the only one still open); Aqua; Japantown’s fascinating Japanese-French fusion restaurant, Elka (here’s an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/13/garden/from-hill-to-hill-san-francisco-s-top-restaurants.html\">interesting throwback article\u003c/a> about that important but oft-forgotten place); and Rubicon. That last one is where Des Jardins finally could run her own kitchen as Executive Chef and where she won the 1995 James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef of the Year award. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her solo debut, Jardinière, opened in 1997 and still is as strong as ever, balancing a nightly crowd of theatergoers, older regulars and eager, young food-obsessed diners. Des Jardins also owns or co-owns Mijita, a taqueria in the Ferry Building and attached to AT&T Park; Arguello, TRANSIT and The Commissary in the Presidio; and Public House at AT&T Park. Her restaurant concepts are eclectic in style and location to say the least. After helping to put the Presidio on the San Francisco dining map, it’s exciting to see her help elevate the Dogpatch dining scene in the complete opposite corner of the city. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Mendelson, Des Jardins and Sanchez have a strong team of industry personnel and non-traditional hospitality personnel to make sure this concept isn’t just an experiment. The Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner, a Founding Partner of The Independent concert venue on Divisadero. School Night’s General Manager is Riley Bartlett (Pizzeria Delfina, Spruce) and Amy Reynolds is the Director of Operations for Des Jardins’ medium-sized stable of restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new.jpg\" alt=\"Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127824\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-160x114.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-800x571.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-768x548.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1020x728.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1200x856.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-1180x842.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-960x685.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-240x171.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-375x268.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4658-new-520x371.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pearl’s General Manager is Jon Larner \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So, The Pearl is its own operation and School Night is an overlapping one between the chef and The Pearl. As far as event spaces go, you’d be hard pressed to find a more impressive venue than The Pearl. It’s a three-level loft-chic space with a gorgeous rooftop patio. The main floor boasts several intriguing maps as pieces of art by Alexis Laurent and a ceiling-high living indoor garden on built-in giant cranes à la New York’s High Line. For a bar next door to not seem like a low-key supporting act to such a stunner...good luck! With Laurent’s help, School Night has managed to be architecturally notable on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside The Pearl looking down on the first level\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127827\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4700-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside The Pearl looking down on the first level \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl second level space\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127887\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4706-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl second level space \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127888\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new.jpg\" alt=\"The Pearl rooftop patio\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127888\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4710-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pearl rooftop patio \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Seating is split between the bar, central high-tops and wooden booths on the non-bar side wall. The latter two areas have full service. A partition made of glazed glass cubes and a stack of firewood greets diners at the door and then a chic-industrial theme dominates everywhere you look when walking to a seat. Exposed pipes run overhead with oversized lamp bulbs dangling down from the ceiling. They immediately draw your attention to the skylight (trend alert!) that gives the airy space an even grander aura. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127884\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new.jpg\" alt=\"Inside School Night\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127884\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4619-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inside School Night \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are four main design features that the Instagram and gallery-frequenting crowds will appreciate. We mentioned the three-dimensional plant print wall fixture by the entrance, made by Laurent. The bathrooms are right next to it and each stall has an eye-catching tile wall. The bar’s background is a giant menu board that seems partially inspired by the one at Toronado and partially like a chalkboard in a classroom. The far end of the room features a wheel-like light creation by Laurent that has a steampunk vibe to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new.jpg\" alt=\"Three-dimensional plant print wall relief by San Francisco artist Alexis Laurent\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127837\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4628-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-dimensional plant print wall relief by San Francisco artist Alexis Laurent \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new.jpg\" alt=\"The festive bathroom \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127823\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_4636-new-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The festive bathroom \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Clearly, School Night has the talent and the design to make it a hit on what are usually the most sluggish evenings of the week for bars and restaurants. Plus, the $12 cocktails are “a deal” by San Francisco’s inflated standards and the venue is in a neighborhood going through a huge building and housing boom. There is a lot working in School Night’s favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School Night is an intriguing industry strategy and one that will be closely watched. We’ve seen other restaurants in the city make daring changes, whether it’s having ticketed reservations or serving high-end cuisine in no-frills spaces. It’s up to San Francisco diners and drinkers to fill our the report card for this concept. However, one thing is for certain — when our adult homework involves tasting cebiche and pisco cocktails, we look forward to school nights. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new.jpg\" alt=\"School Night signage\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2018/05/IMG_0084-new-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School Night signage \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.schoolnightsf.com/\">\u003cstrong>School Night\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n601 19th St. \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/School+Night/@37.7615343,-122.3911776,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x808f7fb811772cff:0x73e436e233e70b52!8m2!3d37.7615343!4d-122.3889836\">MAP\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94107\u003cbr>\nPh: (415) 903-5427\u003cbr>\nHours: Sunday-Wednesday, 5pm-Midnight\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pg/ThePearlSF/about/?ref=page_internal\">The Pearl\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nInstagram: \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/schoolnightsf/?hl=en\">@SchoolNightSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SchoolNightSF\">@SchoolNightSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nPrice Range: $$\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/127643/homework-means-celebrating-on-school-nights-with-the-dogpatchs-new-weeknights-only-bar","authors":["byline_bayareabites_127643"],"series":["bayareabites_16196"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_13306","bayareabites_1244","bayareabites_11028","bayareabites_10028","bayareabites_1875","bayareabites_1807","bayareabites_10","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_2804","bayareabites_16141","bayareabites_16140","bayareabites_1251"],"featImg":"bayareabites_127803","label":"bayareabites_16196"},"bayareabites_107423":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_107423","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"107423","score":null,"sort":[1457471119000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"celebrating-bay-area-women-chefs-on-international-womens-day","title":"Celebrating Bay Area Women Chefs on International Women's Day","publishDate":1457471119,"format":"image","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Women chefs have long shaped the food scene in the Bay Area. It's hard to imagine our current vibrant, multicultural, and ever-evolving restaurant landscape without the contributions of women in the industry, to the point where it can seem strange even to call out such talented chefs based solely on their gender. But success in this profession comes from teamwork, and the Bay Area's history of supporting strong, creative women in the kitchen--as well as trend-shaping culinary visionaries and activists--has laid the groundwork for generations of talented female chefs. (Thank you for the Edible Schoolyard, the White House gardens, the mesclun and goat cheese salads, \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\" target=\"_blank\">Alice Waters\u003c/a>!) \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560.jpg\" alt=\" Alice Waters at a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard Project.\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107487\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560.jpg 560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Waters at a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard Project. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In honor of International Women's Day, let's raise a toast to pop-up sellers who make it to brick-and-mortar businesses, like Vanessa Chavez of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cholitalinda.com/\" target=\"_blank\">La Cholita Linda\u003c/a> in Oakland and Veronica Salazar of \u003ca href=\"http://huaracheloco.com/\" target=\"_blank\">El Huarache Loco\u003c/a> in Larkspur Landing. Let's do lunch with Liza Shaw of \u003ca href=\"http://www.merigansubshop.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Merigan Sub Shop\u003c/a>, who left A16's pizza and pasta behind to break down whole pigs, make her own hot pickles, and keep us in cheesesteaks and meatball subs, to say nothing of her superior vegetarian offerings, including eggplant parm, egg salad, and chickpea-fritter sandwiches so good we can (almost) forget about the porchetta-and-cracklings that's worth walking all the way down to 2nd and Brannan Streets, even when the Giants are out of town. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, we're lining up to check out newcomers like Mexico City's star chef \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2015/09/22/chef-gabriela-camaras-cala-brings-coastal-mexican-food-to-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriela Cámara\u003c/a>, bringing the exciting flavors of her home city to \u003ca href=\"http://www.calarestaurant.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cala\u003c/a> in San Francisco. And we're honoring pioneers like the 95-year-old\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/food/features/qa-cecilia-chiang-mandarin-restaurant/\" target=\"_blank\">Cecilia Chiang\u003c/a> who opened the elegant, groundbreaking Mandarin restaurant in 1961, when non-Asian diners typically equated Chinese food with fast, cheap Americanized Cantonese, and ran it, glamorously, for decades. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilia Chiang was recently honored at CAAMFeast 2016. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecilia Chiang was recently honored at \u003ca href=\"http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/03/07/celebrating-three-generations-of-food-and-innovation-at-caamfeast-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">CAAMFeast\u003c/a> 2016. \u003ccite>(Leanne Koh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We're remembering those whose work continues to influence the way we cook and eat now, from the late \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/12/03/in-memoriam-judy-rodgers-of-zuni-cafe/\" target=\"_blank\">Judy Rodgers\u003c/a> of Zuni Cafe to the unforgettable chef, Chinese scholar, and author \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/05/26/reaching-for-the-moon-at-china-moon-cafe/\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Tropp\u003c/a>, whose inventive China Moon Cafe, closed in 1996, would be right at home today. Tropp, who died in 2001, was part of a group of eight woman (including Square One chef and cookbook author Joyce Goldstein) who founded the professional organization \u003ca href=\"http://womenchefs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Women Chefs and Restaurateurs\u003c/a> in 1993; WCR, as it's commonly known, remains a valuable resource for women in the industry today. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working in restaurants is never an easy career path, whether you're scraping together the cooks' family meal or making sure payroll gets met. And while it's often the hot young players that get the press, the Bay Area has an impressive roster of women chefs who have successfully sustained long careers, often maintaining a single flagship restaurant for years or even decades while keeping things fresh with new additions. