San Francisco is where it all began 40 years ago with Carol Dota's at the Condor and it's now famous piano.
Tartare to retool itself as edgy George; [FINAL Edition]
GraceAnn Walden. San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, Calif.
Author(s):GraceAnn Walden
Column Name:THE INSIDE SCOOP
Section:FOOD
Publication title:San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, Calif.: Aug 10,
2005. pg. F.1
Abstract (Document Summary)
Andrew Jaeger, a chef from a renowned New Orleans restaurant family, will
in the next couple of weeks bring his Creole-style recipes and jazz to the
Condor, and open Andrew Jaeger's House of Seafood & Jazz in the legendary
North Beach club. He's leased space in the Condor from SAW Entertainment,
which owns most of the topless clubs on Broadway. Jaeger also has a New
Orleans restaurant with the same name in the French Quarter, at 300
Decatur St.
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Andrew Jaeger, a chef from a renowned New Orleans restaurant family, will
in the next couple of weeks bring his Creole-style recipes and jazz to the
Condor, and open Andrew Jaeger's House of Seafood & Jazz in the legendary
North Beach club. He's leased space in the Condor from SAW Entertainment,
which owns most of the topless clubs on Broadway. Jaeger also has a New
Orleans restaurant with the same name in the French Quarter, at 300
Decatur St.
For his San Francisco restaurant, he says, "I don't know if y'all put a
spell on me, but I'm sourcing my ingredients, and I'm going to take a look
at grass-fed beef and organic vegetables."
Jaeger's bigger-than-life tastes and personality should be a good fit for
the club that launched the topless club craze in the '60s.
In recent years, the Condor had morphed into a sports bar, and in the past
few months had gone upscale decor-wise for a short-lived changeover to a
burlesque venue. But offering burlesque in a neighborhood with so many
topless and bottomless attractions was fruitless. The Condor's sign will
remain; Jaeger will also put up his own sign.
He will serve food in the dining room-bar area that runs along Columbus
and offer live jazz in the part of the club that faces Broadway.
Appetizers will be $10 to $19, entrees $25 to $39.
How can he run two restaurants thousands of miles apart? Jaeger says that
the summer business is slow in New Orleans, while it's busy here.
Note: SAW is part of the Deja Vu empire.



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