Soon there might be new life in the old, small, but adorable brick building right at the edge of the Transbay excavation.
90 Natoma Street was formerly occupied by John Colins bar, but they moved to make way for the new transit center. They are now located right next door to our most favorite 140 New Montgomery Street building, at 138 Minna Street.
For awhile, I was thinking this building was to be demolished, but it appears to have dodged that fate, and perhaps will take on a new life after all.
This little snippet was in today’s SF Chronicle:
Paolo Lucchesi, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer.
Boomtown: Sure, Mid-Market real estate is getting lots of publicity as the possible land of opportunity for prospective restaurateurs, but the sleeping giant might be the area around the under-construction Transbay Terminal.
Already some are banking on it. Dennis Leary and Eric Passetti – who operate nearby House of Shields, among others elsewhere in the city – are in line to take over the original John Colins Lounge (90 Natoma St.) located in a picturesque old brick building in the Transbay Terminal’s prospective shadow. They plan to open a new bar named Natoma Cabana.