The Progress

The Progress sits in the middle of the Fillmore Jazz District of Western Addition, Immediately adjacent to big (little) sister restaurant, State Bird Provisions. Here one may order a la carte dishes to be eaten family style. One should definitely plan to come en mass to the Progress, not simply to share a BBQed half duck or harissa-grilled lamb from local farmers, but to crack into accomplished sommelier Jason Alexander’s excellent list.

Alexander (who is a managing partner for The Progress) demonstrates his continued curiosity for the world of wine by punctuating his tightly curated list of old and new world wines with compelling, well-researched features, such as a section of decades-old verticals celebrating historical California producers like Stony Hill Vineyards, Ridge, and Dun or a feature demonstrating a spread of classic Meursault to introduce relative newcomer Antoine Jobard (son of François Jobard). Choosing wine off his list to go with that food is pure pleasure.

$30 for the first 2 750ml bottles and then it increases by $30 for each additional; i.e. 3rd bottle $60, 4th bottle $90, 5th bottle $120. A magnum, or larger bottle is counted by volume.