San Francisco’s waterfront will be getting a new Salvadoran restaurant.
Port commissioners voted unanimously to offer a lease to Salvadoran restaurant Chasca Rio for the space at 340 Jefferson St., formerly seafood restaurant Pompei’s Grotto. The space had been inactive since 2021 .
A panel approved the new restaurant over a proposed pizzeria. It will be run by 340 Jefferson Street Partners, an LLC operated by Lou Giraudo, Chris McGarrry and Seth Hamalian. Giraudo, formerly the owner of Boudin Bakery, now run by his son, is also behind a development group with ambitious plans to revitalize the wharf …