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in honor of International Women's Day, here's a brief look at how some of the most notable women chefs in the Bay Area got their starts, what they're cooking and how they're making every day more delicious, while still doing the tough daily work of running restaurants, supporting local farmers and producers, creating jobs, and giving back. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107480\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new-400x335.jpg\" alt=\"Traci des Jardins\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new-400x335.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci des Jardins \u003ccite>(courtesy of Traci des Jardins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Traci des Jardins\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAs a former restaurant critic, I can remember the excitement that the young Traci des Jardins brought to Rubicon as its opening chef in 1994. I was far from her only fan; she won a James Beard Rising Star Chef award in 1995 for her work there. In 1997, she left to open the elegant \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jardiniere \u003c/a>in Hayes Valley, a restaurant that's still going strong under her direction, nearly 20 years later. And while she made her name with fine dining, she's equally proud of the five dollar fish tacos at \u003ca href=\"http://www.mijitasf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mijita Cocina Mexicana\u003c/a> in the Ferry Building, which highlights the food of her Mexican-Californian heritage. Her menus are also in place at three eateries in the Presidio, including The Commissary, Transit, and Arguello, operated in partnership with the Presidio Trust and Bon Appetit Management Company. She's on the board of directors at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">La Cocina\u003c/a>, the busy incubator for food businesses (with an emphasis on immigrant women) in the Mission. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107477\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes-400x599.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Oakes\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107477\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes-400x599.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Oakes \u003ccite>(courtesy of Nancy Oakes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nancy Oakes\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOakes opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.boulevardrestaurant.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Boulevard\u003c/a> at the foot of Mission Street in 1993; like Jardiniere, it remains a fixture on the fine dining scene, still serving its lively, vibrant California cuisine 23 years later. Oakes earned a James Beard Award for Best Chef: California in 2001; Boulevard won for Outstanding Restaurant in 2012, after eight consecutive nominations in the category. In 2010, Oakes partnered with two Boulevard chefs, Pam Mazzola and Kathy King, to open the contemporary American \u003ca href=\"http://www.prospectsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Prospect\u003c/a> in SoMa. With writer Laura Weiss, she and Mazzola published \"The Boulevard Cookbook\" with Ten Speed Press in 2005. She is on the board of Meals on Wheels, among many other philanthropic organizations. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107494\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/DominiqueCrenn-choco500.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Crenn\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107494\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Crenn \u003ccite>(Rien van Rijthoven)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dominique Crenn\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Poetic Culinaria\" is the well-chosen subtitle for the Michelin double-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.ateliercrenn.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Atelier Crenn\u003c/a>. Dominique Crenn opened this sleek, fog-gray Cow Hollow restaurant in 2011, serving exquisite, cerebral tasting menus, each a poetic meditation on a seasonal moment. Born and raised in France, Crenn has deep roots in the Bay Area, arriving in 1988 and working at the famous Stars restaurant with Jeremiah Tower and Mark Franz, then at Campton Place and 2223 Market, among others. She became Indonesia's first female executive chef at the InterContinental Hotel in Jakarta in 1997, where she worked for a year before returning to California to work in Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, and San Francisco again, earning a Michelin star at Luce in the InterContinental Hotel in 2009. A longtime fan of Jessica Boncutter's quirky, well-loved Bar Jules in Hayes Valley, Crenn took over the space in 2015 when Boncutter decided to sell. She opened the Brittany-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://www.petitcrenn.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Petit Crenn\u003c/a>, featuring both a la carte dining and a five-course tasting menu, earning a 3 1/2 star review from the San Francisco Chronicle soon after. Last month, Crenn opened her latest venture, Antoinette Brasserie, a more classic French venue in the recently renovated Claremont Club & Spa in Berkeley; Justin Mauz is the executive chef. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/tanyaholland.jpg\" alt=\"Tanya Holland\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107479\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tanya Holland \u003ccite>(courtesy of Tanya Holland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tanya Holland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSouthern born, French trained, Tanya Holland is a familiar face to many. The less fortunate may only know her from her many television appearances on the Food Network and the Today Show, among others. But for those lucky enough to live within eating distance of West Oakland, Holland is a frequent sight behind the line at \u003ca href=\"http://brownsugarkitchen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown Sugar Kitchen\u003c/a>, her 8-year-old breakfast-and-lunch restaurant. (She closed her second Oakland restaurant, B-Side BBQ, a year ago.) Diners may find their way to this stretch of Mandela Parkway for the buttermilk-brined fried chicken, but they stay, from morning to the 3 pm closing time, for the blissfully, buttery-smooth smoked mashed yams, for the fall-off-the-bone pineapple-glazed ribs, the cornmeal waffles and the shrimp and grits. With writer Jan Newberry, Holland published \"Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland,\" with Chronicle Books in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107476\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Perello\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello-400x600.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Perello \u003ccite>(courtesy of Melissa Perello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melissa Perello\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMelissa Perello has a clear penchant for creating warm, welcoming neighborhood dining spots. Located in two small storefronts, both in mostly-residential neighborhoods, Perello's restaurants, \u003ca href=\"http://www.frances-sf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Frances\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.octavia-sf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia\u003c/a> both offer a fine dining chef's professionalism and attention to detail, but without formality or fuss. Perello got her start in San Francisco working in the kitchen at Aqua, followed by Charles Nob Hill, where she worked her way up to executive chef. She came on as executive chef at Fifth Floor, which gained a Michelin star under her direction, before leaving in 2007 to start planning for Frances, the Castro small-plates restaurant that she opened in 2009. She added Octavia last year, taking over the lower Pac Heights space previously occupied by Baker and Banker, Quince, and before that, The Meetinghouse (run by another woman chef, Joanne Karlinsky). Octavia's menu is a little bit Italian (ricotta \"malfatti\" dumplings with chard), a little bit French (shellfish bouillabaisse) and very West Coast (little gems salad with Dungeness crab and charred mandarin oranges). \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107491\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Preeti Mistry\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107491\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-400x600.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-1440x2160.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-960x1440.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preeti Mistry \u003ccite>(courtesy of Juhu Beach Club)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preeti Mistry\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMistry has a distinctly 21st-century resume: training in London, competing on \"Top Chef,\" a grueling stint as an executive chef at Google HQ, a popular pop-up that became the Indian street-food-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://www.juhubeachclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Juhu Beach Club\u003c/a> in Oakland's Temescal district. Born in London but raised in the Midwest, Mistry aimed to recreate the delectable, beachside snacks she remembered from family trips to Mumbai, filtered through her own American sensibility. Thus, the popular \"Desi Jacks,\" her spice-fragrant take on Cracker Jacks, and the five different pavs, a slider-like sandwich on a soft, sweet bun, that come with fillings like the \"pork vindalated\" in a vindaloo barbecue sauce, and the vegetarian \"sloppy lil'p\". Mistry recently travelled to Hong Kong to open a second outpost, Juhu Beach Club HK. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Kirnon\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107484\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Kirnon \u003ccite>(courtesy of Sarah Kirnon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Kirnon\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhen Sarah Kirnon left the Front Porch for the East Bay, the Mission's loss was Oakland's gain. (She'd started at Emmy's Spaghetti Shack, just a few blocks up the street, before landing at Front Porch.) She landed first at Hibiscus in Uptown, then opened her own place, \u003ca href=\"http://www.realmissolliesoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Ollie's\u003c/a>, on Washington Street in Old Oakland in 2012. Sure, there's the herb-seasoned fried chicken everyone loves, made just the way Kirnon's grandmother, the original Miss Ollie, made it. But the Afro-Caribbean cuisine that Kirnon, who was born in Britain but raised in Barbados by her grandparents, is dedicated to go much further than that. She cures her own salt cod for the salt fish and ackee, pickles eggs and vegetables with allspice and sugarcane, serves island vegetables like cassava, scotch bonnet peppers, and christophene (known as chayote in Mexico and mirliton in Louisiana). She hopes to put together a cookbook in the near future, telling stories and capturing the flavors of the islands and the Oakland experience. \u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A look at some of the Bay Area's most notable women chefs, in honor of International Women's Day. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1457562433,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":15,"wordCount":1754},"headData":{"title":"Celebrating Bay Area Women Chefs on International Women's Day | KQED","description":"A look at some of the Bay Area's most notable women chefs, in honor of International Women's Day. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Celebrating Bay Area Women Chefs on International Women's Day","datePublished":"2016-03-08T21:05:19.000Z","dateModified":"2016-03-09T22:27:13.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"107423 http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=107423","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2016/03/08/celebrating-bay-area-women-chefs-on-international-womens-day/","disqusTitle":"Celebrating Bay Area Women Chefs on International Women's Day","source":"Chefs","sourceUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/chefs/","path":"/bayareabites/107423/celebrating-bay-area-women-chefs-on-international-womens-day","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Women chefs have long shaped the food scene in the Bay Area. It's hard to imagine our current vibrant, multicultural, and ever-evolving restaurant landscape without the contributions of women in the industry, to the point where it can seem strange even to call out such talented chefs based solely on their gender. But success in this profession comes from teamwork, and the Bay Area's history of supporting strong, creative women in the kitchen--as well as trend-shaping culinary visionaries and activists--has laid the groundwork for generations of talented female chefs. (Thank you for the Edible Schoolyard, the White House gardens, the mesclun and goat cheese salads, \u003ca href=\"http://www.chezpanisse.com/about/alice-waters/\" target=\"_blank\">Alice Waters\u003c/a>!) \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 560px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560.jpg\" alt=\" Alice Waters at a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard Project.\" width=\"560\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107487\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560.jpg 560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/alice-wheelbarrow560-400x268.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice Waters at a fundraiser for the Edible Schoolyard Project. \u003ccite>(Wendy Goodfriend)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In honor of International Women's Day, let's raise a toast to pop-up sellers who make it to brick-and-mortar businesses, like Vanessa Chavez of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cholitalinda.com/\" target=\"_blank\">La Cholita Linda\u003c/a> in Oakland and Veronica Salazar of \u003ca href=\"http://huaracheloco.com/\" target=\"_blank\">El Huarache Loco\u003c/a> in Larkspur Landing. Let's do lunch with Liza Shaw of \u003ca href=\"http://www.merigansubshop.