Luisa's Restaurant Wine Bar Since 1959

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"Mission Local reports that Luisa’s Restaurant Wine Bar Since 1959 has finally opened — and will heretofore be referred to as simply “Luisa’s” in this report. The restaurant has been in the works since 2020, when restaurateur Luisa Hanson took over the former home of chef Daniel Patterson’s Aster at 1001 Guerrero Street. Hanson, now 94, has a larger-than-life reputation in the San Francisco restaurant world, having been the subject of more than 57 lawsuits as of 2007, filing for bankruptcy in 2009 with debts between $10 and $50 million, and having famously purchased beloved, 40-year-old Nob Hill pub John Barleycorn only to shut it down amid protests from locals. Luisa’s is now open daily for dinner from 5 to 10 p.m." - Dianne de Guzman