Here's a look at the best new San Francisco restaurants, corporate event venues, hotels, conference centers, and private and party rooms to open this spring. These new and renovated San Francisco venues can accommodate groups large or small for private and corporate events, conferences, meetings, weddings, business dinners, teambuilding activities, cocktail parties, and more.
This fall, W San Francisco unveiled a new 2,467-square-foot event space called Social. The venue, designed by Skylab Architecture, seats 200  guests. Design features include skylights, contemporary radial lighting fixtures, and a color scheme inspired by the Bay Area’s distinctive fog. A terrace overlooks SoMa fixtures like the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
San Francisco’s popular Temple Nightclub underwent a complete redesign, reopening in October. The 20,000-square-foot nightclub, located in SoMa, now features a 50,000 addressable LED immersive lighting sculpture and a Void Air Motion sound system. The venue comprises three different rooms: The main room holds 750 guests for receptions and includes two full bars with one mezzanine-level bar. It also has a 16- by 12-foot stage, a DJ booth, and a 4- by 20-foot LED for visual projection. Another space, called LVL 55, holds 350 for receptions and offers a full bar and enclosed DJ booth. The Infinity Lounge holds as many as 150 guests for receptions and includes a full bar, customizable DJ booth, and energy-generating dance floor. The entire venue is available for buyouts.
In December, a new restaurant called the Progress from Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski opened in the space that once housed the historic Progress Theater. The space offers semiprivate dining in two areas: the balcony, which seats 10 people, and the mezzanine, which holds 18 people. The restaurant is available for full buyouts and seats 60 people for dinner on the main floor or holds 80 people for receptions. The serene space incorporates wood feature walls and and greenery in the form of ferns and other foliage.
Three Sticks Wines at the Adobe, a tasting salon that serves as the new headquarters for the winery, opened in late October in downtown Sonoma. Owners Bill and Eva Price purchased the historic Vallejo-Casteñada Adobe and worked on the preservation and renovation of the building for two years. The Prices partnered with San Francisco-based designer Ken Fulk to restore and protect the historic structure, built in 1842. The decor features new elements such as hand-painted murals, custom light fixtures, striking wallpaper, and vintage furniture. The intimate 1,900-square-foot space includes a courtyard and garden and holds 40 people for receptions.
Mobile culinary event company Parties That Cook moved into the space formerly occupied by Tante Marie's Cooking School. Now called 271 San Francisco, the space holds hands-on public cooking classes. To renovate the venue, Parties That Cook tore down a wall for a more open space and added a new color scheme. The venue hosts corporate teambuilding events of as many as 40 guests for a seated dinner or 50 for receptions.
398 Restaurant & Bar opened in December in Union Square. The restaurant seats 124 and is ideal for large groups. Led by executive chef Sam Fechheimer, the eatery serves European and American dishes in a setting with Old World-inspired decor like distressed ceilings and dramatic chandeliers.
Chef James Syhabout opened Hawker Fare San Francisco, a second outpost of his Oakland restaurant Hawker Restaurant, in January. The colorful 5,000-square-foot Thai restaurant seats 120 and is available for buyouts. Decor includes vintage Thai movie posters, string lights, and floor mats hung on the walls. Upstairs is Holy Mountain, a cocktail bar that seats 50 guests or holds 90 for receptions.
Now open in the Mission is Sous Beurre Kitchen, a restaurant specializing in southern French cuisine with local, fresh produce. The restaurant’s decor includes antique mirrors sourced from flea markets, wooden booths, subway tile walls, and marble countertops. Groups can reserve the full restaurant for private events of 90 seated guests. The Sous Beurre Kitchen team also caters off-site receptions, banquets, and events for as many as 200 people.
In February, the restaurant Al’s Place from chef Aaron London opened in the Mission. The light-filled restaurant contrasts bright walls with cool blue tones and blond wood. The 1,000-square-foot dining room seats 50 guests; buyouts are available.
The Liholiho Yacht Club opened in January in Lower Nob Hill, offering Hawaiian-inspired fare with Chinese, Japanese, and Indian influences. The restaurant seats 80 and will soon be available for buyouts and private events.