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Merigan Sub Shop\u003c/a>, who left A16's pizza and pasta behind to break down whole pigs, make her own hot pickles, and keep us in cheesesteaks and meatball subs, to say nothing of her superior vegetarian offerings, including eggplant parm, egg salad, and chickpea-fritter sandwiches so good we can (almost) forget about the porchetta-and-cracklings that's worth walking all the way down to 2nd and Brannan Streets, even when the Giants are out of town. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, we're lining up to check out newcomers like Mexico City's star chef \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2015/09/22/chef-gabriela-camaras-cala-brings-coastal-mexican-food-to-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriela Cámara\u003c/a>, bringing the exciting flavors of her home city to \u003ca href=\"http://www.calarestaurant.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cala\u003c/a> in San Francisco. And we're honoring pioneers like the 95-year-old\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/food/features/qa-cecilia-chiang-mandarin-restaurant/\" target=\"_blank\">Cecilia Chiang\u003c/a> who opened the elegant, groundbreaking Mandarin restaurant in 1961, when non-Asian diners typically equated Chinese food with fast, cheap Americanized Cantonese, and ran it, glamorously, for decades. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilia Chiang was recently honored at CAAMFeast 2016. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang.jpg 1024w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/cecilia-chiang-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecilia Chiang was recently honored at \u003ca href=\"http://caamedia.org/blog/2016/03/07/celebrating-three-generations-of-food-and-innovation-at-caamfeast-2016/\" target=\"_blank\">CAAMFeast\u003c/a> 2016. \u003ccite>(Leanne Koh)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We're remembering those whose work continues to influence the way we cook and eat now, from the late \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/12/03/in-memoriam-judy-rodgers-of-zuni-cafe/\" target=\"_blank\">Judy Rodgers\u003c/a> of Zuni Cafe to the unforgettable chef, Chinese scholar, and author \u003ca href=\"http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/05/26/reaching-for-the-moon-at-china-moon-cafe/\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Tropp\u003c/a>, whose inventive China Moon Cafe, closed in 1996, would be right at home today. Tropp, who died in 2001, was part of a group of eight woman (including Square One chef and cookbook author Joyce Goldstein) who founded the professional organization \u003ca href=\"http://womenchefs.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Women Chefs and Restaurateurs\u003c/a> in 1993; WCR, as it's commonly known, remains a valuable resource for women in the industry today. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Working in restaurants is never an easy career path, whether you're scraping together the cooks' family meal or making sure payroll gets met. And while it's often the hot young players that get the press, the Bay Area has an impressive roster of women chefs who have successfully sustained long careers, often maintaining a single flagship restaurant for years or even decades while keeping things fresh with new additions. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, in honor of International Women's Day, here's a brief look at how some of the most notable women chefs in the Bay Area got their starts, what they're cooking and how they're making every day more delicious, while still doing the tough daily work of running restaurants, supporting local farmers and producers, creating jobs, and giving back. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107480\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new-400x335.jpg\" alt=\"Traci des Jardins\" width=\"400\" height=\"335\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new-400x335.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/traci-des-jardins-new.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traci des Jardins \u003ccite>(courtesy of Traci des Jardins)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Traci des Jardins\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAs a former restaurant critic, I can remember the excitement that the young Traci des Jardins brought to Rubicon as its opening chef in 1994. I was far from her only fan; she won a James Beard Rising Star Chef award in 1995 for her work there. In 1997, she left to open the elegant \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jardiniere \u003c/a>in Hayes Valley, a restaurant that's still going strong under her direction, nearly 20 years later. And while she made her name with fine dining, she's equally proud of the five dollar fish tacos at \u003ca href=\"http://www.mijitasf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mijita Cocina Mexicana\u003c/a> in the Ferry Building, which highlights the food of her Mexican-Californian heritage. Her menus are also in place at three eateries in the Presidio, including The Commissary, Transit, and Arguello, operated in partnership with the Presidio Trust and Bon Appetit Management Company. She's on the board of directors at \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacocinasf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">La Cocina\u003c/a>, the busy incubator for food businesses (with an emphasis on immigrant women) in the Mission. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107477\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes-400x599.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Oakes\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107477\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes-400x599.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/nancyoakes.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Oakes \u003ccite>(courtesy of Nancy Oakes)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nancy Oakes\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nOakes opened \u003ca href=\"http://www.boulevardrestaurant.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Boulevard\u003c/a> at the foot of Mission Street in 1993; like Jardiniere, it remains a fixture on the fine dining scene, still serving its lively, vibrant California cuisine 23 years later. Oakes earned a James Beard Award for Best Chef: California in 2001; Boulevard won for Outstanding Restaurant in 2012, after eight consecutive nominations in the category. In 2010, Oakes partnered with two Boulevard chefs, Pam Mazzola and Kathy King, to open the contemporary American \u003ca href=\"http://www.prospectsf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Prospect\u003c/a> in SoMa. With writer Laura Weiss, she and Mazzola published \"The Boulevard Cookbook\" with Ten Speed Press in 2005. She is on the board of Meals on Wheels, among many other philanthropic organizations. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107494\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/DominiqueCrenn-choco500.jpg\" alt=\"Dominique Crenn\" width=\"300\" height=\"418\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107494\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dominique Crenn \u003ccite>(Rien van Rijthoven)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dominique Crenn\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Poetic Culinaria\" is the well-chosen subtitle for the Michelin double-starred \u003ca href=\"http://www.ateliercrenn.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Atelier Crenn\u003c/a>. Dominique Crenn opened this sleek, fog-gray Cow Hollow restaurant in 2011, serving exquisite, cerebral tasting menus, each a poetic meditation on a seasonal moment. Born and raised in France, Crenn has deep roots in the Bay Area, arriving in 1988 and working at the famous Stars restaurant with Jeremiah Tower and Mark Franz, then at Campton Place and 2223 Market, among others. She became Indonesia's first female executive chef at the InterContinental Hotel in Jakarta in 1997, where she worked for a year before returning to California to work in Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, and San Francisco again, earning a Michelin star at Luce in the InterContinental Hotel in 2009. A longtime fan of Jessica Boncutter's quirky, well-loved Bar Jules in Hayes Valley, Crenn took over the space in 2015 when Boncutter decided to sell. She opened the Brittany-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://www.petitcrenn.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Petit Crenn\u003c/a>, featuring both a la carte dining and a five-course tasting menu, earning a 3 1/2 star review from the San Francisco Chronicle soon after. Last month, Crenn opened her latest venture, Antoinette Brasserie, a more classic French venue in the recently renovated Claremont Club & Spa in Berkeley; Justin Mauz is the executive chef. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107479\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/tanyaholland.jpg\" alt=\"Tanya Holland\" width=\"250\" height=\"376\" class=\"size-full wp-image-107479\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tanya Holland \u003ccite>(courtesy of Tanya Holland)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tanya Holland\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSouthern born, French trained, Tanya Holland is a familiar face to many. The less fortunate may only know her from her many television appearances on the Food Network and the Today Show, among others. But for those lucky enough to live within eating distance of West Oakland, Holland is a frequent sight behind the line at \u003ca href=\"http://brownsugarkitchen.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown Sugar Kitchen\u003c/a>, her 8-year-old breakfast-and-lunch restaurant. (She closed her second Oakland restaurant, B-Side BBQ, a year ago.) Diners may find their way to this stretch of Mandela Parkway for the buttermilk-brined fried chicken, but they stay, from morning to the 3 pm closing time, for the blissfully, buttery-smooth smoked mashed yams, for the fall-off-the-bone pineapple-glazed ribs, the cornmeal waffles and the shrimp and grits. With writer Jan Newberry, Holland published \"Brown Sugar Kitchen: New-Style, Down Home Recipes from Sweet West Oakland,\" with Chronicle Books in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107476\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Perello\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107476\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello-400x600.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/melissaperello.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Perello \u003ccite>(courtesy of Melissa Perello)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Melissa Perello\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMelissa Perello has a clear penchant for creating warm, welcoming neighborhood dining spots. Located in two small storefronts, both in mostly-residential neighborhoods, Perello's restaurants, \u003ca href=\"http://www.frances-sf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Frances\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.octavia-sf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Octavia\u003c/a> both offer a fine dining chef's professionalism and attention to detail, but without formality or fuss. Perello got her start in San Francisco working in the kitchen at Aqua, followed by Charles Nob Hill, where she worked her way up to executive chef. She came on as executive chef at Fifth Floor, which gained a Michelin star under her direction, before leaving in 2007 to start planning for Frances, the Castro small-plates restaurant that she opened in 2009. She added Octavia last year, taking over the lower Pac Heights space previously occupied by Baker and Banker, Quince, and before that, The Meetinghouse (run by another woman chef, Joanne Karlinsky). Octavia's menu is a little bit Italian (ricotta \"malfatti\" dumplings with chard), a little bit French (shellfish bouillabaisse) and very West Coast (little gems salad with Dungeness crab and charred mandarin oranges). \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107491\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"Preeti Mistry\" width=\"300\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107491\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-400x600.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-1440x2160.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/PreetiMistryHeadShot-960x1440.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preeti Mistry \u003ccite>(courtesy of Juhu Beach Club)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Preeti Mistry\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMistry has a distinctly 21st-century resume: training in London, competing on \"Top Chef,\" a grueling stint as an executive chef at Google HQ, a popular pop-up that became the Indian street-food-inspired \u003ca href=\"http://www.juhubeachclub.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Juhu Beach Club\u003c/a> in Oakland's Temescal district. Born in London but raised in the Midwest, Mistry aimed to recreate the delectable, beachside snacks she remembered from family trips to Mumbai, filtered through her own American sensibility. Thus, the popular \"Desi Jacks,\" her spice-fragrant take on Cracker Jacks, and the five different pavs, a slider-like sandwich on a soft, sweet bun, that come with fillings like the \"pork vindalated\" in a vindaloo barbecue sauce, and the vegetarian \"sloppy lil'p\". Mistry recently travelled to Hong Kong to open a second outpost, Juhu Beach Club HK. \u003cbr clear=\"all\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_107484\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Sarah Kirnon\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-107484\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-150x150.jpg 150w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/03/sarah-kirnon.