Celebrities flock to SF for opening of Warrior’ Steph Curry’s new bar

On Tuesday, superstar chef Michael Mina and Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry celebrated the grand opening of their new Union Square restaurant Bourbon Steak and accompanying bar the Eighth Rule with a star-studded occasion. Mina, Curry and San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie kicked off the evening by arriving on the new restaurant positioned contained in the Westin St. Francis in fashion: through cable automobile. A portion of Powell Street was closed to make room for his or her dramatic entrance, reported KTVU-TV.

The glitzy affair marked Mina’s triumphant return to the spot the place he opened the primary Michael Mina restaurant in 2004, which later grew to become a location of Bourbon Steak (it closed in 2016), in addition to Curry’s first foray into the restaurant enterprise. Bourbon Steak will serve seasonal California delicacies and seafood in a sublime house with inexperienced marble columns and botanical chandeliers, whereas the Eighth Rule is Curry’s bourbon-focused, speakeasy-style bar positioned throughout the Westin St. Francis foyer from Bourbon Steak. The Mina Group will truly function the reservation-only bar, regardless of Curry being a enterprise accomplice, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are each owned by Hearst however have separate newsrooms.)

Guests at Tuesday’s celebration included Ayesha Curry, rapper E-40, Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn and a few of Curry’s Warriors teammates. The 500 individuals on the occasion dined on uncooked seafood towers, wagyu steak, truffle pasta and “caviar Twinkees” paired with bourbon-based cocktails, in keeping with a information launch.

“We want to bring energy to the city, we want to bring community, we want to bring fun, we want to bring culture,” Curry said in a speech on the occasion on Tuesday. “That’s what San Francisco’s about.”

Bourbon Steak and the Eighth Rule formally opened to the general public on Friday.