Janine Kahn
The tables in the front windows are a nice place to watch the passing parade known as the Haight.
Martin Macks, the Irish bar and restaurant shuttered since a fire in September, recently reopened, freshened up with light hardwood floors and five bigscreen TVs. It's good to see a state-side pub reopening, when they're closing in record numbers in Merrie Old England, with estimates running as high as six a day closing forever. A brand-new wood-burning pizza oven is a nice ad