Unique dishes presented with artistry and intention await you inside Nightbird’s sleek dining room in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. The restaurant, opened in 2016, quickly received 3 stars from Michael Bauer and earned Chef and owner Kim Alter a James Beard nomination. The 10-course tasting menu changes frequently and showcases a commitment to sustainability, technique, whole animal and vegetable cookery, and support of local farms.
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Kim is the chef and owner of Nightbird and the adjoining bar Linden Room in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley. Her prime pedigree (Gary Danko, Jeremy Fox’s Ubuntu, David Kinch’s Manresa, and Roland Passot’s La Folie, where she worked gratis as a butcher), is on full display with precise technique and a commitment to sustainability in the kitchen. Star Chefs named Kim their Sustainable Chef of the Year. Kim is committed to advancing opportunities for women in hospitality. She is on the board of La Cocina, a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color.
Kim walks the walk. Her team in the kitchen is all women, where as a mentor she teaches her cooks how to manage time and perfection, run a business, and enjoy a balanced and fulfilling life. Her food is precise, presented with impeccable technique. It is also delicious, sourced from a career spent cultivating relationships with farmers in bountiful California.
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