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Kirnon \u003ccite>(courtesy of Sarah Kirnon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sarah Kirnon\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWhen Sarah Kirnon left the Front Porch for the East Bay, the Mission's loss was Oakland's gain. (She'd started at Emmy's Spaghetti Shack, just a few blocks up the street, before landing at Front Porch.) She landed first at Hibiscus in Uptown, then opened her own place, \u003ca href=\"http://www.realmissolliesoakland.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Miss Ollie's\u003c/a>, on Washington Street in Old Oakland in 2012. Sure, there's the herb-seasoned fried chicken everyone loves, made just the way Kirnon's grandmother, the original Miss Ollie, made it. But the Afro-Caribbean cuisine that Kirnon, who was born in Britain but raised in Barbados by her grandparents, is dedicated to go much further than that. She cures her own salt cod for the salt fish and ackee, pickles eggs and vegetables with allspice and sugarcane, serves island vegetables like cassava, scotch bonnet peppers, and christophene (known as chayote in Mexico and mirliton in Louisiana). She hopes to put together a cookbook in the near future, telling stories and capturing the flavors of the islands and the Oakland experience. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/107423/celebrating-bay-area-women-chefs-on-international-womens-day","authors":["5038"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_63","bayareabites_2090","bayareabites_1763","bayareabites_1875","bayareabites_1807"],"tags":["bayareabites_234","bayareabites_8316","bayareabites_12340","bayareabites_4003","bayareabites_10522","bayareabites_15334","bayareabites_8925","bayareabites_1251","bayareabites_15333"],"featImg":"bayareabites_107493","label":"source_bayareabites_107423"},"bayareabites_82391":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_82391","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"82391","score":null,"sort":[1401130235000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"the-commissary-chino","title":"Hot Eats: The Commissary & Chino Open ","publishDate":1401130235,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 682px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Portraits-16.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-82557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Portraits-16-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins inside The Commissary Kitchen. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins inside The Commissary Kitchen. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With so many hot new food projects it can be hard to keep track of them all and this month is especially buzz-y. Here are fresh updates including one from chef Traci Des Jardins, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/09/18/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant/\" target=\"_blank\">who is no stranger to Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>. Her new restaurant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/food/Pages/Commissary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Commissary\u003c/a>, opened this week in a restored building that once housed barracks. This eatery is being run in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the Presidio Trust\u003c/a> and Bon Appetit Management Company, and serves up more Spanish flavors than Des Jardins' other spots: \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jardinière Restaurant\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mijitasf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mijita\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.publichousesf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Public House\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LakeTahoe/Dining/manzanita/Default.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic\" target=\"_blank\">Manzanita\u003c/a>. Des Jardins is in the Commissary kitchen right now, but once things settle down kitchen duties will go to executive chefs Reylon Agustin and Robbie Lewis, pictured above. You may want to call ahead since the hours during the soft opening are varied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-002.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82558\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-002.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese with quince paste and Marcona almonds at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese with quince paste and Marcona almonds at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I caught up with Des Jardins at a preview event while plates of fingerling potato with chorizo and aioli came out of the kitchen, followed by beautiful and tasty sardines with fava beans, radish and garlic. A hearty cheese board was also on offer and other guests who were taking in the airy and open space included Craig Middleton of the Presidio Trust, photographer Frankie Frankeny, Susie and Mark Buell, Liz Einbinder, James Stolich (Cook with James), Jennifer Roy, Joe Brown (his bread from Marla Bakery is used), and Culinary Consultant Laiko Bahrs. The chef's comments have been edited for content and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-029.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82559\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-029.jpg\" alt=\"Fava beans at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fava beans at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> How's the opening going?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> It's always crazy. You know how it is. I'll be here through it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What are some of your favorite dishes and what's the menu like?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> It's very improvisational and will change. We're getting seafood that's rated well by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.seafoodwatch.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Monterey Seafood Watch\u003c/a> and is local, like sardines in escabeche. We do some of our own curing here. There's also grilled squid and garbanzo beans with fennel and aioli; striped bass, clams and toasted almond picada; as well as roasted chicken, liver toast, Marcona almonds and dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82560\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Hargrave inside Chino during current construction, art work by Drew Kelly. Photo: Chino\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Hargrave inside Chino during current construction, art work by Drew Kelly. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The wait for Chino (which is Spanish for Chinese), a modern Chinese spot from the folks at \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicious.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, is almost over. Chino, which is still under construction, has been eagerly anticipated because it means a new place in the Mission District to eat steamed buns known as baos, noodles, “grab pancakes” of the zhōng zhuā bǐng (蔥抓餅) variety, dumplings and other small plates, with or without adult beverages. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/10/22/alembics-danny-louie-talks-cocktails-creativity-and-shares-a-seasonal-drink-recipe/\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Louie\u003c/a> had a hand in helping create the bar program, and drinks of interest include the Shanghai Buck (Pampero aniversario rum, ginger, bitters & lime) and Chinatown Iced Tea (Baijiu, almond milk, passion fruit, Lipton tea and lemon). Chino will open this Wednesday, May 28 in a space that for years housed a tapas eatery called Andalu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2736px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/IMG_1906-e1401129415958.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82561\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/IMG_1906-e1401129415958.jpg\" alt=\"Bao de chicharon pork belly bun. Photo: Chino\" width=\"2736\" height=\"3648\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bao de chicharon pork belly bun. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Hargrave came up with the idea for the casual Chinese spot with his wife, Sara Deseran, who is a \u003ca href=\"http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Magazine\u003c/a> editor and food writer. The menu was crafted with an assist from chef Telmo Faria (who has long been associated with Tacolicious) and initial work was done by chef Brandon Jew, who is no longer on the project after a friendly parting. Chino started as a pop-up at the Ferry Building and Hargrave traveled to some fun spots for a little R+D before moving into the brick-and-mortar location. Hargrave updated me on what to expect. His comments have been edited for content and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What dishes can customers look forward to?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hargrave:\u003c/strong> It’s a funny concept and not totally different than Tacolicious, which we took a lot of heat for. I have a super love of noodles and dumplings and you can go to a few places in the Avenues, but overall it's just not prevalent and available here. Sara wrote \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books/about/Asian_vegetables.html?id=Rq5QAQAAIAAJ\" target=\"_blank\">a book 12 years ago about Asian vegetables\u003c/a>, and it's a topic that she really knows a lot about. We're going to have vegetables and cocktails along with baos and Dan Dan noodles that will be authentic, whatever that means. Look for Korean and Japanese flavors. It's not going to be fusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What are the tough parts about opening?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hargrave:\u003c/strong> We don’t speak Mandarin, so sourcing ingredients means I have to take a picture, and go to a market in Chinatown, because I don’t have any words. If I go to La Palma for Tacolicious, I can speak Spanish and order 50,000 tortillas. If I go to Chinatown, I am not able to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's just amazing, when people tell me “if you’re going to do a Chinese restaurant you have to have a wok and these are the dishes you have to do.” I say no, I don’t have to do a wok station, it’s just not my concept. San Franciscans are very funny about authenticity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82563\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino2.jpg\" alt=\"Cucumbers all busted up dish. Photo: Chino\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cucumbers all busted up dish. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was in Taipei, Taiwan and there was super mashed-up food showing Japanese influence and lots of fresh seafood. We went to a place called Addiction Aquatic, that has the most amazing fish market. The pork with peanut in spongey white bread is Taiwanese and we're bringing that back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chairman Bao and \u003ca href=\"http://tastemychina.com/san-francisco/home/275\" target=\"_blank\">M.Y. China\u003c/a> use Peking duck. At Tacolicious we do a taco of the week; the bao is almost replaceable with a tortilla. At \u003ca href=\"http://momofuku.com/toronto/noodle-bar-to/menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Momofuku\u003c/a>, I tried a pastrami bao that was delicious and really good. There is also a Cubano with chile cheese, and pork that was pressed... those things would bug the purists to no end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/food/Pages/Commissary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Commissary\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n101 Montgomery St. (at Sheridan Ave.), San Francisco\u003cbr>\n(415) 561-3600\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheCommissarySF\" target=\"_blank\">TheCommissarySF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheCommissarySF\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/TheCommissarySF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://chinosf.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Chino\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n3198 16th St. (at Guerrero), San Francisco\u003cbr>\n(415) 420-9869\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFChino\" target=\"_blank\">SFChino\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/chinorestaurant\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/chinorestaurant\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Post updated 6/4/14\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Mary Ladd reports on the juiciest restaurant updates from hot new spots: The Commissary from Chef Traci Des Jardins, and Chino from the people behind Tacolicious. ","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1401918419,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":16,"wordCount":1078},"headData":{"title":"Hot Eats: The Commissary & Chino Open | KQED","description":"Mary Ladd reports on the juiciest restaurant updates from hot new spots: The Commissary from Chef Traci Des Jardins, and Chino from the people behind Tacolicious. ","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Hot Eats: The Commissary & Chino Open ","datePublished":"2014-05-26T18:50:35.000Z","dateModified":"2014-06-04T21:46:59.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"82391 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=82391","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2014/05/26/the-commissary-chino/","disqusTitle":"Hot Eats: The Commissary & Chino Open ","path":"/bayareabites/82391/the-commissary-chino","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 682px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Portraits-16.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-82557\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Portraits-16-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins inside The Commissary Kitchen. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chefs Reylon Agustin, Robbie Lewis and Traci Des Jardins inside The Commissary Kitchen. