Bare Bones Rotisserie, a new chicken and porchetta spot, will soft-open Thursday, Oct. 29, at 2325 Taraval St. in the Outer Sunset, with a full opening planned for early November.
Why it matters: It fills the former Bearing West space, which closed March 1, keeping a neighborhood corner restaurant alive.
Who and what
Owners Dan Levin, Danny Tasker (a Sunset Cantina bartender) and chef Edwin Olson (a former butcher at Real Foods on Russian Hill) met as preschool dads. Bearing West owner John Giuffre offered them the space, the SF Standard reports.
The menu has whole and half chickens, porchetta over apple and fennel, sandwiches, a "no fish and chips" cauliflower dish, and aji, ranch and barbecue dips.
It will serve beer and wine at first and has applied for a full liquor license. The 49-seat room keeps the original wooden poles, Hoodline reports.
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