It’s year 171 for the Tadich Grill, and they’re going for year 172.
San Francisco’s oldest restaurant will reopen its historic doors for indoor dining in November, when the city’s COVID-19 restrictions will be lessened to allow operations at 50 percent customer capacity.
“Tadich Grill is proud and excited to announce our reopening hours … beginning Monday, Nov. 9,” the Buich family announced on the website. “All precautions will continue to be taken to maintain the health of our purveyors, employees and customers, as we restore Tadich Grill back into your daily lives.”
After offering takeout and delivery during the first months of the pandemic, the owners decided to temporarily close the restaurant July 31 and wait for indoor dining to resume.
Social distancing won’t allow for customers to put their names on the waiting list and pack into restaurant’s bar area to wait for tables. So, for the first time, Tadich will take reservations, at www.exploretock.com, for customers ready to get back inside for the restaurant’s noted preparations of cioppino, sand dabs and petrale sole.
Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays and dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. every day.
Tadich, opened by Croatian immigrants in 1849, is regarded as San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating restaurant — and the oldest west of the Mississippi.
Details: 240 California St., San Francisco; https://tadichgrillsf.com