The Big Four, a 50-year old San Francisco restaurant where former Mayor Willie Brown and late Senator Dianne Feinstein once held court and neighbors strolled in for a weeknight steak and martini in its low-lit, wood-paneled dining room, is reopening in the Huntington Hotel after a yearslong hiatus.
The Nob Hill restaurant will return March 17 as part of an extensive remodel of the century-old Huntington Hotel, which reopened March 1. Known for its clubhouse atmosphere, live piano performances and classic dishes like chicken pot pie and crab Louie, the restaurant will begin accepting reservations on Wednesday. The hotel will also unveil a new cocktail bar off of the lobby a few weeks after the restaurant opens.
Noted interior designer Ken Fulk oversaw the aesthetic revival of the hotel and the 72-seat Big Four, while chef David Intonato, most recently of Appellation in Healdsburg, a hotel restaurant from celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, updated the menu…