The owner of Wormwood restaurant in North Park and Tahona in Old Town is bringing a new NFT art gallery, Spanish restaurant and gin bar dubbed Botanica to San Diego.
Under his Be Saha Hospitality Group umbrella, Harrag recently took over a 1,500 square foot space next door to North Park Art Produce for the opening of a new bar, restaurant and art gallery named Botanica. In addition to being a viewing gallery and marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with digital art display screens sited throughout the unit, Botanica will have a 48-seat bar and lounge with a cocktail and spirits menu devoted to gin and its juniper berry-made precursor genever. The cocktail list will be developed from beverage director Marina Ferreira, who will also offer education tastings at the bar. There will also be a menu of Spanish pintxos-inspired bar bites from culinary director Janina Garay and kitchen manager Tiffany Tran, who previously worked together at San Diego's two Michelin-starred Addison in Del Mar.
Botanica is anticipated to open in late summer/early fall at 3139 University Avenue in San Diego's North Park. For more information, visit botanicabarsd.com.
