The long drought ends

The greatest restauraunt in the history of the universe returns.

And the food is EXACTLY the same.

Luis jr, back from beyond

In December of 2007, my favorite restaurant of all time - Luis Jr's - closed its doors, the building it was renting from having been bought by the Church of Scientology for conversion to some kind of Xenu observation platform.

The rumor was that they had to pay Luis Jr a significant amount of money to get them to leave their lease early.

I struck up a conversation with Luis Jr himself on the restaurant's last day, and he said they were expecting to reopen in a new location "soon."

A year and a half slowly rolled by.

And then - this.

Hiking past the Sutter Square Galleria at 2901 K Street, we find this sign gleaming at us through the window.

According to their answering machine, they're targeting an august '09 opening.

Thank goodness. The long dark may be over.