SF awaits the openings of Maria Isabel and JouJou, We Be Sushi closes, and the Chronicle’s Top 100 is getting its annual update very soon, all in This Week In Food.
We’re coming up on a significant week in terms of restaurant openings as we emerge from the depths of winter — and as we’re getting some seriously spring-like weather again. First, on Tuesday, March 3, Maria Isabel opens in Presidio Heights, at 500 Presidio Avenue, from the couple behind Dalida in the Presidio. As we reported this week, the restaurant is a celebration of chef Laura Ozyilmaz’s Mexican heritage, both her mother’s side from Guerrero and her father’s from Sinaloa, with plenty of modern California style thrown in. Reservations can be found here, but things are looking pretty booked up already through March.
Next Friday (March 6) comes the debut of JouJou, the new French brasserie concept from the Lazy Bear team of chef David Barzelay and Colleen Booth. As previously reported, it’s set to be a stylish affair with prenty of old-school and new-school French touches, and a bar area that hopes to become a bustling evening scene. Those reservations are now live here…