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Local Bites: Draught House opens, Taste of Russia fest, Sichuan Home #2

Posted on by Sarah B.

The new Richmond Republic Draught House on Clement. Photo by Ender Markal

Here are a few tidbits on the food scene to whet your appetite. Bon appetit!

  • The new Richmond Republic Draught House, located in the old Haig’s Delicatessen at 642 Clement Street, will have a soft opening this Thursday through Sunday from 5pm until 2am. They will be offering a small food and large beer menu. Reader Jeffrey stopped in during a soft opening last week and told us “Pretty nice place, had 23 beers on tap. Had a good atmosphere.” It’s the second establishment from the owners of Chomp N’ Swig.

  • In other restaurant news, Sichuan Home has opened a second location on the corner of 45th Avenue and Balboa called Sichuan Table. Reader Marc W. tells us “It’s way tasty. Sichuan and dim sum.” Even the real critics love them some Sichuan Home. Back in 2011, Patricia Unterman called their first location “the best Chinese restaurant to open in San Francisco since Hakka Restaurant appeared on the outer edge of the Richmond.”

  • This Sunday, September 28 from 11am until 6pm, check out the Taste of Russia Festival at the Holy Virgin Cathedral (6210 Geary). The annual festival features Russian food (piroshki!), entertainment, tours of the church, icon painting demonstrations, choir performances, gift items and more. Admission is $5.00 per person.

4 Comments

  1. Looking forward to Richmond Republic, but I hope it’s not noisy – that it’s more a place to share a beer with friends, than shout over groups of hipsters.

  2. I am excited and hopeful about Sichuan Home, one block from my house 😉

    No love lost for the prior establishment. I liked it, until I went cold turkey after 2 incidents.
    1) Chatting with the manager / maitre’d. “How are you?” “I have a cold”. He then wipes his nose with his hand and continues to work without washing.
    2) Saw someone smoking a cigarette in the kitchen.

    I did not use my one year rule (try a place again a year later) here. It was too too much.

  3. Just curious – does ‘soft opening’ mean it will be open to the public? I walked by one night a couple of weeks ago and saw people inside, but the windows were still covered with paper and the doors were closed.

  4. @JW – Yes, soft opening means it will be open to the public. We confirmed with the management before we posted. 🙂

    Sarah B.

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