San Francisco’s 2024 Eater Award Winners | Eater SF

"A quiet, confident Lower Haight bar run by four San Francisco hospitality vets — Allyson Jossel, Yanni Kehagiaras, Gonzalo Guzmán, and chef Joji Sumi — that thoughtfully infuses drinks and food with style, poise, and a neighborhood feel. The drinks skew beautifully simple and achieve multitudes: your drinking adventure starts with one of three categories, “Low Octane, Yet Complex,” “Stern, but Fair,” and “Lean & Mean.” Expect composed drinks such as the Gentleman — a balanced mix of tequila, Bonal, and gentian — a testament to Kehagiaras’s approach. Sumi’s food thumbs its nose at traditional bar menus and goes for bold flavor combinations, with items like Korean rice cakes with wild mushrooms and Savoy cabbage wrapped in seaweed, or rice porridge with braised chicken, vegetables, an egg, and peanut chile crisp. It’s a solid bar for those paying attention." - Dianne de Guzman