San Francisco ◆ est. 2022 as a restaurant, 2026 as a brand

Birch & Rye

Caviar now.
Vodka to come.

The name, the standards and the table manners of a Michelin-recognised Russian kitchen in Noe Valley.

Reserve a tin The caviar

Photograph · Sarah Felker

The restaurant's caviar service, its rye, and the hospitality of a Russian table are what the brand keeps.

Noe Valley · San Francisco

House-smoked sturgeon, Kaluga caviar, preserved Meyer lemon and petite rye — Photograph · **Sarah Felker**

INow delivering

Caviar, delivered in San Francisco

Birch and Rye caviar is hand-delivered in the Bay Area today to confirm and ships chilled to confirm.

Grade, origin and tin sizes are being set with the producer; the first orders went out in October 2026.

See the caviar

The tinsIn preparation — nothing here is a quote

No. 01Kaluga hybrid to confirmLarge, glossy pearls with a long buttery finish.View No. 02Ossetra to confirmNutty, firm, golden-brown to dark amber.View No. 03Caviar service set to confirmA tin with blini, crème fraîche and a mother-of-pearl spoon.View

IIThe name

From a restaurant to a brand

Birch & Rye opened in 2022 as Chef Anya El-Wattar's interpretation of modern Russian cuisine through a California lens.

By the end of its first year it was in Michelin's California Guide, a James Beard semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, and its chef was Eater San Francisco's Chef of the Year. The restaurant's name carries on in the caviar and the vodka.

Chef Anya El-Wattar

A dish at Birch & Rye, Noe Valley — Photograph · **Patricia Chang**

Summer borsch at Birch & Rye — Photograph · **Jesse Cudworth**

Michelin Guide California

Birch & Rye · 2022

James Beard semifinalist

Best New Restaurant

Eater SF Chef of the Year

Anya El-Wattar

Top Chef, season 22

Bravo · 2025

21+Only

IIIComing

Vodka, under the same name

A Russian vodka and infusions line is in planning. Federal and California permits come before the first bottle.

Twenty-one and overThe vodka pages carry a 21+ gate and will ask for your date of birth before showing products. Vodka is sold only to adults 21 and over, with age verified again at delivery.

Be told when the first bottles exist

Photograph · Sarah Felker

By invitation

The private client

Orders are taken personally, by message or email, and delivered by hand in San Francisco to confirm. Online checkout follows once the company's food registration and seller's permit are in place.

Reserve a tin

Preview — reservations are not yet being taken

IVTrade

Restaurants, retailers, events

Restaurants, retailers, caterers and events in the Bay Area to confirm: tins in trade sizes, service sets, and a chef who knows how the product should be served.

Wholesale and press enquiries go to Nordic Ventures, the company behind the brand.

Wholesale & press