This can be a curated listing of the Bay Space’s most notable and everlasting restaurant and bar closures, with new updates revealed as soon as per week. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line.
November 23
SOMA — Certainly one of San Francisco’s finest breweries is closing up store and shifting its manufacturing to the East Bay. As Eater SF reported, Cellarmaker will shut its unique SoMa brewery and taproom on the finish of the yr. The brewery has acquired Berkeley’s the Uncommon Barrel and can transfer manufacturing to that facility, ultimately reopening the taproom there, too.
ALAMEDA — As first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, Alameda-based distillery Hangar 1 will shut its vodka distillery and tasting room after December 18. The corporate says the closure is “required to fulfill the altering wants of the enterprise,” including that manufacturing will transfer to a accomplice facility within the Bay Space.
OAKLAND — Elbo Room, an Oakland bar recognized for dwell reveals, moody lighting, and low cost drinks is nearing its finish, the Chronicle additionally reported. The homeowners say they’re hoping to promote the Jack London Sq. enterprise and can maintain it open till the deal is completed.
SAN MATEO — It was an extended 40-year run for Windy Metropolis Pizza & BBQ in San Mateo, however as of November 20 the Chicago-themed bar and restaurant has closed, per the Mercury Information. Proprietor Bob Yeats catered to ex-Chicagoans with a menu of deep-dish pizzas, scorching canine, and Italian beef sandwiches for many years, however the procuring heart that housed Windy Metropolis is slated for redevelopment.
PALO ALTO — Cocoa & Butter, a French bakery that opened in downtown Palo Alto in April, introduced plans to shut its doorways on November 16, Palo Alto On-line stories. Husband and spouse homeowners Fouzia Rafae and Rafae Bhatti cited “main workforce challenges, a lease enhance, and a quickly altering financial local weather,” as causes for the store’s closure — however add that they’ll proceed to promote their truffles, cupcakes, and cookies on-line.
November 16
OAKLAND — The Noodle Concept group is closing down its final location on November 20, shutting the Rockridge outpost of its well-liked restaurant after 15 years. The homeowners introduced the closure on Instagram final week, noting that the restaurant has struggled during the last three years, citing staffing points and rising bills. The homeowners will keep Lou’s Hen Store in Moraga, LazyBird Espresso in Alameda, and the Hoptonic tea model, which began in the course of the pandemic. Already, there’s a restaurant lined as much as take over the area: well-liked pasta pop-up Sfizio.
OAKLAND — East Bay Nosh readers let the meals web site know that Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant, Cafe & Market in Oakland seems “closed and emptied out.” The spot lately transitioned right into a restaurant, after a while as a grocery retailer and (smaller) cafe. Certainly, Google already lists the restaurant as “briefly closed” and calls to the enterprise quantity go straight to a full voicemail field.
BERKELEY — Nosh additionally has the information on the not-quite-a-closure transfer to fold in Italian restaurant Paisan with sister restaurant, and literal neighbor, Longbranch. A couple of, however not all of Paisan’s dishes made the minimize within the transfer to mix the eating places, however pizzas are gone for now.
SAUSALITO — Longtime Chinese language restaurant Feng Nian has stood the take a look at of time for 41 years in Sausalito, however now the homeowners are closing the restaurant completely as of November 16. A discover of closure thanked clients and employees all through the years, earlier than stating that the homeowners are “wanting ahead to taking some long-awaited time to chill out, spend time with our households and revel in all that Marin has to supply.”
November 9
SOMA — Downtown San Francisco eating places have had a tough go at bouncing again following the compelled closures that marked the pandemic, and now it appears acclaimed chef Bruce Hill’s ode to pizza, Zero Zero, is ready to shut completely. Hill instructed Eater SF that “it’s simply not working,” with the restaurant’s SoMa location, and that the restaurant will serve its final leopard-spotted pizzas on Saturday, November 12.
UPPER HAIGHT — Longtime Haight Avenue hole-in-the-wall, Ploy II Thai Delicacies, has closed up store after 33 years within the Mission. SFGATE caught the information, reporting the restaurant’s homeowners retired and left a be aware within the window thanking neighbors and clients for his or her help through the years.
OAKLAND — After 12 years in Oakland, the homeowners of Commonwealth Cafe and Pub have determined to shut. The pub briefly shut down for a month earlier than asserting the information in early November, SFGATE stories, however will return briefly from November 16 by December 18 for a sequence of occasions for the World Cup earlier than ending issues completely.
LOS GATOS — Chef-owner David Kinch of Manresa introduced he was departing his three-Michelin-star restaurant again in August, however held out hope the restaurant may go on with out him. It appears, nevertheless, that these plans have modified with the November 7 press launch stating that Manresa would shut on the finish of the yr. When you’re seeking to rating a number of the restaurant’s remaining seats of December, reservations for the month shall be launched at midnight on November 14 through Tock, with a blowout New 12 months’s Eve service set for the restaurant’s final evening, clocking in at a cool $725 for the tasting menu, plus $325 for non-compulsory wine pairings.
