Openings: Palmetto, Nickie's
Gary Danko and Aqua alum Andy Kitko heads the crew at Palmetto, Union Street's newest restaurant. The menu is Mediterranean centric, with dishes from Southern France and Italy, Spain's Mallorca region, and the northern tip of Africa. This means that diners will be treated to a cornucopia of light, summery fare such as stuffed dates, melon soup and puttanesca. In traditional Mediterranean fashion, fish litters the menu, but there's plenty of hearty meats for carnivores (e.g., Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Creamy Polenta and Fig-Haricot Vert Salad).
Zagat Buzz has the scoop on Nickie's, the Haight Street bar that has gone from danky to swanky:
Nickie's, which was once a sweaty Lower Haight hole-in-the-wall, has been spruced up with wooden tables, banquette seating and stylish Japanese-style stools; a comfort-food menu is served until 10 PM, after which DJs spin funk, reggae, mash-ups and more...The food menu seems a little limited, but the dozen (or so) items are certainly comforting for the bar hopper: calamari, fried fish, chipotle chicken sandwich and the quintessential East Coast late night snack: sliders.
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Palmetto [MenuPages]
Palmetto [Official Site]
Nickie's [MenuPages]
Nickie's [Official Site]
Nickie's in the Lower Haight Gets a Swank Remodel [Zagat Buzz]
