Abstract Table’s Edible Art
Buttery tasting, raw hamachi served in the “Kelp Forest” dinner.
Andrew Greene and Duncan Kwitkor know full well that folks eat with their eyes first.
After all, they are both painters who met as painting students at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Since starving artists may be a cliche yet also unfortunately a truism, Greene and Duncan soon turned their attention to their love of cooking in hopes of pursuing a more economically stable profession.
The result was Abstract Table, a pop-up dinner series that now has a home base after hours at The Gastropig, the fun brunch-lunch spot in Oakland, where Greene used to cook.
A week ago, though, Abstract Table returned to its roots, hosting a pop-up at the Naked Kitchen private events space in the Mission District of San Francisco. Typically, the five-course menu is $50; the seven-course one is $70.
Prepping for Abstract Table’s pop-up at the Naked Kitchen in San Francisco.
Chef Andrew Greene (far left) and chef Duncan Kwitkor (in green apron), along with their assistants.
What’s fun about this space is that it’s essentially the main floor of a Victorian house, in which the kitchen has been outfitted with professional-grade appliances and the living room and dining room get set with tables for dinner guests. You’re free to wander around, too, to sneak peeks at all the action in the kitchen.