Owner Denise Tran wanted to create a “bustling urban Asian diner and sandwich shop” to serve her modern reinterpretation of Vietnamese street food, the Bahn Mi sandwich. Renamed Bun Mee, this Pacific Heights restaurant was formerly a tiny gelateria. We turned a red and gold, classically column-clad scoop shop into a vibrant, modern, and warm restaurant with a touch of urban street stall grit. Extra long pendant light cords echo the exposed feel of Asian night markets. Simple flea market stools are reminiscent of  casual sidewalk seating at outdoor food stands. Vintage rusted tin corrugated metal panels recall market stalls balanced by softly aging zinc countertops.

Owner Denise Tran wanted to create a “bustling urban Asian diner and sandwich shop” to serve her modern reinterpretation of Vietnamese street food, the Bahn Mi sandwich. Renamed Bun Mee, this Pacific Heights restaurant was formerly a tiny gelateria. We turned a red and gold, classically column-clad scoop shop into a vibrant, modern, and warm restaurant with a touch of urban street stall grit. Extra long pendant light cords echo the exposed feel of Asian night markets. Simple flea market stools are reminiscent of  casual sidewalk seating at outdoor food stands. Vintage rusted tin corrugated metal panels recall market stalls balanced by softly aging zinc countertops.

PRESS

The New Fillmore

With a vibrant design, smart graphics and an inventive menu almost entirely under $10, the Vietnamese sandwich eatery Bun Mee is ready for its grand opening today at 2015 Fillmore Street.

SF Examiner

The genius Vietnamese conflation of the raw and the cooked is at the heart of Bun Mee’s appeal.

7 x7

Sometimes I go to a new restaurant and my blink instinct tells me that this one is going to do just fine, even in the dog-eat-dog restaurant world of San Francisco.

Spotted SF

I’ll stop here for a $6-$7 Vietnamese-style sandwich any day.