The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/13/michael-mina-opens-pabu-chan-a-new-sake-tasting-jewel-box-i/Just outside the doors of PABU, the 11-year-old izakaya that Michael Mina opened in the base of 101 California, there is a new separate sake bar and private event space, and it's called Pabu-Chan. Michael Mina has had a big fall season in San Francisco, with the debut of the stunning new, reimagined Bourbon Steak and Bourbon Lounge at the Westin St. Francis, marking a major return to Union Square and a show of faith for the neighborhood's comeback. And just weeks after that opening, we have news of the opening of Pabu-Chan, a new sake tasting room and private event space, in a glass cube space just outside PABU, in the plaza of 101 California — off California Str

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