Welcome to 2003! The new year seems to be off and running at a good pace here in Union Square. We have a few things happening at the restaurant that we thought you might be interested in.

Dine About Town.

As the "Dine About Town" promotion winds down city wide, we wanted to remind everyone that we offer a three course lunch for $19.00 everyday. We decided to continue with this price instead of $19.95, which is what the city sponsored promotion is offering. If you missed it during the month of January you do have eleven other months of the year to have the same offering; as well as our five course Coastal Cuisine Grand Tasting Lunch and our ala carte menu. Please take a moment to see our current lunch menu.

Crab Fest.

San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau will be sponsoring the first "Crab Fest" during the month of February. The month will actually kickoff on Friday January 31st at the Bon Appetit Wine & Spirits Grand Tasting. This year it will be held from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Fort Mason. We will be there serving Farallon style snacks and trying food from many other restaurants. The rest of the month we will be recognizing the importance of Dungeness crab by bringing back one of our original signature appetizers: crab with truffled mashed potatoes and sea urchin sauce. We haven't had this on the menu for sometime and people still come in asking for it. If you are one of those guests take note - the month of February will be for you.

Construction Update.

If you have stopped by since October you have certainly noticed the scaffolding in front of our building. The work should be finished in the next week or so. In addition to the façade being restored to look new and beautiful, and seismically safe, we are all very happy to have the equipment out of the way.

From all of us at Farallon, thank you for taking a moment to catch up on our latest news. We hope to see you soon for lunch or dinner.