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With so many hot new food projects it can be hard to keep track of them all and this month is especially buzz-y. Here are fresh updates including one from chef Traci Des Jardins, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/09/18/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant/\" target=\"_blank\">who is no stranger to Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>. Her new restaurant, \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/food/Pages/Commissary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Commissary\u003c/a>, opened this week in a restored building that once housed barracks. This eatery is being run in conjunction with \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the Presidio Trust\u003c/a> and Bon Appetit Management Company, and serves up more Spanish flavors than Des Jardins' other spots: \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jardinière Restaurant\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mijitasf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mijita\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.publichousesf.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Public House\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/LakeTahoe/Dining/manzanita/Default.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic\" target=\"_blank\">Manzanita\u003c/a>. Des Jardins is in the Commissary kitchen right now, but once things settle down kitchen duties will go to executive chefs Reylon Agustin and Robbie Lewis, pictured above. You may want to call ahead since the hours during the soft opening are varied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82558\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-002.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82558\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-002.jpg\" alt=\"Cheese with quince paste and Marcona almonds at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese with quince paste and Marcona almonds at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I caught up with Des Jardins at a preview event while plates of fingerling potato with chorizo and aioli came out of the kitchen, followed by beautiful and tasty sardines with fava beans, radish and garlic. A hearty cheese board was also on offer and other guests who were taking in the airy and open space included Craig Middleton of the Presidio Trust, photographer Frankie Frankeny, Susie and Mark Buell, Liz Einbinder, James Stolich (Cook with James), Jennifer Roy, Joe Brown (his bread from Marla Bakery is used), and Culinary Consultant Laiko Bahrs. The chef's comments have been edited for content and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-029.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82559\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/Commissary-Food-029.jpg\" alt=\"Fava beans at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fava beans at The Commissary. Photo: Aubrie Pick\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> How's the opening going?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> It's always crazy. You know how it is. I'll be here through it all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What are some of your favorite dishes and what's the menu like?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> It's very improvisational and will change. We're getting seafood that's rated well by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.seafoodwatch.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Monterey Seafood Watch\u003c/a> and is local, like sardines in escabeche. We do some of our own curing here. There's also grilled squid and garbanzo beans with fennel and aioli; striped bass, clams and toasted almond picada; as well as roasted chicken, liver toast, Marcona almonds and dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82560\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Hargrave inside Chino during current construction, art work by Drew Kelly. Photo: Chino\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Hargrave inside Chino during current construction, art work by Drew Kelly. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The wait for Chino (which is Spanish for Chinese), a modern Chinese spot from the folks at \u003ca href=\"http://tacolicious.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tacolicious\u003c/a>, is almost over. Chino, which is still under construction, has been eagerly anticipated because it means a new place in the Mission District to eat steamed buns known as baos, noodles, “grab pancakes” of the zhōng zhuā bǐng (蔥抓餅) variety, dumplings and other small plates, with or without adult beverages. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/10/22/alembics-danny-louie-talks-cocktails-creativity-and-shares-a-seasonal-drink-recipe/\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Louie\u003c/a> had a hand in helping create the bar program, and drinks of interest include the Shanghai Buck (Pampero aniversario rum, ginger, bitters & lime) and Chinatown Iced Tea (Baijiu, almond milk, passion fruit, Lipton tea and lemon). Chino will open this Wednesday, May 28 in a space that for years housed a tapas eatery called Andalu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82561\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2736px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/IMG_1906-e1401129415958.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82561\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/IMG_1906-e1401129415958.jpg\" alt=\"Bao de chicharon pork belly bun. Photo: Chino\" width=\"2736\" height=\"3648\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bao de chicharon pork belly bun. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joe Hargrave came up with the idea for the casual Chinese spot with his wife, Sara Deseran, who is a \u003ca href=\"http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Magazine\u003c/a> editor and food writer. The menu was crafted with an assist from chef Telmo Faria (who has long been associated with Tacolicious) and initial work was done by chef Brandon Jew, who is no longer on the project after a friendly parting. Chino started as a pop-up at the Ferry Building and Hargrave traveled to some fun spots for a little R+D before moving into the brick-and-mortar location. Hargrave updated me on what to expect. His comments have been edited for content and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What dishes can customers look forward to?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hargrave:\u003c/strong> It’s a funny concept and not totally different than Tacolicious, which we took a lot of heat for. I have a super love of noodles and dumplings and you can go to a few places in the Avenues, but overall it's just not prevalent and available here. Sara wrote \u003ca href=\"http://books.google.com/books/about/Asian_vegetables.html?id=Rq5QAQAAIAAJ\" target=\"_blank\">a book 12 years ago about Asian vegetables\u003c/a>, and it's a topic that she really knows a lot about. We're going to have vegetables and cocktails along with baos and Dan Dan noodles that will be authentic, whatever that means. Look for Korean and Japanese flavors. It's not going to be fusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites:\u003c/strong> What are the tough parts about opening?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hargrave:\u003c/strong> We don’t speak Mandarin, so sourcing ingredients means I have to take a picture, and go to a market in Chinatown, because I don’t have any words. If I go to La Palma for Tacolicious, I can speak Spanish and order 50,000 tortillas. If I go to Chinatown, I am not able to do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's just amazing, when people tell me “if you’re going to do a Chinese restaurant you have to have a wok and these are the dishes you have to do.” I say no, I don’t have to do a wok station, it’s just not my concept. San Franciscans are very funny about authenticity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-82563\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2014/05/chino2.jpg\" alt=\"Cucumbers all busted up dish. Photo: Chino\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cucumbers all busted up dish. Photo: Chino\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I was in Taipei, Taiwan and there was super mashed-up food showing Japanese influence and lots of fresh seafood. We went to a place called Addiction Aquatic, that has the most amazing fish market. The pork with peanut in spongey white bread is Taiwanese and we're bringing that back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chairman Bao and \u003ca href=\"http://tastemychina.com/san-francisco/home/275\" target=\"_blank\">M.Y. China\u003c/a> use Peking duck. At Tacolicious we do a taco of the week; the bao is almost replaceable with a tortilla. At \u003ca href=\"http://momofuku.com/toronto/noodle-bar-to/menu/\" target=\"_blank\">Momofuku\u003c/a>, I tried a pastrami bao that was delicious and really good. There is also a Cubano with chile cheese, and pork that was pressed... those things would bug the purists to no end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.presidio.gov/food/Pages/Commissary.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Commissary\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n101 Montgomery St. (at Sheridan Ave.), San Francisco\u003cbr>\n(415) 561-3600\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TheCommissarySF\" target=\"_blank\">TheCommissarySF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheCommissarySF\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/TheCommissarySF\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://chinosf.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Chino\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n3198 16th St. (at Guerrero), San Francisco\u003cbr>\n(415) 420-9869\u003cbr>\nTwitter: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFChino\" target=\"_blank\">SFChino\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nFacebook: \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/chinorestaurant\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com/chinorestaurant\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Post updated 6/4/14\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/82391/the-commissary-chino","authors":["5092"],"categories":["bayareabites_2998","bayareabites_109","bayareabites_752","bayareabites_63","bayareabites_1244","bayareabites_1875","bayareabites_1807"],"tags":["bayareabites_2311","bayareabites_13398","bayareabites_371","bayareabites_9966","bayareabites_1251"],"featImg":"bayareabites_82559","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_74260":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_74260","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"74260","score":null,"sort":[1385229565000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"kqeds-forum-thanksgiving-advice-for-your-holiday-kitchen","title":"KQED's Forum: Thanksgiving Advice for Your Holiday Kitchen","publishDate":1385229565,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_74358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/apple-pie-hands1000a.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2013/11/apple-pie-hands1000a.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Pie by Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74358\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Pie by Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to KQED's Forum: Thanksgiving Advice for Your Holiday Kitchen\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201311221000\">Original Broadcast\u003c/a>:\u003cbr>\nFri, Nov 22, 2013 -- 10:00 AM\u003cbr>\nhttp://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2013/11/20131122bforum.mp3\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Whether you're roasting your turkey, brining it or ditching the bird altogether, join KQED's Forum as they share recipes and ask cooking experts for their best techniques and tricks on how to spice up entrees, side dishes and desserts for the holiday season. Also, Forum shares a few recipes for \"Thanksgivukkah,\" since Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Host:\u003c/strong> Dave Iverson\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guests:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/kim-laidlaw/\">Kim Laidlaw\u003c/a>, cookbook author and contributor to KQED's Bay Area Bites blog\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephanie-rosenbaum/\">Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/a>, local food writer, blogger at KQED's Bay Area Bites, author of numerous cookbooks including \"The Art of Vintage Cocktails\" and former lead restaurant critic for San Francisco Magazine and the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/09/18/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant/\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a>, chef and owner of Jardiniere in Hayes Valley and Mijita Cocina Mexicana in the San Francisco Ferry Building, two-time James Beard award winner and finalist on the Bravo TV show \"Top Chef Masters 3.