Historic Fillmore Jazz Corridor Ushers In New Year's
Eat Drink Celebrate

(December 20, 2008) San Francisco’s Fillmore District was once a vibrant entertainment district when jazz clubs lined its streets. With its recent restaurant and music additions, the area, now called the Fillmore Jazz Preservation District, comes alive once more, and celebrates New Year’s Eve with a number of special events:

Christmas Eve
The restaurant, 1300 on Fillmore, celebrates Christmas Eve with Michael and Michala Cheadle singing holiday songs. The restaurant will be serving its regular menu from 5pm-9pm. For information, call 415/771-7100.

New Year’s Eve Dining – Celebration Menus
Yoshi’s Jazz Club and Restaurant celebrates New Year’s Eve with Executive Chef, Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio preparing a menu with seasonal specialties including Big eye tuna tartar, Dungeness crab meat tempura, a fresh seaweed, pear and Fuji apple salad and a host of other specialties. Dinner includes a champagne toast and party favors. The jazz club presents Grammy-award winning Latin-jazz pianist Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta II for $100 per person, 9pm show. Dinner and show packages available. For more information, go to http://sf.yoshis.com/sf/jazzclub.

1300 On Fillmore Restaurant 1300 on Fillmore, an intimate, upscale Soulful American Cuisine restaurant and lounge presenting the cuisine of acclaimed British-Jamaican chef David Lawrence. The restaurant offers two fixed-price dinner options, complete with champagne toast and party favors. Choose between a four-course, fixed-price menu for $75 for the early seating or the 8:45 pm seating at $100 per person. A six-course menu is also available for $115, with oyster bisque, sweet potato gnocchi, shrimp etouffee, duck prosciutto, filet of beef with a touchon of foie gras or pan-roasted black bass, and a selection of desserts. Wine pairings for the menus are available for an additional charge. For more information and reservations go to www.1300fillmore.com or call, 415/771-7100.

Rasselas Jazz Club The Fillmore entertainment scene also includes a number of other jazz venues and dining choices. Rasselas Jazz Club (www.rasselasjazzclub.com) located at 1534 Fillmore serves Ethiopian cuisine, will feature a dinner buffet and show. The show will spotlight performances by the five-piece R&B Neo Soul and Jazzbank and DJ Bobby spinning soul, hip-hop and R& B dance favorites. Buffet dinner and champagne toast for $60, or show and champagne toast for $30. For tickets, call 415/346-8696.

Sheba Lounge (www.shebalounge.com) at 1419 Fillmore serves up live music with a jazz trio SF Jazz, along with an Ethiopian/Mediterraean three-course fixed-price menu with a champagne toast. For reservations, call 415/440-7414.