Al's Place

AL's Place is a neighborhood restaurant in the Mission district of San Francisco from chef-owner Aaron London. We offer a seasonal, ingredient-driven menu, that highlights the produce of Northern California. AL's Place has no dress code. We want to create a fun, relaxed and exciting place for people to come together and enjoy food in company of fam... ily and friends! Hailing from West Sonoma County, Aaron London has been banging around the kitchen since he could reach the pots and pans. Constantly cooking for neighbors and family as a youth, the obsession with all things culinary carved his inevitable path to chefdom. With experience in top-tier Michelin starred restaurants such as L Astrance, Daniel, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, the ALs Place cuisine touts our fearless leaders expansive palate and boundless capacity to explore and create. When pressed to pick one dish most representative of himself, he references the menus eat-with-your-hands baby lettuces with herbed avocado and pistachio, explaining how they showcase his connection to the garden, as well as taking something common and making it really special. Tattooed and tactical, gregarious yet precise, the heartbeat and mastermind behind ALs Place never ceases to tease and awaken San Franciscos unsuspecting eaters. Starting out as a shot girl in a Miami nightclub, the trajectory of this Floridians hospitality career has been anything but straightforward. A proud 3rd generation alumni of The University of Pennsylvania, Kimberly made her way to San Francisco, where she found herself in an unfulfilling job in corporate management. Once she discovered her love for hospitality, she dove full-force into a floor manager position at bacar and never looked back. In 2014, Kimberly was in a near-fatal accident. She threw herself into physical therapy and after a painstaking 14 months of rehabilitation, made a full recovery. This ferocity of spirit and her determination to approach life with tenacity and resolve - these are the qualities of a great leader; traits ...Read More