SOHN

SŌHN occupies a deliberate position between café, community hub, and creative space at 2535 3rd Street in Dogpatch, one of San Francisco's more architecturally considered neighborhoods. Co-founded by chef Deuki Hong and managing partner Janet Lee, the project extends Hong's publicly documented "Koreaworld" vision, a framework, covered by Eater SF, for translating Korean American food culture into formats that reach beyond traditional restaurant dining. The all-day format is the operational backbone. SŌHN runs coffee, wine, and food across a single service window that spans morning through evening, with a menu built around familiar café anchors, sandwiches, toasts, pastries, reconfigured through Korean ingredients and sensibility.

A galbi patty melt, drawing on Korean short-rib preparation, has featured prominently in the venue's own social content and represents the kitchen's broader approach: Korean flavor logic applied to formats that read immediately to a broad audience. Janet Lee's role as managing partner shapes the non-food dimension of the space. SŌHN functions as a multi-use gathering venue, with design and community programming woven into its identity alongside the café operation. That dual function, a working café that also operates as an event and gathering space, is not incidental; it is how the founders have framed the concept from the outset.

For visitors to Dogpatch, SŌHN sits within a neighborhood that has accumulated a concentration of design studios, galleries, and considered independent hospitality over the past decade. The café operates as a daytime and early-evening destination rather than a dinner-service restaurant, which shapes how it fits into a broader San Francisco itinerary.