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>More info:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/holiday-recipes/\">Holiday recipes from Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/11/20/whats-trending-in-food-magazines-thanksgiving-classics/\">What's Trending in Food Magazines? Thanksgiving Classics\u003c/a> (NPR Food)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Thanksgiving Recipes from Traci Des Jardins\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Grilled Brined Turkey\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 8-10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 gallons water\u003cbr>\n1 1/4 cups kosher salt\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup sugar\u003cbr>\n3 carrots, peeled and diced\u003cbr>\n1 large onion, peeled and diced\u003cbr>\n1 bunch celery, diced\u003cbr>\n2 leeks, cleaned and diced\u003cbr>\n2 bay leaves\u003cbr>\n1 Tablespoon black peppercorns\u003cbr>\n1 Tablespoon coriander seeds\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds\u003cbr>\n2 star anise\u003cbr>\n1 bunch fresh thyme\u003cbr>\n1 bunch fresh sage\u003cbr>\n1/2 bunch Italian parsley\u003cbr>\n4 Tablespoons olive oil or butter\u003cbr>\n1 8-10 pound whole turkey\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring 2 gallons of water, salt, sugar, vegetables and spices to boil in a large stockpot. Cool completely. If you want to speed up the process, use half the water initially and then add ice to equal the 2 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove the giblets from the turkey. Add the turkey to the stockpot and place a plate on top to weigh the turkey down to insure full immersion. Refrigerate the whole turkey for 24-36 hours. Remove from brine and place the turkey in a large, disposable, aluminum-roasting pan. Allow the turkey to come to room temperature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, start the grill. When the coals are white hot, bank them up high along the perimeter of the grill so they form a circle. Place the roasting pan on the grill rack and cover with the lid. Control the temperature of the grill by opening and closing the vents. If the grill is too hot, close the vents slightly, but not all of the way. If the grill is too cold, open the vents. While the turkey is cooking, baste frequently with olive oil or butter and pan juices. It may be necessary to add more coals during the cooking process. If so, fire the coals in a cone separately and add them when they are hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to know that brined turkeys cook more rapidly than un-brined turkeys. So you should check the internal temperature of the turkey after 1½ hours grilling time. Remove the turkey from the grill when the deepest part of the thigh reaches 160F. Let the turkey rest for 20 minutes before carving.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Mashed Potatoes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pounds yellow finn or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled\u003cbr>\n1/2 pound unsalted butter\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup milk\u003cbr>\nSalt and white pepper\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the potatoes in a pot of slightly salted water and cook until tender , but not mushy, approximately 15 minutes. Remove from the water and pass the potatoes through a food mill or potato ricer or use a potato masher. Place the milled potatoes into a heavy -bottomed pot and begin to stir with a wooden paddle. Add the butter a little at time, stirring vigorously until the butter is completely incorporated. Add the milk and mix until incorporated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Gesier, Chestnut and Chanterelles Stuffing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 12\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n3 quarts Batard bread, crust removed, cut into 1.5 inch cubes\u003cbr>\n4 eggs\u003cbr>\n2 cups celery, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n2 cups onion, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n2 cups leeks, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n4 lbs chanterelles, cleaned and sliced\u003cbr>\n3 tablespoons butter\u003cbr>\n3 pounds chestnuts, roasted and peeled\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup chopped parsley\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the bread into a large mixing bowl and toss with a few tablespoons of duck fat. Place into a 400-degree oven on a cookie sheet and cook until browned, remove and place back into the mixing bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a large sauté pan, sauté the chanterelles in the butter until golden brown, season with salt and pepper and add to the bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the vegetables into the same pan and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and add to the bread mixture. Roughly chop the chestnuts and add to the mixture. Chop the gesiers and add to the mixture with a few tablespoons of duck fat. Add the Italian parsley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mix everything together very well and taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper as necessary Beat the egg well and add to the mixture, mix together very well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place into a casserole dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes until golden brown on the top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gesier:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pound gizzards (duck, chicken or turkey)\u003cbr>\n3 cups rendered duck fat\u003cbr>\n3 sprigs of thyme\u003cbr>\n4 cloves garlic, lightly crushed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavily salt the gizzards, combine with the thyme and garlic and allow to sit overnight, or for at least a few hours. Place the melted fat and the gizzards into a hotel pan or deep casserole dish and place into a preheated oven at 225 degrees. Cook for 2 to 3 hours or until completely tender, remove from the fat and refrigerate.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Brussels Sprouts with Brown Butter and Grain Mustard\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 8\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This recipe is a favorite of mine for Thanksgiving, but we have also used it at times in my restaurants for a side of vegetables. The sweet and bitter of the Brussels sprouts combine with the earthy mustard, toasty butter and the acid, making quite a magical flavor combination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pounds Brussels sprouts\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup butter\u003cbr>\n3 heaping tablespoons of whole grain mustard\u003cbr>\n2 tablespoons banyuls vinegar, red wine vinegar can substitute\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove the rough exterior leaves of the Brussels sprouts along with any of the stem and discard. Remove a few layers of the greenish leaves until the yellow starts to show, keep the green leaves separate from the centers. Quarter the centers. Blanch the centers in salted boiling water until just al dente, about 4-5 minutes, and then spread on a large surface pan to cool. Very briefly plunge the green leaves into the water, remove and spread out to cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To finish the dish, use a fairly large non-reactive and not black bottomed pan, place the butter in pan and put on a medium to medium-high heat. Cook the butter until golden brown and giving off a nutty aroma, add the grain mustard to the pan and toast slightly for just a moment. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook for about two minutes or just until the sprouts are hot throughout, add the vinegar and taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper as necessary and finish with the parsley.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Whether you're roasting your turkey, brining it or ditching the bird altogether, join KQED's Forum as they share recipes and ask cooking experts for their best techniques and tricks on how to spice up entrees, side dishes and desserts for the holiday season. Also, Forum shares a few recipes for \"Thanksgivukkah,\" since Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap this year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1411089045,"stats":{"hasAudio":true,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":31,"wordCount":1293},"headData":{"title":"KQED's Forum: Thanksgiving Advice for Your Holiday Kitchen | KQED","description":"Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Whether you're roasting your turkey, brining it or ditching the bird altogether, join KQED's Forum as they share recipes and ask cooking experts for their best techniques and tricks on how to spice up entrees, side dishes and desserts for the holiday season. 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Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74358\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Pie by Stephanie Rosenbaum. Photo: Wendy Goodfriend\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to KQED's Forum: Thanksgiving Advice for Your Holiday Kitchen\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201311221000\">Original Broadcast\u003c/a>:\u003cbr>\nFri, Nov 22, 2013 -- 10:00 AM\u003cbr>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"audioLink","attributes":{"named":{"src":"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/forum/2013/11/20131122bforum.mp3"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Thanksgiving is less than a week away. Whether you're roasting your turkey, brining it or ditching the bird altogether, join KQED's Forum as they share recipes and ask cooking experts for their best techniques and tricks on how to spice up entrees, side dishes and desserts for the holiday season. Also, Forum shares a few recipes for \"Thanksgivukkah,\" since Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>Host:\u003c/strong> Dave Iverson\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guests:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/kim-laidlaw/\">Kim Laidlaw\u003c/a>, cookbook author and contributor to KQED's Bay Area Bites blog\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/author/stephanie-rosenbaum/\">Stephanie Rosenbaum\u003c/a>, local food writer, blogger at KQED's Bay Area Bites, author of numerous cookbooks including \"The Art of Vintage Cocktails\" and former lead restaurant critic for San Francisco Magazine and the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/09/18/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant/\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a>, chef and owner of Jardiniere in Hayes Valley and Mijita Cocina Mexicana in the San Francisco Ferry Building, two-time James Beard award winner and finalist on the Bravo TV show \"Top Chef Masters 3.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cstrong>More info:\u003c/strong>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/category/holiday-recipes/\">Holiday recipes from Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/11/20/whats-trending-in-food-magazines-thanksgiving-classics/\">What's Trending in Food Magazines? Thanksgiving Classics\u003c/a> (NPR Food)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Thanksgiving Recipes from Traci Des Jardins\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Grilled Brined Turkey\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 8-10\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 gallons water\u003cbr>\n1 1/4 cups kosher salt\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup sugar\u003cbr>\n3 carrots, peeled and diced\u003cbr>\n1 large onion, peeled and diced\u003cbr>\n1 bunch celery, diced\u003cbr>\n2 leeks, cleaned and diced\u003cbr>\n2 bay leaves\u003cbr>\n1 Tablespoon black peppercorns\u003cbr>\n1 Tablespoon coriander seeds\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes\u003cbr>\n1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds\u003cbr>\n2 star anise\u003cbr>\n1 bunch fresh thyme\u003cbr>\n1 bunch fresh sage\u003cbr>\n1/2 bunch Italian parsley\u003cbr>\n4 Tablespoons olive oil or butter\u003cbr>\n1 8-10 pound whole turkey\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bring 2 gallons of water, salt, sugar, vegetables and spices to boil in a large stockpot. Cool completely. If you want to speed up the process, use half the water initially and then add ice to equal the 2 gallons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove the giblets from the turkey. Add the turkey to the stockpot and place a plate on top to weigh the turkey down to insure full immersion. Refrigerate the whole turkey for 24-36 hours. Remove from brine and place the turkey in a large, disposable, aluminum-roasting pan. Allow the turkey to come to room temperature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, start the grill. When the coals are white hot, bank them up high along the perimeter of the grill so they form a circle. Place the roasting pan on the grill rack and cover with the lid. Control the temperature of the grill by opening and closing the vents. If the grill is too hot, close the vents slightly, but not all of the way. If the grill is too cold, open the vents. While the turkey is cooking, baste frequently with olive oil or butter and pan juices. It may be necessary to add more coals during the cooking process. If so, fire the coals in a cone separately and add them when they are hot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to know that brined turkeys cook more rapidly than un-brined turkeys. So you should check the internal temperature of the turkey after 1½ hours grilling time. Remove the turkey from the grill when the deepest part of the thigh reaches 160F. Let the turkey rest for 20 minutes before carving.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Mashed Potatoes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pounds yellow finn or Yukon gold potatoes, peeled\u003cbr>\n1/2 pound unsalted butter\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup milk\u003cbr>\nSalt and white pepper\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the potatoes in a pot of slightly salted water and cook until tender , but not mushy, approximately 15 minutes. Remove from the water and pass the potatoes through a food mill or potato ricer or use a potato masher. Place the milled potatoes into a heavy -bottomed pot and begin to stir with a wooden paddle. Add the butter a little at time, stirring vigorously until the butter is completely incorporated. Add the milk and mix until incorporated. Season to taste with salt and pepper.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Gesier, Chestnut and Chanterelles Stuffing\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 12\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n3 quarts Batard bread, crust removed, cut into 1.5 inch cubes\u003cbr>\n4 eggs\u003cbr>\n2 cups celery, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n2 cups onion, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n2 cups leeks, cut into 3/4 inch squares\u003cbr>\n4 lbs chanterelles, cleaned and sliced\u003cbr>\n3 tablespoons butter\u003cbr>\n3 pounds chestnuts, roasted and peeled\u003cbr>\n1/2 cup chopped parsley\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the bread into a large mixing bowl and toss with a few tablespoons of duck fat. Place into a 400-degree oven on a cookie sheet and cook until browned, remove and place back into the mixing bowl.