Once known as the Harlem Of The West, the Fillmore District, like San Francisco’s Phoenix has risen again. The Fillmore was farmland in the 1880’s, San Francisco’s central business district after the Great Earthquake & Firestorms of 1906, center of jazz on the West Coast through the 1940s and 1950s, and the 1960s birthplace of San Francisco’s psychedelic sound. The Fillmore is back, the music is back, and the Bay Area’s best food products are prepared with magic at State Bird Provisions, winner of the 2013 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the U. S. One year old, San Franciscans and visitors line up early for State Bird Provisions’s 5:30 open at 1529 Fillmore St. Provisions is closed Sundays and reservations are months ahead but get in line early and nirvana is likely yours. California’s state bird the adaptable Valley Quail inspired the recipe that begat State Bird Provisions and is the only constant on the menu. That’s where formula restaurant ends and San Francisco’s spirit of invention and innovation creates what Bon Appetit calls State Bird Provisions “culinary masterpieces”. State Bird Provisions inspires the palate with an ever changing menu of tapas-like delights delivered on carts one-after-another. And the offerings are a constant surprise based on the best products available each day. Wife and husband Chefs Nicole Krasinski and Stuart Brioza have won international acclaim for the magic they conjured at Rubicon, State Bird Provisions, and no doubt will, in 2014, when their new restaurant Progress (formerly the Progress Theater) opens next door. Their names will also be writ in the annals of San Francisco history as they add stunning flavors to the recipe for the Fillmore District.