Maggie & Mac’s opens on Friday, June 5, with pizzas, French dip sandwiches, and homemade Uncrustables
A new family-friendly restaurant and bar is touching down in the Inner Sunset, thanks to two restaurant owners who should be familiar with Giants fans. Scott and Caitlyn Morton of Momo’s in SoMa will open Maggie & Mac’s on Friday, June 5, serving what the couple is dubbing California comfort food. Named after their two daughters, Margaret and Mackenzie, the Mortons hope their new spot becomes a special go-to restaurant for locals in the area.
Momo’s chef Daniel Bermudez and bar manager Gill Gallegos are also spearheading the menus at Maggie & Mac’s. Momo’s regulars may recognize some items, like the French dip sandwich made with tri-tip. There’ll also be classics like a smash burger made of ground chuck and brisket, and a Caesar salad that gets a hit of Dungeness crab for flair. Thin-crust pizzas are on deck as well, with a trio of pies offered during the restaurant’s opening; that includes the Hot One, starring the trio of spicy marinara, spicy coppa, and pickled Fresno chiles, with salami and pepperoni, all topped in hot honey. “[These are] things that’ll create that comfort food element, but then also drive in the local ingredients that we have here in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California — seafood and vegetables and some lighter fare stuff,” Scott Morton says.
But the food menu diverges a bit from the Momo’s playbook, including the addition of a few family recipes, such as a macaroni salad from Caitlyn’s mother, Kelly. “She makes a macaroni salad that she brings to every family event, where people are like, ‘Kelly’s coming, we need the macaroni salad,’” Caitlyn Morton says. Mom’s Meatloaf, meanwhile, is a nod to Scott’s mother and her meatloaf recipe, an item which the couple says they don’t see as often these days…