(By Sarah Fritsche, SFGate) The Minnesota Street Project, slated to open Friday in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood, will not only be a haven for artists and galleries, but it also will be the home of a new project from high-profile Bay Area chef and restauranteur Daniel Patterson.
The restaurant and cafe, both due to open in the fall, will be located within the atrium of the 35,000-square-foot space at 1275 Minnesota Street. The still-unnamed eating places will fall under the umbrella of the Daniel Patterson Group (DPG), a restaurant collection that includes Aster, Alta CA and four-star Coi in San Francisco, as well as Haven and Plum Bar in Oakland. Last month, the DPG reopened Financial District old-timer Alfred’s Steakhouse with a slightly modernized feel.
The restaurant and cafe, both due to open in the fall, will be located within the atrium of the 35,000-square-foot space at 1275 Minnesota Street. The still-unnamed eating places will fall under the umbrella of the Daniel Patterson Group (DPG), a restaurant collection that includes Aster, Alta CA and four-star Coi in San Francisco, as well as Haven and Plum Bar in Oakland. Last month, the DPG reopened Financial District old-timer Alfred’s Steakhouse with a slightly modernized feel.
While the Minnesota Street Project restaurant is still in the early planning stages, Patterson says that he wants it to serve as a vestibule for people entering the gallery space. He was introduced to Minnesota Street Project founders Deborah and Andy Rappaport through local artist Catherine Wagner, whose artwork can be seen gracing the walls at Coi and Plum Bar.
For the chef, who has been increasingly focused on community-driven projects like Loco’l — his fast food collaboration with Los Angeles chef Roy Choi, now open in Watts, with subsequent outposts headed to Oakland and San Francisco this year — the Rappaports’ affordable arts hub seemed like a good fit.
“I really loved what they were doing,” said Patterson.
Scott Kester, who has designed many of Patterson’s other restaurants, also will be involved on the design side at this new restaurant. Patterson is hoping to procure a full liquor license for the space. The restaurant will be the latest culinary addition to the Dogpatch neighborhood, which has evolved from a sleepy industrial zone into a bustling food destination, thanks to restaurants like Serpentine, Piccino, Smokestack and Neighbor Bakehouse.
As far as a concept, Patterson said he has a million ideas, but nothing is settled. One thing that he is firm on, though, is that he wants the restaurant to be a place for the neighboring community, as well as the artists.
“We’re part of the larger whole,” said Patterson. “That’s our goal — to be as positive a contributor as possible to this really amazing project.”
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