Restauranteur Kingston Wu’s Westwood has been known, pre-pandemic, to host a rowdy brunch crowd, with groups often showing up in hoards of thirty or more to down gimlets and margaritas and go for a spin on the Tex-Mex restaurant’s mechanical bull.
And now that Westwood’s preppy, marina-style neighbor The Greenwich has closed its doors at 3154 Fillmore Street, Wu and his crew have bought up the spot and plan to open Wilder — a rustic, forest-inspired restaurant that will specialize in “international comfort food,” Kingston told Eater. Reportedly, the space will be separated into a main dining room, a cocktail lounge, and a parklet for outdoor seating, and, in keeping with the log-cabin vibe, will feature white birch wallpaper, wood floors, and an antler chandelier.
Chef Jesus Dominguez, who heads the BBQ menu at Westwood, will oversee the menu at Wilder, too. And in typical Marina fashion, the Wilder menu is promising an espresso martini and a whiskey luge (made from the bone on the menu’s bone marrow dish).
Plans for a grand opening on April 30th are in the works, so Marina brunch-goers should start prepping their pallets for whiskey-glazed french toast and elderflower sangria, which is sure to be served by the pitcher.
