Rusty Ladle is a soup-centered takeout and to-go operation in the Outer Sunset, built next door to the Great Highway Gallery. The rotating soup menu includes a Bodega Bay style clam chowder, a vegan tomato soup, a vegan and gluten-free sweet potato soup called Soup of the Valkyrie, and a chicken noodle with matzo ball. Sandwiches include La Magnifica (schiacciata bread, mortadella, provolone, olive salad, truffle oil) and the Schmelty, an inside-out grilled cheese that can be topped with house-made kimchi or house-made turkey chorizo. Friday specials have included a tomato pie made with schiacciata bread and a twice-baked potato stuffed with a hot dog.
The restaurant comes from chef John Lindsey, who trained at the California Culinary Academy and worked at Hayes Street Grill before a stint with Mark Miller at Coyote Cafe in New Mexico. He later returned to Hayes Street Grill, where he met his wife and Rusty Ladle co-founder Kristin Lubenow Lindsey. The restaurant sits beside the Great Highway Gallery, which Lindsey also runs, combining his interests in food and art under one roof.
The restaurant comes from chef John Lindsey, who trained at the California Culinary Academy and worked at Hayes Street Grill before a stint with Mark Miller at Coyote Cafe in New Mexico. He later returned to Hayes Street Grill, where he met his wife and Rusty Ladle co-founder Kristin Lubenow Lindsey. The restaurant sits beside the Great Highway Gallery, which Lindsey also runs, combining his interests in food and art under one roof.