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Open Restaurant

Open Restaurant was born from a heady discussion. Back in 2006, Chez Panisse employees, maitre d’ Sam White and chef Jerome Waag, started pondering Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord’s 1967 philosophy book.

The end result: A steer carcass and an avocado cocktail.

There are rare times when words escape the writer: not because of block, mind you, but because words don't seem like quite enough. Such is the predicament in trying to describe the spectacle that was Saturday night at the SFMOMA, where a Futurism banquet organized by OPEN restaurant (part of the ongoing MOMA Futurist exhibit which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Futurism) went down.