San Francisco Chronicle

September 5, 2007

One more for the road: Charles Phan, the chef-owner of the Vietnamese Slanted Door (One Ferry Building) and its shopping mall version Out the Door at the Westfield San Francisco Centre, has taken on yet another project.

He's teaming up with the developers of San Francisco's Soma Grand, a condominium complex at 1160 Mission (near Seventh Street), to put a restaurant in the 22-story tower.

The dining spot will serve the 246 condos in the building as well as the public.

As far as the concept, Phan says it won't be Vietnamese and it will be smaller than his other restaurants, according to Faith Wheeler, the chef's publicist.

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