World's Strangest Restaurants
SubCulture Dining, San Francisco
The Weird Factor: If you’re at the epicenter of San Francisco’s culinary circle, odds are you’ve heard whisperings of Subculture Dining, one of the city’s hottest “underground restaurants.” Part Da Vinci Code, part Food Network, this is a kind of foodie secret society in which chefs with more talent and daring than funding cook spontaneous feasts for food obsessed city dwellers in a variety of unofficial—and donated—venues (someone’s home, an Airstream trailer). The most famous of these culinary mavericks is Russell Jackson, whose underground operation SubCulture Dining helped him raise enough money to head above ground. By the year’s end Jackson hopes to open the restaurant Lafitte, at Pier 5 in San Francisco.
Signature Dish: The menu’s constantly evolving; a favorite dish was slow-cooked local albacore with early girl tomato relish and aged white Cava vinegar.
Info: www.subculturedining.com
