>> IF YOU'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT BUSINESSES, INCLUDING RESTAURANTS, CAN'T MAKE IT IN SAN FRANCISCO. SO JUST KEEP LOOKING AT ALL THE CUSTOMERS HERE AT CHINA LIVE. THEIR DINNER CROWD HAS BEEN STRONG, AND IT'S LED TO PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT LUNCH. >> WE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM OUR, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS A FEW YEARS NOW, A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING DOWNTOWN WHO MAY NOT BE REMOTE WORKING AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, CAN I COME FOR LUNCH? AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT OPEN BECAUSE WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO OPEN? SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE REQUESTS. CHINA LIVE FOUNDER GEORGE CHEN SAYS THEY FIRST TESTED OUT OPENING FOR LUNCH AND ARE NOW MAKING IT A REGULAR THING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, DUE TO ITS SUCCESS OFFERING CLASSIC FOOD DISHES LIKE THE ONES I TASTED MONDAY NIGHT. BUT WHAT ARE EXPANDING WERE OPTING ARTISTIC. AND YOU KNOW, WITH I COME TO SAN FRANCISCO, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG THING. WHAT I'VE SEEN ON LUNCHES, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT HALF BUSINESS PEOPLE. >> EMILY WINSTON IS THE FOUNDER OF BOYCHIK BAGELS AND HAS THAT SAME OPTIMISM ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO. >> I'VE HAD FANS BEGGING ME SINCE I OPENED FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE COME TO SAN FRANCISCO. >> SO I'M EXCITED TO DO THAT. >> WINSTON STARTED BOYCHIK BAGELS IN BERKELEY IN 2021. THE NEW YORK TIMES WROTE THAT HER BAGELS WERE BETTER THAN BAGELS IN NEW YORK. SHE'S EXPANDED ALL ACROSS THE BAY AND WILL SOON OPEN THREE STORES IN SAN FRANCISCO, INCLUDING THIS LOCATION ALONG MARKET STREET AND BATTERY PART OF A FINANCIAL DISTRICT THAT IS STRUGGLING TO RECOVER AFTER THE PANDEMIC AND THEN WE CAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, REALLY BE PART OF THE REBIRTH OF DOWNTOWN. >> AND I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE DOING THAT. AND WHAT BETTER TO BRIBE SOMEONE TO COME BACK INTO THE OFFICE THAN WITH A BAGEL? >> THE SALESPERSON THERE TO THE BAGEL STORES ALSO OPENING IN LOWER PARK HEIGHTS AND LAUREL HEIGHTS, WILL BE OPEN FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, BOTH BUSINESSES EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IN THE CITY BY THE BAY
