{"id":46895,"date":"2025-11-10T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/46895\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:22:10","slug":"the-most-beautiful-restaurant-in-san-francisco-readies-to-reopen-after-25-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/46895\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The most beautiful restaurant in San Francisco\u2019 readies to reopen after 25 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

A long-vanished relic of classic San Francisco dining is set to return to its original downtown address.<\/p>\n

Jack\u2019s Restaurant, which opened in 1863 and shuttered in 2000 (opens in new tab)<\/a>, will rise from the ashes and reopen at 615 Sacramento St. in the Financial District, according to a sign posted in the window related to an application for a liquor license at the address. The public notice was posted in March, and public records indicate the Planning Department recommended approval in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of its closure, Jack\u2019s was the third-oldest restaurant in the city, a smoky, boozy place where mixed social classes came to see and be seen while tucking into Continental cuisine like double-cut pork chops, escargots, and creamed spinach. It had a Barbary Coast-era association \u2014\u00a0 the private dining rooms on the upper floors were allegedly used as a bordello.<\/p>\n

\"AThe interior, as seen in 2016, shows plenty of classic detail. | Source: San Francisco Chronicle via Gett<\/p>\n

When Jack\u2019s ended its 137-year run, the owner at the time, John Konstin, offered employees jobs at his other restaurant, John\u2019s Grill<\/a>, a Union Square hangout for local politicos.<\/p>\n

Konstin confirmed to The Standard on Monday that Jack\u2019s is likely to reopen but did not know the identity of the new operator. \u201cI\u2019ve been saying that someone needs to revitalize that restaurant for decades, so I\u2019m glad it\u2019s happening,\u201d he said. The four-story building \u2014 with plentiful staircases \u2014 is a challenging space for a restaurateur to tackle but is \u201cprobably the most beautiful restaurant in San Francisco,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This won\u2019t be the first time someone has attempted a revival. In 2002, a chef named Philippe Jeanty reopened the restaurant as a brasserie called Jeanty at Jack\u2019s (opens in new tab)<\/a>. It closed within a few years, and the site was later home to a coworking space that has since closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Birmingham Development LLC, which purchased the building in 2018, was contacted for comment but did not respond in time for publication.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In terms of longevity, two San Francisco restaurants have a leg up on Jack\u2019s. The Old Clam House<\/a>, on Bayshore Boulevard, was founded in 1861 and reopened in 2024 after a Covid-era closure, while Tadich Grill (opens in new tab)<\/a> opened in 1849; however, it has changed locations several times.<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Lauren Saria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A long-vanished relic of classic San Francisco dining is set to return to its original downtown address. Jack\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[818,25424,412,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-46895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-downtown","9":"tag-financial-district","10":"tag-restaurants","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","13":"tag-san-francisco-news","14":"tag-sf","15":"tag-sf-headlines","16":"tag-sf-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}