Daily Dining News: Firestone Public House to Open on Friday, May 11
April 10, 2012
It seems that every new restaurant encounters unforseen delays as they try to open. Firestone Public House, which replaces California Pizza Kitchen at 16th & L, was originally scheduled to open in February, started hiring staff for an April opening, and how finally has a new opening date - Friday May 11, reports Bob Shallit in the Sac Bee.
Restaurateur Mason Wong is promising a new look and some culinary surprises at the Firestone Public House sports bar he's set to open on May 11...
Wong plans to have 60 beers on tap and a menu with meats smoked on-site, pizza cooked in a $50,00 Wood Stone oven left there by CPK and a couple of tantalizing dishes Wong discovered on a trip to Chicago: soft-shell crab tacos and a dessert made by deep- frying ice cream wrapped in carrot cake.
Read the entire article in the Sac Bee. (Third Item.)
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