November 2
CHINATOWN — Quickly and Quickly, the memento and occasional store from Mister Jui’s chef and proprietor Brandon Jew, has closed, per a submit on the enterprise’s Instagram. The small store served espresso and pastries on prime of promoting mech like water bottles, hoodies, hats, and tote luggage.
MISSION — The San Francisco Enterprise Journal introduced the closure of 8-year-old Indian restaurant Ritu whereas additionally sharing information that the 3111 twenty fourth Avenue area will turn out to be a brand new Greek restaurant referred to as Gyros and Tzatziki. Ritu proprietor Rupam Bhagat says the restaurant shuttered after service on Sunday, October 30 however will proceed to supply catering providers by a third-party platform.
MISSION BAY — Seven Stills, the San Francisco-based brewery and distillery, introduced the closure of its Mission Bay facility and the tip of all its operations in late October. The information comes simply three years after the corporate opened a big warehouse-like restaurant, bar, and manufacturing area within the neighborhood round Chase Middle and never removed from Oracle Park.
DIAMOND HEIGHTS — Harbor Villa Restaurant, situated in the identical plaza as Safeway within the Diamond Heights neighborhood, has closed. An Eater SF tipster first famous the closure; the restaurant’s cellphone has been disconnected. The menu supplied Chinese language and Chinese language American dishes reminiscent of kung pao rooster, honey walnut shrimp, and steamed pork buns.
OAKLAND — Aunt Mary’s Cafe, a 14-year-old Temescal restaurant, will shut on November 6, per Oaklandside. Proprietor Ngan-Ha “Nu” Ho mentioned the enterprise has been working at a loss for the reason that pandemic. It was her husband Jack Stewart who began the enterprise in 2008, which shortly turned well-liked for its “Southern-meets-Sountwestern meals” together with Southern bubble and squeak, pozole verde with a fried masa cake, and Cajun-style French toast made with baguette.
October 26
BERNAL HEIGHTS — Previous Satan Moon made the sudden announcement Friday through Instagram that it might be closing up store on November 19. Co-owner Chris Cohen went additional into the small print with SFGATE, telling the information web site the companions “determined that the time was proper to wind down and transfer on to new tasks.”
MARINA — Marina Subs, not less than as run by beloved proprietor Kyu Jo (who goes by Kyu or “Q”), is completed. Kyu retired as of October 24, after 36 years of operating the store and making sandwiches. Hoodline captured the scene in the course of the retailer’s final day and shared that new homeowners will quickly be taking on, with a number of the favourite sandwiches making it onto the brand new menu. Breakfast objects are being added to the repertoire.
MISSION — Whereas not technically a closure per se, Pizzeria Delfina is closed within the bodily sense on condition that it was folded into the bigger, renovated Delfina area, which reopens October 26. Pizzas are nonetheless out there for takeout or supply through Doordash.
OAKLAND — A Style of Denmark is closed as of October 23 after 80 years as Neldam’s Bakery, then 13 years run by a bunch of staff beneath the opposite title. KPIX stories the store was compelled to close down attributable to inflation and excessive rents, one co-owner instructed the outlet.
OAKLAND — Berkeleyside has the unhappy information that Fruitvale’s Mz Kettle’s BBQ seems to be closed. The publication couldn’t attain chef Terry, however Google appears to substantiate the information as effectively.
EMERYVILLE — Berkeleyside additionally caught the information that A Woman Named Pinky left the Emeryville Public Market again in early September. Whereas not bodily in a retail area, the enterprise continues to be open for catering and supply, the publication is fast to level out.
October 19
MISSION DISTRICT — Korner Retailer, the sake and home music go-to on Valencia Avenue, closed in some unspecified time in the future in the previous couple of weeks. Importantly, an indication left on the door says the outlet for snacks and booze will discover a extra sound-proof residence quickly — and the enterprise will open a brand new boba store in the identical location quickly.
COLE VALLEY — On October 17, roughly out of the blue, Cole Valley neighborhood cling for tacos and tequila Padrecito closed for good. Proprietor Nate Valentine let followers know the ultimate day of service could be October 18, however the meals merely ran out sooner than anticipated as soon as the information of the closing circulated by the neighborhood’s Fb group.
INNER SUNSET — Eater SF broke the information of the upcoming closure of Nick Beitcher’s bagel emporium at 646 Irving Avenue. But it surely seems you’ll have a bit of bit longer to get your bagel repair; Beitcher now says Midnite is closing on the finish of October. Midnite Bagel opened to a lot fanfare in Could 2022, however, regardless of just a few fish-infused choices, Beitcher says the store is simply not syncing with the neighborhood how he hoped it might. The bagels will nonetheless be out there at wholesale shops and farmers markets.
NAPA — Napa Valley’s go-to vacation spot for bowling and fried potato tacos Lane 33 closed on October 15. The San Francisco Chronicle broke the information of chef Alex Soto’s departure, reporting that Soto will look to open a brand new location sometime down the road.
PALO ALTO — French bistro Pastis closed on October 10. Palo Alto On-line stories the restaurant opened in 2011, and that objects from the restaurant at the moment are being offered on Fb market. The closing is the most recent in a string of California Avenue shutterings in Palo Alto.
