"Today is opening day for Super Mensch, in the space at 2336 Chestnut Street that was formerly home to Lilah next door to the Presidio cinema and Causwells. As SFist noted briefly last week, the cozy restaurant with just 17 counter and communal table seats and three booths that seat 4 to 6 brings some new, contemporary Jewish deli flair to the Marina 'hood, complete with housemade bagels, latkes, housemade pastrami, and matzo ball soup."
"The menu has a few contemporary twists, including a stunner of a watermelon-feta salad (see below), a halibut crudo with preserved lemon and sesame tuille, and a trio of dips that's dubbed on the menu "When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip." A twist on chicken liver mousse, dubbed WAICL (what am I, chopped liver?), also features a celeriac-sumac relish."
"As seen above, the plating of the latkes gets some flair as well, with swirls of creme fraiche, dollops of apple butter, and topped with chives and wild salmon roe. The Super Mensch signature sandwiches, of course, are a traditional, piled-high pastrami on rye, and a Reuben. In addition to the bagels, Rosenblum is baking his own rye bread in house, and his own flatbread for the dips."
Chef-owner Adam Rosenblum opened Super Mensch at 2336 Chestnut Street next to the Presidio cinema and adjacent to Causwells in the former Lilah space. The cozy 17-counter-and-communal-seat restaurant with three small booths presents contemporary Jewish deli fare including housemade bagels, latkes, pastrami, and matzo ball soup. The menu adds modern twists such as a watermelon-feta salad, halibut crudo with preserved lemon, a dip trio called "When I Dip, You Dip, We Dip," and a WAICL chicken liver mousse with celeriac-sumac relish. Latkes are plated with crème fraîche, apple butter, chives, and wild salmon roe. Rosenblum bakes rye and flatbread in-house, and creative cocktails from Causwells’ beverage manager include a Bagel & Lox Martini featuring gin, aquavit, caper-infused vermouth, toasted sesame, heirloom tomato water, and cucumber skin.
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