SoMa just picked up a new downstairs pasta spot, and the chefs only have to commute a flight of stairs to get there. Agrodolce Provisions, a compact pasta-and-wine marketplace, has quietly opened at 1016 Bryant Street, taking over the former Henry's Hunan storefront and turning it into a cozy neighborhood hub.
Husband-and-wife chefs Nick and Marissa Sowers are keeping things tight and homey for now, serving weekday lunches built around housemade pastas, bottles of wine and shareable slices of seven-layer chocolate cake. While they do that, they are steadily building out a grab-and-go provisions counter. Since the couple lives above the shop, they say the space will also occasionally double as a venue for dinner parties, guest-chef pop-ups and showcases for small local producers.
As reported by The San Francisco Standard, the Sowerses bought the Bryant Street building in 2025 and opened Agrodolce about two weeks ago to focus on weekday lunch. The paper notes that the shop already carries a modest retail selection alongside the lunch lineup, including wines by the bottle, fresh pastas and frozen soups. Marissa told the outlet that the couple sees the place as “a loose inspiration” on the Ferry Building model.
Agrodolce lists a compact menu of fresh pastas: Strozzapreti with parmigiano sausage ragu, Tagliatelle Bolognese and Conchiglie with rock shrimp. The site also promotes grab-and-go provisions such as housemade marinara, bolognese and packaged fresh pasta meant for stocking the home fridge.
The space previously housed Henry's Hunan, which still lists a Bryant Street location on its website. According to The San Francisco Standard, the Sowerses spent months gutting the ground floor and rebuilding it around a communal 14-seat table with mismatched chairs. That overhaul is part of their push to bring back more foot traffic and a sense of neighborhood gathering along this stretch of Bryant.
Marketplace Plans For SoMa
Agrodolce is positioning itself as a marketplace-style lunch spot that can give bakers, jam makers and other small producers some real-world traction before they commit to a storefront, according to the shop’s About page. The owners hope that a shared kitchen and rotating pop-ups will offer local foodmakers a practical next step while also giving central SoMa workers and residents more reasons to stick around the block.
What To Expect
For now, the operation is strictly casual counter service, with a handful of seats and a takeaway window handling the weekday rush. Dinner is on the horizon, but the Sowerses plan to ease into it as they test out pop-ups and private events in the space.
The couple previously ran a personal-chef business called Sweet & Sowers, and they describe Agrodolce as a natural extension of that work, turning the prep they used to do for clients into everyday meals and provisions for their neighbors downstairs.
