“The Progress” Of Brioza and Krasinski In The Fillmore District
Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski won the 2013 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant In The U.S. for State Bird Provisions. And, they are winning again with their recently opened New American restaurant, The Progress, two doors over in the same historic building! This new island of earthly delights is named for The Progress Theater that occupied 1525 Fillmore Street from 1911-1925, and the show is still on. Diners are embraced by chefs and staff with an evening of sensuous artistry. A resonating historical note is struck with the old theater’s exposed lathe interior merged with every design decision from tables to dishes and drink ware, an exhilarating stage for your personal culinary drama.
The Progress is an stunning gift from Brioza and Krasinski, a family style choose-your-own-adventure 6-dish dinner that astounds with every sublime bite. Your palette is launched at gravity-defying speed into the culinary cosmos where you encounter galaxies never known to exist.
Brioza and Krasinski, celebrated San Francisco culinary artists of the highest order, are key ingredients in the 21st century recipe for The Fillmore District. “The Fillmore” was known in the mid-20th century as the “Harlem of the West”, the center of boundry-pushing jazz on the West Coast. In the 1960s, The San Francisco (Psychedelic) Sound blew the doors off Bill Graham’s Fillmore Auditorium and opened the doors of perception around the world. Today, the music plays-on in The Fillmore District and Brioza’s and Krasinski’s solos and duets at The Progress are another delight for all who pass through their door.