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a large sauté pan, sauté the chanterelles in the butter until golden brown, season with salt and pepper and add to the bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place the vegetables into the same pan and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes, season with salt and pepper and add to the bread mixture. Roughly chop the chestnuts and add to the mixture. Chop the gesiers and add to the mixture with a few tablespoons of duck fat. Add the Italian parsley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mix everything together very well and taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper as necessary Beat the egg well and add to the mixture, mix together very well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Place into a casserole dish and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 minutes until golden brown on the top.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gesier:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pound gizzards (duck, chicken or turkey)\u003cbr>\n3 cups rendered duck fat\u003cbr>\n3 sprigs of thyme\u003cbr>\n4 cloves garlic, lightly crushed\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavily salt the gizzards, combine with the thyme and garlic and allow to sit overnight, or for at least a few hours. Place the melted fat and the gizzards into a hotel pan or deep casserole dish and place into a preheated oven at 225 degrees. Cook for 2 to 3 hours or until completely tender, remove from the fat and refrigerate.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003ch3>Recipe: Brussels Sprouts with Brown Butter and Grain Mustard\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Serves 8\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This recipe is a favorite of mine for Thanksgiving, but we have also used it at times in my restaurants for a side of vegetables. The sweet and bitter of the Brussels sprouts combine with the earthy mustard, toasty butter and the acid, making quite a magical flavor combination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ingredients:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n2 pounds Brussels sprouts\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup butter\u003cbr>\n3 heaping tablespoons of whole grain mustard\u003cbr>\n2 tablespoons banyuls vinegar, red wine vinegar can substitute\u003cbr>\n1/4 cup roughly chopped flat leaf parsley\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Instructions:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remove the rough exterior leaves of the Brussels sprouts along with any of the stem and discard. Remove a few layers of the greenish leaves until the yellow starts to show, keep the green leaves separate from the centers. Quarter the centers. Blanch the centers in salted boiling water until just al dente, about 4-5 minutes, and then spread on a large surface pan to cool. Very briefly plunge the green leaves into the water, remove and spread out to cool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To finish the dish, use a fairly large non-reactive and not black bottomed pan, place the butter in pan and put on a medium to medium-high heat. Cook the butter until golden brown and giving off a nutty aroma, add the grain mustard to the pan and toast slightly for just a moment. Add the Brussels sprouts and cook for about two minutes or just until the sprouts are hot throughout, add the vinegar and taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper as necessary and finish with the parsley.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/74260/kqeds-forum-thanksgiving-advice-for-your-holiday-kitchen","authors":["5014"],"categories":["bayareabites_63","bayareabites_2695","bayareabites_45","bayareabites_34","bayareabites_12"],"tags":["bayareabites_12694","bayareabites_1325","bayareabites_228","bayareabites_530","bayareabites_12693","bayareabites_1251","bayareabites_543"],"featImg":"bayareabites_74359","label":"bayareabites"},"bayareabites_48890":{"type":"posts","id":"bayareabites_48890","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"bayareabites","id":"48890","score":null,"sort":[1347992995000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant","title":"Q&A with Traci Des Jardins: Happy 15th Birthday, Jardinière Restaurant","publishDate":1347992995,"format":"aside","headTitle":"Bay Area Bites | KQED Food","labelTerm":{"site":"bayareabites"},"content":"\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB560_TDesJ_WillieBrown.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB560_TDesJ_WillieBrown.jpg\" alt=\"Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown\" title=\"Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown\" width=\"560\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49002\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown at Jardinière anniversary party. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month in Hayes Valley, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a> Restaurant and chef-owner \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chef_traci\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a> celebrate 15 years of business, a notable feat for any fine dining spot. Along with launching a revamped menu, Des Jardins and executive chef \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/The-Inside-Scoop-New-chef-wine-director-head-up-3268029.php\">Morgan Mueller\u003c/a> hosted a party at Jardinière attended by luminaries from both the culinary and political worlds, including Jardinière alums and folks like Willie Brown. In other exciting news, Des Jardins flew to Southern California days later to help her friend \u003ca href=\"http://marysueandsusan.com/about/about_msm.htm\">Mary Sue Milliken\u003c/a> -- along with \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Goin\">Suzanne Goin\u003c/a>, Karen Hatfield, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em8B1iCQl7E\">Hans Rockenwagner\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/bio/michael-cimarusti\">Michael Cimarusti\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://melisse.com/josiah-citrin\">Josiah Citrin\u003c/a> for a sold out dinner \u003ca href=\"https://donate.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/2012/Food4Thought\">event\u003c/a> to raise funds for President Obama’s re-election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins is known for her cooking, \u003ca href=\"http://tracidesjardins.com/chef\">awards\u003c/a> from Esquire, SF Chronicle, James Beard, Food & Wine, philanthropy and time on TV for Top Chef: Masters, Iron Chef (remember how she beat Mario Batali, anyone?), and The Next Iron Chef. Des Jardins is chef/co-owner of Mijita Cocina Mexicana as well as Chef and Partner of Public House and Manzanita. She shared her thoughts with Bay Area Bites via telephone interview and her comments have been edited for clarity and grammar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How have you stayed in business for 15 years? What are the secrets of success? Do you have any horror stories?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> There’s been a lot of ups and downs and we had the boom years in the early years. Back then, the restaurant was so busy and honestly there was a lot of money coming in. Our problems were control and keeping track of everything and the real trick was getting ready for service every day. I was 32 when I opened the restaurant and was more the chef in the kitchen. I’ve evolved to more of a business person and am always looking at how to stay in business. You have to have business acumen and know what’s happening behind the scenes. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Nieporent\">Drew Nieporent\u003c/a> said “it’s a nickel and dime business and you have to track every nickel and dime.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important thing -- and I tell my managers this all the time -- is the guest experience. That is the best marketing tool. You have to be a good listener and listen to what the guests feedback is and what that means. It’s key to being a good chef or restaurateur. The guests will tell you and that’s the name of the game. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first three to four years with Jardinière were insanely busy and then after 9/11 things got a lot trickier. When 9/11 happened our revenue dropped by 20 percent or something like that day to day. That was our most challenging time. 9/11 just sort of sealed the deal and it was really hard. I think a lot of people went out of business at that time. Over the last decade, we haven’t had as many fluctuations but the costs have gone up so much. The public doesn't really see that. How much things cost has changed so much. Our percentages have dwindled due to uncontrollable costs on things like mandatory healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDJ-Morgan_560anniv-party-3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDJ-Morgan_560anniv-party-3.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Morgan and Traci Des Jardins\" title=\"Chef Morgan and Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"560\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49001\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Morgan Mueller and Traci Des Jardins. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are the best and worst things about running a restaurant?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>The best is that our job is to make people happy. That makes it super, super fun and satisfying. It’s horrifying when they aren’t happy. People are coming in to have a good time and our job is to deliver. It’s kind of like theatre and you’re putting on the best show possible. When the day ends, then the show begins again. There are a lot of tiny, tiny details. My job is super fun; the business part I don't love but the feeding people part is fantastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst part is the amount of effort that goes into what we do every day. There’s not a huge monetary reward. It’s an act of love. Maybe people are making a ton of money and yet -- it seems so expensive. If you knew what goes into that experience then that’s hard. It’s even been exacerbated with the whole celebrity thing because people think that if you are on TV then you must have millions of dollars and you must have a Ferrari (laughs). People are making money from product lines and endorsements and there are folks making a tremendous amount of money but I’m not one of them. With the whole celebrity thing, people think that’s the kind of lifestyle were living. Right now, I’m sitting in my office and it’s really a storeroom. There are dry goods, an ice cream machine, and no place to sit. It’s not all that glamorous. But I love it. That’s the great thing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Can you talk about your role becoming a successful woman in the culinary field? Do you have any positive versus negative experiences regarding being a female in a male dominated profession?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>I’ve never felt discriminated against in this business. I was so young when I started. A lot of what I endured was pure naïveté and putting my head down and I was determined and dogged and I didn’t think about “yeah, I was the only woman.” I didn’t focus on that. I was smaller and wasn’t as strong and the actual physicality was a challenge. It’s harder for me to pick up big bags of stuff; that’s made it harder. Was it hard? Yeah. But it’s hard for everybody. You’ve got to be tough and strong. I think it’s the same answer as every other industry: when faced with taking care of family -- when women have to make that choice, they’re always going to pick the family. That kind of bleeds a lot of people out of the field. When they get to childbearing years, it’s pretty hard to be able to that in our business. Is that discrimination? I think it’s choice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One form of discrimination is more to do with a woman who’s older, which is a Hollywood thing. Actors can be sexy into their 60s and 70s and the women actresses aren’t. It’s the same thing and exacerbated with the celebrity of chefs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBay Area Bites: Did you feel or notice that when you were on TV? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong> I didn't feel it personally. If you look at the men who have been successful and most of the women who are successful, it’s sex appeal and showing cleavage. Right? That’s kind of interesting. For the men, that’s not criteria. They don’t have to be strikingly handsome. None of it’s absolute. There are exceptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are you most excited about on the new menu?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>The evolution of the food. I’m excited about the next 15 years. I want this restaurant to be 30 years old. It requires evolution and change. We’ve started out kind of small by changing the format and focus. The menu changes are about my own taste and about what I want to express in the food: I want to have smaller portions because it’s healthier. I don’t like a ton of ingredients -- mostly three to five ingredients. I also want distilled flavors. I’m returning to simplicity. The evolution of the menu is also driven by the products we have here, and the idea is to let them shine. Less is more; accent natural fabulousness and let the ingredients shine. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDesJwithJard_Alums560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDesJwithJard_Alums560.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardin with Jardinere alumni\" title=\"Traci Des Jardin with Jardinere alumni\" width=\"560\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49003\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jardinière Alums: L to R with Traci Des Jardins: Lizzie Binder, Deepak Kaul, Michael Hung, Morgan Mueller, Robbie Lewis and Richard Reddington. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You've groomed many chefs who have gone on to do their own thing. What’s that like and who are your mentors?