Starting this week, there’s a new place for San Franciscans to dive head first into a steaming bowl of moules-frites paired with a glass of zingy white wine or dip into a hot bowl of French onion soup, nuzzled under a cheesy blanket torched to a crisp. New French restaurant La Société, nestled in the corner of the lobby of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown Soma, is the first San Francisco opening from TableOne Hospitality, the spinoff restaurant group led by Patric Yumul, Mina Group co-founder and former president.⁠ ⁠ TableOne Executive Vice President of Culinary David Varley says La Société’s home inside a massive hotel shouldn’t define the restaurant. “We’re not a hotel restaurant,” Varley insists. “We’re a restaurant that’s in a hotel. We’re a restaurant for San Francisco and the only way this will work is if the community embraces it.” ⁠ ⁠ In the kitchen, globetrotting Executive Chef Alexandre Viriot plans to lean on an arsenal of experience gathered while cooking everywhere from France to Las Vegas, where he worked for star French chefs Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon, to Macau and St. Petersburg, where he worked for Alain Ducasse.⁠ ⁠ For the full story behind @lasocietecafe tap the link in our bio. ⁠ ⁠ 📍 : @lasocietecafe, 50 Third Street⁠ 📸 : @porkbellystudio⁠ ✍🏼 : @laurensaria