In Cha Cha Cha's old space, Sangria & Salt opens its doors

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Jonathan S. Young stands beside the bar inside Sangria & Salt, his new Caribbean restaurant in the longtime former Cha Cha Cha site on Mission Street. Light pours through the front window, and a gold chain with a rooster glints on Young’s neck.

Young, 39, opened Sangria & Salt on Sept. 12 at 2327 Mission St. near 19th Street. He calls it his “dream” come true.

“It’s such an honor to be the one to give it a refresh while paying homage to what it was,” says Young, standing beside an enormous, horseshoe-shaped bar that is, at 140 feet, rumored to be one of the lo