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> I don't know that I’ve been so great at mentoring. That’s shepherding. The people who have come through my kitchen have been influenced by me. But I wish I had been more of a mentor. It could be something I work on in the next 15 years. I give just by being. I learned by watching. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Nieporent\">Drew Nieperont\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Splichal\">Joachim Splichal\u003c/a> are people who had the same sort of huge influence on me. There are also people who’ve taught me a lot about business. I’ve sought out counsel from people and that’s been key to learning for sure. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> 300 Grove St. (at Franklin) \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/5LaSz\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Telephone:\u003c/strong> (415) 861-5555\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong> Open everyday at 5pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JardiniereSF\">@JardiniereSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jardinieresf\">Jardinière\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Mary Ladd interviews Chef Traci Des Jardins, who details the ups and downs of Jardinière Restaurant's fifteen year history and what it's like being a woman in the male dominated culinary industry.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1347993178,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1566},"headData":{"title":"Q&A with Traci Des Jardins: Happy 15th Birthday, Jardinière Restaurant | KQED","description":"Mary Ladd interviews Chef Traci Des Jardins, who details the ups and downs of Jardinière Restaurant's fifteen year history and what it's like being a woman in the male dominated culinary industry.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Q&A with Traci Des Jardins: Happy 15th Birthday, Jardinière Restaurant","datePublished":"2012-09-18T18:29:55.000Z","dateModified":"2012-09-18T18:32:58.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"48890 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/?p=48890","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2012/09/18/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant/","disqusTitle":"Q&A with Traci Des Jardins: Happy 15th Birthday, Jardinière Restaurant","path":"/bayareabites/48890/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB560_TDesJ_WillieBrown.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB560_TDesJ_WillieBrown.jpg\" alt=\"Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown\" title=\"Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown\" width=\"560\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49002\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Traci des Jardins and Willie Brown at Jardinière anniversary party. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month in Hayes Valley, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a> Restaurant and chef-owner \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/chef_traci\">Traci Des Jardins\u003c/a> celebrate 15 years of business, a notable feat for any fine dining spot. Along with launching a revamped menu, Des Jardins and executive chef \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/The-Inside-Scoop-New-chef-wine-director-head-up-3268029.php\">Morgan Mueller\u003c/a> hosted a party at Jardinière attended by luminaries from both the culinary and political worlds, including Jardinière alums and folks like Willie Brown. In other exciting news, Des Jardins flew to Southern California days later to help her friend \u003ca href=\"http://marysueandsusan.com/about/about_msm.htm\">Mary Sue Milliken\u003c/a> -- along with \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Goin\">Suzanne Goin\u003c/a>, Karen Hatfield, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em8B1iCQl7E\">Hans Rockenwagner\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.bravotv.com/top-chef-masters/bio/michael-cimarusti\">Michael Cimarusti\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://melisse.com/josiah-citrin\">Josiah Citrin\u003c/a> for a sold out dinner \u003ca href=\"https://donate.barackobama.com/page/outreach/view/2012/Food4Thought\">event\u003c/a> to raise funds for President Obama’s re-election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Des Jardins is known for her cooking, \u003ca href=\"http://tracidesjardins.com/chef\">awards\u003c/a> from Esquire, SF Chronicle, James Beard, Food & Wine, philanthropy and time on TV for Top Chef: Masters, Iron Chef (remember how she beat Mario Batali, anyone?), and The Next Iron Chef. Des Jardins is chef/co-owner of Mijita Cocina Mexicana as well as Chef and Partner of Public House and Manzanita. She shared her thoughts with Bay Area Bites via telephone interview and her comments have been edited for clarity and grammar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: How have you stayed in business for 15 years? What are the secrets of success? Do you have any horror stories?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> There’s been a lot of ups and downs and we had the boom years in the early years. Back then, the restaurant was so busy and honestly there was a lot of money coming in. Our problems were control and keeping track of everything and the real trick was getting ready for service every day. I was 32 when I opened the restaurant and was more the chef in the kitchen. I’ve evolved to more of a business person and am always looking at how to stay in business. You have to have business acumen and know what’s happening behind the scenes. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Nieporent\">Drew Nieporent\u003c/a> said “it’s a nickel and dime business and you have to track every nickel and dime.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important thing -- and I tell my managers this all the time -- is the guest experience. That is the best marketing tool. You have to be a good listener and listen to what the guests feedback is and what that means. It’s key to being a good chef or restaurateur. The guests will tell you and that’s the name of the game. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first three to four years with Jardinière were insanely busy and then after 9/11 things got a lot trickier. When 9/11 happened our revenue dropped by 20 percent or something like that day to day. That was our most challenging time. 9/11 just sort of sealed the deal and it was really hard. I think a lot of people went out of business at that time. Over the last decade, we haven’t had as many fluctuations but the costs have gone up so much. The public doesn't really see that. How much things cost has changed so much. Our percentages have dwindled due to uncontrollable costs on things like mandatory healthcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDJ-Morgan_560anniv-party-3.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDJ-Morgan_560anniv-party-3.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Morgan and Traci Des Jardins\" title=\"Chef Morgan and Traci Des Jardins\" width=\"560\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49001\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Chef Morgan Mueller and Traci Des Jardins. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are the best and worst things about running a restaurant?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>The best is that our job is to make people happy. That makes it super, super fun and satisfying. It’s horrifying when they aren’t happy. People are coming in to have a good time and our job is to deliver. It’s kind of like theatre and you’re putting on the best show possible. When the day ends, then the show begins again. There are a lot of tiny, tiny details. My job is super fun; the business part I don't love but the feeding people part is fantastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst part is the amount of effort that goes into what we do every day. There’s not a huge monetary reward. It’s an act of love. Maybe people are making a ton of money and yet -- it seems so expensive. If you knew what goes into that experience then that’s hard. It’s even been exacerbated with the whole celebrity thing because people think that if you are on TV then you must have millions of dollars and you must have a Ferrari (laughs). People are making money from product lines and endorsements and there are folks making a tremendous amount of money but I’m not one of them. With the whole celebrity thing, people think that’s the kind of lifestyle were living. Right now, I’m sitting in my office and it’s really a storeroom. There are dry goods, an ice cream machine, and no place to sit. It’s not all that glamorous. But I love it. That’s the great thing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: Can you talk about your role becoming a successful woman in the culinary field? Do you have any positive versus negative experiences regarding being a female in a male dominated profession?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>I’ve never felt discriminated against in this business. I was so young when I started. A lot of what I endured was pure naïveté and putting my head down and I was determined and dogged and I didn’t think about “yeah, I was the only woman.” I didn’t focus on that. I was smaller and wasn’t as strong and the actual physicality was a challenge. It’s harder for me to pick up big bags of stuff; that’s made it harder. Was it hard? Yeah. But it’s hard for everybody. You’ve got to be tough and strong. I think it’s the same answer as every other industry: when faced with taking care of family -- when women have to make that choice, they’re always going to pick the family. That kind of bleeds a lot of people out of the field. When they get to childbearing years, it’s pretty hard to be able to that in our business. Is that discrimination? I think it’s choice. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One form of discrimination is more to do with a woman who’s older, which is a Hollywood thing. Actors can be sexy into their 60s and 70s and the women actresses aren’t. It’s the same thing and exacerbated with the celebrity of chefs. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nBay Area Bites: Did you feel or notice that when you were on TV? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong> I didn't feel it personally. If you look at the men who have been successful and most of the women who are successful, it’s sex appeal and showing cleavage. Right? That’s kind of interesting. For the men, that’s not criteria. They don’t have to be strikingly handsome. None of it’s absolute. There are exceptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: What are you most excited about on the new menu?\u003c/strong> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins: \u003c/strong>The evolution of the food. I’m excited about the next 15 years. I want this restaurant to be 30 years old. It requires evolution and change. We’ve started out kind of small by changing the format and focus. The menu changes are about my own taste and about what I want to express in the food: I want to have smaller portions because it’s healthier. I don’t like a ton of ingredients -- mostly three to five ingredients. I also want distilled flavors. I’m returning to simplicity. The evolution of the menu is also driven by the products we have here, and the idea is to let them shine. Less is more; accent natural fabulousness and let the ingredients shine. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDesJwithJard_Alums560.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2012/09/BAB_TDesJwithJard_Alums560.jpg\" alt=\"Traci Des Jardin with Jardinere alumni\" title=\"Traci Des Jardin with Jardinere alumni\" width=\"560\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49003\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Jardinière Alums: L to R with Traci Des Jardins: Lizzie Binder, Deepak Kaul, Michael Hung, Morgan Mueller, Robbie Lewis and Richard Reddington. Photo courtesy of Chris Gaede\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Area Bites: You've groomed many chefs who have gone on to do their own thing. What’s that like and who are your mentors?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Des Jardins:\u003c/strong> I don't know that I’ve been so great at mentoring. That’s shepherding. The people who have come through my kitchen have been influenced by me. But I wish I had been more of a mentor. It could be something I work on in the next 15 years. I give just by being. I learned by watching. \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Nieporent\">Drew Nieperont\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Splichal\">Joachim Splichal\u003c/a> are people who had the same sort of huge influence on me. There are also people who’ve taught me a lot about business. I’ve sought out counsel from people and that’s been key to learning for sure. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.jardiniere.com/\">Jardinière\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Address:\u003c/strong> 300 Grove St. (at Franklin) \u003ca href=\"http://goo.gl/maps/5LaSz\">Map\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco, CA 94102.\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Telephone:\u003c/strong> (415) 861-5555\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Hours:\u003c/strong> Open everyday at 5pm\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Twitter:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JardiniereSF\">@JardiniereSF\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Facebook:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jardinieresf\">Jardinière\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/bayareabites/48890/qa-with-traci-des-jardins-happy-15th-birthday-jardiniere-restaurant","authors":["5092"],"categories":["bayareabites_109","bayareabites_752","bayareabites_63","bayareabites_1962","bayareabites_2090","bayareabites_1146","bayareabites_1875","bayareabites_1807","bayareabites_90"],"tags":["bayareabites_895","bayareabites_10743","bayareabites_150","bayareabites_10744","bayareabites_10628","bayareabites_10742","bayareabites_1251"],"featImg":"bayareabites_49002","label":"bayareabites"}},"programsReducer":{"possible":{"id":"possible","title":"Possible","info":"Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. 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