New restaurant and rooftop deck are eyed for empty San Jose building

"The proposal envisions a full-service restaurant and a bar on two floors of the building, according to Zavala, a principal executive with AZ Design and Engineering. The idea is to have the same line of restaurant as what Viet Nguyen offers in San Mateo and San Francisco, Zavala said. It would be a great addition to SoFA."

"We would put the deck on the existing roof with a railing all around, Zavala said. The deck would be set back from the front of the building so it wouldn't even be visible from First Street. The roof deck would be roughly 850 to 1,000 square feet, the project plans state."

"A lot of work would be performed on the inside of the building, according to Zavala. We would completely transform the inside of the building, he said. We want to use stairs and an elevator to connect the two floors and the roof to each other."

A Vietnamese full-service restaurant and bar plus a rooftop deck are proposed for the vacant two-story building at 374 South First St. in downtown San Jose. The site previously housed Eulipia Restaurant & Bar, Cafe Stritch and Mama Kin. Entrepreneur Viet Nguyen and architect Abraham Zavala plan interior renovations, new stairs and an elevator to connect two floors and the roof, and seating on one side of the first floor with a bar on the other. The roof deck would be set back from First Street, measure roughly 850 to 1,000 square feet, and include a railing.

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