Lauren Quach from San Francisco was randomly selected this morning as our Final Winner of a VIP Crab Fest Dinner for Six with Sapporo Beer Tasting.  

Marketing Manager, Chamin Mills sent a DM tweet to Lauren this morning and within seconds she had already responded and announced to her coworkers that she WON!

Lauren is a BIG Pacific Catch fan and comes to the 9th Ave. location weekly with her boyfriend.  She even celebrated her 21st birthday at Pacific Catch 9th Ave. 2 years ago.  She has pictures to prove it! 

“It’s great to have a winner that is also a big fan of the restaurant” says Chamin Mills.

If you’re friends with Lauren, give her a call, you might be one of the lucky ones that gets to join her on Saturday.   

I’ll Walk the Dog Honey:

Who could have predicted that our recent volunteer outing would end up conflicting with Game One of the World Series?  Needless to say, I was incredibly touched when every single one of the team members who had signed up to garden in the park actually arrived!   We took on the very same clearing as last time, the one bordered by 7^th Avenue and Lincoln Blvd, and we made some serious progress.  On our initial outing there, we weeded, patched up the grass and encircled the trees with flowers and wood shavings.  This time around, we actually carved a walking path through the meadow and cleared away enough underbrush to camouflage a tank, otherwise known as some lucky park-goers’ silver Acura…  James, our park liaison, had chosen this particular spot near to our restaurant so that we could see the difference we had made there every time we walked past it.  Now that we’ve put a few group efforts into the spot, he’s begun to envision a Pacific Catch “under the sea” theme for that chunk of the park - complete with leafy seaweed-like bushes and coral-colored flowers.  A few more trips and we’ll have that new trail running from the end of the dog-run, practically straight up onto our pup friendly patio… and what better reason for walking your dog than a margarita waiting at the end of the road?

Amanda Grimm

Manager- Pacific Catch 9th Ave.

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Although it’s characteristically a slow day in the restaurant business, working on Halloween is not so bad if you work at Pacific Catch on 9^th Avenue.  It’s not so bad because of the awesome staff here that makes the most out of every occasion!  How great is it that every single server, bartender and host showed up to work in costume?  We had Princess Leah and a Black Cat seating our tables.  Had you dined with us during the holiday you would have had an adorable female sailor, a Dalmatian, a Doctor, a Little Red Riding Hood or a contestant on the Nickelodeon game show Guts taking your dinner order.   Behind the bar, it was like a flash back to the past with costumes from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s.  And to top it all off, we had Wonder Woman delivering food!

I started working at Pacific Catch 9th Ave. about 5 months ago. I really wanted to find a place with a comfortable yet professional atmosphere, good people to work with, and happy customers. I’m so glad I found it here. The family vibe at Pacific Catch is what intrigues me and it’s real, because customers feel it too. Lot’s of regulars bring in the whole family, and groups of friends share perfectly crispy calamari with thin pieces of fried lemon and spicy sriracha sauce. (MMmmm)  There is something to be said about a public establishment that can allow you to feel like you are in a safe space. A place in which you can relax and enjoy the delicious food and truly artistic cocktails; without the feeling that you’ve just walked into an ant colony of mass production like so many chain restaurants.

If you haven’t yet, come in and get a wasabi bowl- because that’s what I have dreams about people ordering, seriously. (Although I can’t stop eating the tacos myself)

Take a load off at the bar, grab a beer or a specialty cocktail. Who doesn’t want to try a bloody Mary with wasabi or a martini with ginger and pomegranate!

Yum.
Your gracious hostess 
Anastasia Sara Kaufman
  

The weather could not have been lovelier for the morning our Pacific Catch employees spent gardening in Golden Gate Park!  Upon our arrival at the clearing bordered by 7^th Avenue and Lincoln Blvd, the trees were encircled with weeds and high grass, and the area was overgrown with excess foliage in general.   James, our park liaison, had chosen this particular spot for us, just two blocks away from our restaurant, so that we could see the difference we had made there every time we walked past it.  Now, it’s been a while since I personally have taken any part in gardening chores, living in the city and all, and somehow I’d forgotten just how much work it can actually take to pull deeply rooted plants away from their home in the soil. We got down to business, clearing away truckloads of weeds, trimming hedges, planting flowers, and even uprooting a large bush and a full grown tree!  Thanks to Tom, Katie, Kelly, Sarah, Cassandra, Sean, Adrienne, Holden and Karla for taking part in the festivities and making our first volunteer outing a great success!  I don’t think I’ve been quite so dirty since my childhood days in the sandbox, otherwise known as the mudbox in my neck of the woods, but it was well worth the feelings of accomplishment and of giving something back to the enchanting park that contributes so greatly to our beautiful environment every day!   

Written by: Amanda Grimm, Pacific Catch Manager