Michelin Star Restaurant Marlena Is Popping Up at Union Square’s Hotel Zeppelin for the Summer time

For the previous two months, the cozy corner storefront in Bernal Heights where by cooks David Fisher and Serena Chow Fisher acquired a Michelin star for their seasonal tasting menus at Marlena has been closed to diners. But supporters have to have not dread: The cafe, which opened in August 2020 amid deep pandemic-period chaos, will emerge from its months-long hiatus with a fresh glance together with new banquettes, up-to-date lights, and a awesome color palette.

In the meantime, even so, the spouse-and-spouse staff are using things downtown for a enjoyable constrained pop-up, channeling the smoky campfires of extensive summertime evenings into two foods menus and a tight cocktail listing. The couple’s “Summer Camp at Hotel Zeppelin” kicks off June 22 and ends September 3, supplying diners just more than two months to knowledge a new aspect of the couple’s cooking at the historic Resort Zeppelin on Article involving Mason and Taylor streets.

Garrett Scafani

Garrett Scafani

Garrett Scafani

While Marlena is regarded for its fairly inexpensive $65 4-class tasting menu, the pop-up appears to offer the few with a opportunity to convey diners an elongated and more highly-priced practical experience. In the hotel’s principal dining home, the duo offers a 7-program tasting menu ($125) featuring dishes like pea panna cotta with delicate-boiled quail egg and chive tuile, and plankton pappardelle with salt spring mussels and a beurre blanc sauce. Dessert leans into the pop-up’s playful theme: gooey s’mores with the requisite graham crackers and chocolate.

For all those searching for anything a lot more casual, there’s also a walk-in possibility at the hotel’s lounge, exactly where an a la carte menu contains the two entrees and shareable plates. The record ranges from kampachi crudo adorned with pluot and pink shiso to roasted black cod in corn broth — moreover a lot more relaxed plates like a buffalo rooster sandwich and a burger topped with pickled jalapeno. On the desserts record hope a burnt honey cake and chocolate mousse. The pop-up also incorporates a cocktail listing with alternatives like the R2-D2 blending mezcal with pineapple and coconut and a splash of cava.

Marlena, which opened in March 2020 when health and fitness constraints in the beginning limited the pair to takeout only, has been a single of San Francisco’s major restaurant success tales to arise from the past two tumultuous yrs. The couple finally eased into out of doors dining, ultimately opening their eating home to consumers (apart from a single working day debut in November 2020) in spring 2021 — and earned their very first Michelin star just a handful of months later on in the slide. Now they are using the summer season to give the dining place the awareness it deserves, with programs to reopen the Bernal Heights cafe in September.

Reservations for “Summer Camp at Lodge Zeppelin” (545 Submit St, San Francisco) open up at midday on Friday, June 17 and are readily available on Resy. The bar opens at 4 p.m. Tuesday as a result of Saturday and supper will be served from 5-9 p.m. Tuesday by means of Thursday and from 5-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Garrett Scafani

Garrett Scafani