After three years of hopping between borrowed kitchens across San Francisco, the Jewish pop-up Hadeem is finally getting four walls of its own. Chef Spencer Horovitz is opening his first permanent restaurant at 682 Haight St. in Lower Haight, a space long occupied by the Mexican restaurant Otra, which is set to close there in December.
The move marks the end of a long, winding pop-up era for Horovitz, whose California-Jewish cooking has already earned him national recognition. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Hadeem will serve dinner and drinks at night, coffee and Hadeem babka during the day, and brunch on weekends, with a menu built around family-style dishes, off-menu snacks, and heavy use of seasonal ingredients from local farms. Horovitz, who attended the Culinary Institute of America at Copia and started his restaurant career in Napa, told the Chronicle that Hadeem is his own take on Jewish cuisine and that the goal is not to present it as monolithic.
Otra's departure from 682 Haight St. clears the way for Hadeem's debut. The Mexican restaurant, which opened in May 2021 at 682 Haight St., announced its closure as owners Nick Cobarruvias and Anna Sager Cobarruvias pivot to their packaged salsa brand, according to the San Francisco Standard. Hoodline previously reported on Otra's closure.
A Menu Shaped by Diaspora and California Produce
The Chronicle reports that Hadeem's menu will include matzoh ball soup served in gnocchi form, a whole chicken lacquered in smoked harissa and served family style, and a peach salad with coconut yogurt and schug. A scallion pancake knish packed with potato, brown butter, sauerkraut farce, labneh, and dill will also return, alongside a pierogi pasta inspired by kreplach and the whole schnitzel fried chicken that built Hadeem's following as a pop-up.
Brunch may bring hash made with pastrami-spiced short rib, per the same Chronicle report, while the bar program leans into playful riffs like a strange-flavor margarita made with sesame-washed chili liqueur and toasted rice tincture, and a grape leaf martini. The restaurant will also lean on a spin on smoked fish bagel plates featuring house-smoked salmon.
Key ingredients will come from Samiramis Imports, the longtime Middle Eastern and Mediterranean specialty market at 2990 Mission St. in the Mission District, which the San Francisco Standard notes is a Middle Eastern mainstay established in the 1950s. Horovitz will pull spices, grape leaves, and feta from the market for Hadeem's kitchen, according to the Chronicle.
Babka, Bagels, and a James Beard Nod
Hadeem is known for creative babka flavors including char siu, carrot cake, and walnut and sour cherry, and the pastry has already proven a draw: a cosmic crisp apple babka sold out in 20 minutes, the Chronicle reports. Horovitz plans to sell a different babka flavor for each night of Hanukkah in December.
The chef's rise has been fast by any measure. The James Beard Foundation named Horovitz a 2025 semifinalist for its Emerging Chef Award for his work at Hadeem, and Eater SF previously named the pop-up its Best Pop-Up of the Year in 2023, as reported by J. Weekly. Before founding Hadeem, Horovitz served as executive chef at Slug, a natural wine bar and restaurant in Oakland, and had earlier worked at the restaurant at Meadowood, the Progress, Al's Place, and Itria, according to the Chronicle.
Horovitz was raised in a Jewish home in Los Angeles, and Hadeem — which means “the echoes” in Hebrew — was born after he took a break from kitchens in 2022 following a severely herniated disc. He has also spoken about living with ADHD. The Chronicle reports that during its three years as a mobile concept, Hadeem hosted pop-ups at acclaimed restaurants in the Bay Area and New York City. Horovitz also took part in a Passover collaboration at Loveski Marin. Horovitz has said he's been waiting his whole life to open the restaurant.
Joining a Changing Corridor and a Jewish Food Revival
Hadeem's arrival adds to a stretch of Lower Haight that has quickly filled in with new dining spots. The two-block run of Haight Street between Scott and Steiner has recently added cocktail bar Stoa in 2023 and Bar Jabroni in 2024, while pizza restaurant Jules opened three blocks away in May 2025, per the Standard's reporting.
The restaurant also brings Hadeem's California-Jewish cooking to the Bay Area. Hadeem's menu reflects Horovitz's own take on Jewish cuisine rather than presenting it as monolithic, according to the Chronicle.
Yet the path for full-service Jewish restaurants in the city hasn't been smooth. Super Mensch closed after eight months in business. The Bay Area has long had Jewish delis, bagel shops, and bakeries, but according to the Chronicle, it has had few modern full-service restaurants built specifically around Jewish cuisine, a gap Hadeem is now stepping into with a permanent home of its own.
