Harry's Bar Is Taking Over the Thai Stick
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n INSIDE n BOOKS n LANDMARKS Letters 2 Street Talk 3 A Man on Medical Library Crime Watch 4 a Mission Is on the Block Locals 7 Photographer moves Classic a ‘one-of-a-kind Film 10 from metals to murals development opportunity’ Home Sales 14 PAGE 8 PAGE 12 THE NEW FILLMORE SANSAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO n n OCTOBER APRIL 2010 2017 PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FRANK WING PHOTO ILLUSTRATION A GATHERING PLACE Benkyodo, with its colorful counter and corner tables, for decades has been a gathering place in Japantown for local business people, tourists and generations of Japanese Americans who love mochi and manju. See “STILL SWEET” | PAGE 5 Harry’s Bar Is Taking Over the Thai Stick thirst parlors, are hammering out the deal for the takeover, More changes coming on the key which is close but not yet final. Howard and Karas are block between California and Pine keeping their lips zipped about details while they’re in the throes of negotiating a lease with longtime landlord Stan By Chris Barnett Zimmerman. Polemasuppapol has been on a month-to-month lease hree bar-restaurants with well over 100 years and has made it no secret that he is eager to get out. “I of experience in mixing, pouring, cooking and love the neighborhood and the customers and my staff, but serving on Fillmore Street are shaking things up it’s unprofitable,” he says, adding that he’s downsizing. Six in the 2000 block between California and Pine. months ago he sold another San Francisco Thai Stick, near Tn Harry’s Bar, now in its 31st year, is taking over the Union Square, although an outpost remains in Millbrae. Thai Stick, which has been in operation for 21 years at the Thai Stick at Fillmore and Pine Howard, also an investor in the Elite Cafe, has report- corner of Fillmore and Pine. DANIEL BAHMANI edly long coveted the northwest corner of Fillmore and n In its longtime location at 2020 Fillmore, Harry’s has Pine, which once housed a hippie plant store and then, outsourced its kitchen to an independent chef, who has since its black-and-gray hipster makeover last year — and for many years, was home of the late and much lamented revamped the menu and upped the prices. A remodeling finally repairing its fire-damaged classic neon sign. Pacific Heights Bar & Grill. At least three successful res- is also in the works. Thai Stick owner Paul Polemasuppapol and saloonlords taurateurs were among those looking: Larry Mindel, the n Across the street at 2043 Fillmore, the Elite Cafe is Rick Howard and George Karas, who own Harry’s Bar and founder of Il Fornaio, who now heads Poggio in Sausalito; quietly tiptoeing back to some of its more familiar roots are partners and investors in several other San Francisco TO PAGE 3 u JoinJoin our our Premier Premier Club Club and and earn earn FURTHERMORE %APY* %APY** 1.3 0 % 1.0 5 %% APY* APYAPY**** 1.31.5 05 Premier1.21.0 Club Money 5 5 Market Account KABUKI, MON AMOUR ood (but sad) to read David Alhambra, Royal, Times, Strand and St. Burlingame Fremont Market Portola Sunset 1210 Broadway 38990B Pase Padre 2122 Market St. 2555 San Bruno Ave. 2501 Irving St. Burlingame FillmoreMontgomeryOakland Taraval415.731.4386 Thomson’s take on the demise of Francis theaters. 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