It’s been less than a year since Gizela Ho stepped out of the kitchen at Rich Table, and she has already found a home for her first restaurant.
Good Morning 96, a dinner destination rooted in California cuisine and shaped by global influences, will open next year in the Upper Fillmore. Ho signed a lease for the space at 2235 Fillmore St., the former home of Japanese restaurant Ten-Ichi, which closed in 2024 when billionaire investor Neil Mehta purchased the building.
As Ho navigated the city’s commercial real estate market for the first time, she began refining her vision for the much-anticipated restaurant. The narrow, boxy space with its unadorned gray exterior and tall ceilings wasn’t an immediate fit. It took a conversation with her former boss to help her see the potential…