In an interview with Haighteration today, Frances chef Melissa Perello reveals that she’s “thinking about starting to think about Frances #2.” Certainly no one can accuse her of rushing things, having taken three years to develop and open Frances after leaving the kitchen at Fifth Floor, and we’re now three and a half years into the life of the highly successful Castro neighborhood restaurant. The concept for the spinoff would be like Frances, “but on a larger scale.” She says she’s contemplating the NoPa neighborhood (she also loves Nopa, the restaurant), as well as the Lower Haight, but whatever location she may find she’s going to look for “a space that [has] a neighborhood feel.” In any event, she’s “just contemplating it” at this point, so don’t get too excited. Yet. [Haighteration]
