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Aug 29, 2017
When Sons & Daughters opened at the corner of Bush and Powell in 2010, it was a kind of cowboy in the culinary no-man s land that straddles Union Square and Nob Hill. Next door to Uncle Vito s Pizza and around the corner from Lori s Diner, the restaurant, touting innovative twists on Cal-American fare, was an early comer to the neighborhood that would eventually be home to Del Popolo and, a few blocks away, Akiko s and Liholiho Yacht Club.
Nevertheless, its Tendernob address remains an unusual one for the kind of tasting-menu-only experience that has garnered it a Michelin star every year since 2012. Many a commuter has no doubt inched past its modest exterior without ever realizing a guidebook-level meal in progress within, while star-chasing foodies tend to follow the accolades to better known hot spots such as Coi and Benu. Now, a split among the restaurant s partners and an all new menu mean a turning point for the seven-year-old fine dining establishmen