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Michael Mina Revives Bourbon Steak at Westin St. Francis as Stephen Curry Readies Reservation-Only Bourbon Bar

The partnership marks a high-profile bet on Union Square’s post-pandemic revival.

Chef Michael Mina, pictured at Bungalow Kitchen in Tiburon in 2022.
Stephen Curry tastes his bourbon, Gentleman’s Cut, inside the Platinum VIP room at Bottlerock in Napa on May 25, 2024. He's opening a bourbon bar in San Francisco.
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Overview

  • Mina Group announced Bourbon Steak will reopen in October inside the Westin St. Francis at 335 Powell St. in San Francisco’s Union Square.
  • Stephen Curry is developing The Eighth Rule, a bourbon-focused, reservations-only bar with about 40 seats that Mina Group will operate and keep open until 2 a.m.
  • The hotel’s lobby has been gutted and redesigned by AvroKO with a new Powell Street entrance, a central bar, and a stage for live music into late night.
  • Bourbon Steak will showcase theatrical steakhouse service with a roaming fish cart, tableside Wagyu torching, and a separate Bourbon Lounge for drinks and bar bites.
  • The openings mark Curry’s first brick-and-mortar hospitality venture and the return of Bourbon Steak to San Francisco for the first time since 2016.