San Francisco is a different place than it was in the 80s, so it s hard to say that Bacar is going to be the Stars of the naught naughts, says Meesha Halm, local editor of the 2001 Zagat Survey. They re not going for the same clientele that went to Stars high-society types like Sharon Stone and the Gettys. Bacar is trying to tap into a younger audience. It s the new money. In that regard, I do think they re trying to be the quintessential San Francisco restaurant for the San Francisco we re living in now.
SoMa is home to the new ballpark.
The city s hippest nightclubs are located there, as are a growing number of upscale boutiques and restaurants. Most importantly, the once-seedy neighborhood is Ground Zero for the exploding Internet economy. Hundreds of dot-com startups, most of which you ve never heard of, occupy the former warehouses that line the area s wide streets. Indeed, several days after it opened to the public, the high-tech class was out en masse. Three men huddled near the wine bar to compare cell phones while they waited for their table.