Maggie & Mac’s, the new neighborhood spot from Momo’s owners Scott and Caitlin Morton, opens Friday, June 5 at 1326 9th Avenue in the Inner Sunset. The two-story restaurant leans on family recipes and California comfort food, with smash burgers, tri-tip French-dip sandwiches, thin-crust pizzas and a macaroni salad borrowed straight from the Mortons’ family table. The dining room fills the former Social Kitchen & Brewery space and is built out as a family-friendly gathering place for Inner Sunset locals and their kids.
What’s on the menu
The opening lineup mixes longtime Momo’s favorites with new family staples. There is a smash burger made with ground chuck and brisket, tri-tip French-dip sandwiches, shishito peppers with chile de árbol dip, a Dungeness-crab Caesar and three thin-crust pizzas, including a spicy Hot One finished with hot honey. Caitlin Morton’s mother Kelly supplied the macaroni-salad recipe, and Scott’s mom’s meatloaf also makes the cut. Momo’s chef Daniel Bermudes and bar manager Gill Gallegos are helping pilot the kitchen and bar, according to Eater SF.
Prices, hours and drinks
According to the restaurant’s website, cocktails and the trio of nonalcoholic options are priced at $14, glasses of wine run around $13, drafts are $7 and bottled beer is $6. Maggie & Mac’s will be open from noon to 9:30 PM Tuesday through Friday and 11 AM to 9:30 PM on weekends. The menu also carves out a separate kids’ section alongside “Our Family Staples,” as listed on Maggie & Mac’s.
From Momo’s to Ninth Avenue
The Mortons purchased the corner property at 1326 Ninth Avenue last year as part of a plan to bring a neighborhood-focused bar and grill to Ninth Avenue, with the sale reported at roughly $2.6 million by The SF Standard. The space previously housed Social Kitchen & Brewery, which closed in March 2020, and the couple fitted the dining room with booths and warm tones to create a lived-in, familiar feel. “We want people who walk through here to feel important, to feel like their time is of great value to us,” Scott Morton said, per Eater SF. The broader neighborhood context around the opening has been detailed by the San Francisco Chronicle.
What it means for the neighborhood
The debut adds another family-friendly option to Ninth Avenue’s growing dining corridor, which has seen a run of new spots and a steady stream of neighborhood openings. Local merchant updates have been tracking new arrivals on Ninth Avenue, including Maggie & Mac’s moving into the former Social Kitchen site, according to the Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon.
