Dominique Crenn debuts pop-up kitchen outside Salesforce Tower

Chef Dominique Crenn attends the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival on Oct. 12, 2017 in New York City. Crenn announced on Thursday all three of her existing restaurants were going meatless. less Chef Dominique Crenn attends the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival on Oct. 12, 2017 in New York City. Crenn announced on Thursday all three of her existing restaurants were going ... more Photo: Daniel Zuchnik, Getty Photo: Daniel Zuchnik, Getty Image 1 of / 53 Caption Close Dominique Crenn debuts pop-up kitchen outside Salesforce Tower 1 / 53 Back to Gallery

If you’ve always wanted to dine at one of Dominique Crenn’s San Francisco restaurants but couldn't justify the price tag, you’re in luck. A new pop-up kitchen by the Michelin-star chef has debuted at Salesforce Tower.

Boutique Crenn opened Monday and is located outside Salesforce Tower, just in front of the Transbay transit center, where a variety of French goods, croissants and other viennoiserie items will be available.

At noon, SFGATE staff took a 15-minute walk to visit Boutique Crenn and selected one of each pastry available. It included a citrus bostock for $7, a kugelhopf and almond croissant for $6 each, a pain au chocolat for $5, and a plain croissant for $4. Five pastries later, our bill was $30.38 after tax.

The Crenn Dining Group’s new pop-up kitchen is in partnership with Off the Grid’s Cubert program, a mobile and pop-up kitchen retail space that allows vendors to use a temporary space for their business.

That’s the case with Boutique Crenn X Cubert, which will function as a placeholder for Crenn’s forthcoming restaurants inside Salesforce Tower with an anticipated opening around spring or summer of 2020.

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In 2018, The Chronicle’s Justin Phillips wrote that Crenn signed a lease for a 4,000-square-foot space on the first floor of the Salesforce Tower along with an additional 1,000-square-feet space in the building’s lobby. The spaces will host art shows, fashion pop-ups, temporary art installations, and of course food offerings.

A permanent Boutique Crenn inside Salesforce will work twofold as a patisserie and restaurant.

“Boutique Crenn is something that you would see in Paris or Japan,” Crenn told The Chronicle in 2018. “San Francisco leads the way in the restaurant world, so it fits here too.”

In the meantime, the pop-up Boutique Crenn will offer some popular baked goods from Monday through Friday between 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can check out the selections on their Instagram here.

The Crenn Dining Group first debuted the pop-up kitchen at Petit Crenn at 609 Hayes St. on Sept. 13 before moving it to 415 Mission St. on Monday.

Susana Guerrero is an SFGATE digital reporter. Email: Susana.Guerrero@sfgate.com | Twitter: @SusyGuerrero3