Neighborhood Test Kitchen to take over International Smoke space

Neighborhood Test Kitchen will use the former barbecue restaurant space as a room for short residencies rather than one fixed restaurant. The first menu is expected to follow an American brasserie style from Mina Group's culinary team.

Later runs may feature guest chefs and collaborators as Mina Group tests ideas that could turn into permanent restaurants. The plan brings back a model Mina used more than a decade ago and gives downtown San Francisco diners a changing restaurant lineup at a prominent SoMa address.