The Mess Hall Food Hall Is Open at the Presidio’s Tunnel Tops

The Mess Hall, a 6,200-square-foot food hall at 201 Halleck Street in the Presidio, opened on August 15, 2026. It holds three counter-service restaurants, a full bar, a coffee counter and a provisions market, all run by one team and sharing a single open kitchen.

The building sits a few steps from Tunnel Tops park. From one corner of the bar you can see the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts, and a window at the other end frames the Transamerica Pyramid. There are about 88 seats inside and 120 outside, most of the outdoor ones facing the water.

What’s inside

Boda is Korean-Japanese, with Korean fried chicken, kimchi fried rice and mandu dumplings. Breadwinner covers sandwiches: breakfast sandwiches, smashburgers, salads and subs, including a hybrid porchetta and Philly roast pork. Day Boat handles seafood, with raw oysters, shrimp cocktail, crudo, clam chowder and build-your-own handrolls made to travel. Peter Serpico, former head chef and opening partner at Momofuku Ko in New York, consulted on the menus. Honey butter fries and dino nuggets are on there too.

The coffee bar opens at 7 a.m. daily, roasting Wrecking Ball beans and serving pastries from Breadbelly. The market stocks Rize Up sourdough, milk, chilled wine and beer, picnic supplies and sunscreen, aimed at the roughly 3,000 residents and 200 businesses in the Presidio as much as at park visitors. The bar pours cocktails, wine and local beer, including Cellarmaker from San Francisco and Ghost Town Brewing from Oakland.

How it came together

The Presidio Trust signed a long-term lease for 201 Halleck Street in July 2024 and described the project as the park’s largest and final food, beverage and retail addition. It was first slated for 2025, then summer 2026. The operators are founding partners Rob Gaon and Nate Leonard, working with architecture firm Studio KDA and contractor ACI.

The building went up in 1897 as a depot and storage facility and was later moved within the park to its current spot above Crissy Field. The wood floors are original, and the team reused some of the 128-year-old old-growth fir on the front of the bar and the restaurant counters. A wood frame that once held a large winch is now part of the coffee bar.

Tunnel Tops opened in July 2022 on top of the Presidio Parkway tunnels. The Mess Hall joins Main Post restaurants including Dalida, Colibri and Il Parco.

Getting there

The free PresidiGo shuttle stops at the Presidio Transit Center near the Main Post, a short walk from Tunnel Tops, and Muni’s 30 Stockton and 43 Masonic lines serve the Presidio. Parking at Tunnel Tops is limited, so the shuttle or transit is the easier option on busy days.

Sources: The San Francisco Standard, the Presidio Trust, and The Mess Hall. More on the area in our guides to the Presidio and Tunnel Tops.

Image: Presidio Trust.