October 12
OUTER SUNSET — As Eater SF reported, Hotline, the Outer Sundown restaurant serving junghwa meals, is ready to shut on October 16. The restaurant goes out in fashion, nevertheless: Homeowners Eddo Kim and Clara Lee, additionally behind Internal Sundown Korean superette Queens, will serve a chef’s tasting menu for Hotline’s closing weekend, somewhat than an la carte menu, because the restaurant sometimes does.
NOB HILL — The Huntington Lodge is going through foreclosures, the Mercury Information stories, and for now the historic lodge, the spa, and Huge 4 Restaurant are all “closed till additional discover,” in keeping with its web site. The lodge is at the moment in default on its mortgage — therefore, the foreclosures chance — and owes $61.1 million in keeping with the Merc, so it appears seemingly the closure could flip everlasting.
MISSION — The long-standing Double Play Bar and Grill was destroyed late September in a hearth that was a “complete loss” for the primary flooring the place Double Play was housed, in keeping with the San Francisco Chronicle. The 113-year-old bar was residence to loads of Seals and Giants memorabilia, and a few have gone as far as to recommend the Giants ought to assist deliver the bar again.
TENDERLOIN — Regardless of statements saying the San Francisco outpost of Mikkeller Bar wasn’t closing, following information that the Copenhagen-based firm was shutting down its San Diego brewery in August, the bar is now done-done, in keeping with the San Francisco Examiner.
BERKELEY — Followers of poutine and pastrami sandwiches in Berkeley had been saddened to be taught of the “hibernation” of Augie’s Montreal Deli in 2021, however there was at all times hope the restaurant would land in a brand new Berkeley residence. Now we all know, that’s not the case. As a substitute, the deli discovered two new spots within the year-and-change since that announcement and is now working as a vendor at each SAP Middle and Chase Middle, serving meals at Sharks and Warriors video games, Berkeleyside stories.
SANTA ROSA — Cattlemens is closing up store in Santa Rosa after 52 years within the Montgomery Village procuring heart, the Press Democrat stories, wrapping up its run on the finish of the yr. Whereas it’s a tragic time for locals who frequented that location, it’s not solely unhealthy information: The corporate plans to relocate the restaurant to Rohnert Park.
MOUNTAIN VIEW — Maru Ichi served its final bowl of ramen in September after 19 years serving shoyu and tonkotsu ramen in Mountain View, in keeping with the San Francisco Chronicle.
October 5
NORTH BEACH — When you can nonetheless fulfill your blue corn tortilla cravings at Barrio’s newer location at Ghirardelli Sq., the Latin-Mexican restaurant’s outpost on Powell Avenue in North Seaside has closed, the proprietor confirmed through e-mail this week. The group is engaged on what’s subsequent for the area, so keep tuned for updates.
OUTER SUNSET — As Eater SF reported, hit bagel maker Nick Beitcher of Midnite Bagel is pulling out of the Outer Sundown, shutting down his retail store later this month. He’ll maintain the wholesale and farmers market arms of the enterprise operating although, for all of the followers of his uniquely Californian sourdough bagels.
OUTER SUNSET — You’ll have to move out to Mission Bay for beer and whiskey now that the Outer Sundown Seven Stills taproom has closed. The corporate introduced the information on Instagram on September 23 however didn’t embody a purpose for downsizing to only one location.
BERKELEY — A Berkeley outpost of well-liked Korean fried rooster chain Bonchon all of a sudden closed, Berkeleyside stories. The restaurant, which was situated at 2050 Berkeley Means, served college students and native workplace staff for 5 years.
BERKELEY — As Eater SF reported beforehand, well-liked grilled meat restaurant the Kebabery will serve its remaining skewers on October 8. Proprietor Russell Moore, who gained consideration for his live-fire cooking on the now-closed restaurant Camino, instructed the San Francisco Chronicle he’s getting out of the business altogether.
OAKLAND — Former Miss Ollie’s chef and proprietor Sarah Kirnon introduced the tip of their pop-up Holders Home at Forage Kitchen on Instagram, telling diners they’ve till October 7 to come back by for fried rooster, okra, and different Caribbean meals specialties.
OAKLAND — The San Francisco Chronicle stories Bay Space ice cream firm Smitten shut down its Rockridge location in late September, as introduced on Instagram. Places within the Mission District and Santana Row in San Jose stay open.
OAKLAND — Traditional Automobiles West, a vacation spot for up-and-coming cooks to showcase their abilities, put an finish to its foods and drinks choices this month, Berkeleyside stories. Since shifting to Oakland in 2010, the automotive showroom hosted numerous notable pop-ups together with Popoca, Portobela, the Hourglass Room, and Hella Vegan Eats.
RICHMOND — You’ll have till November 27 to move to Black Star Pirate BBQ at Level San Pablo Harbor in Richmond, the Mercury Information stories. Homeowners Tony Carracci and Miss Suzie, who lately opened Baltic Kiss bar and restaurant additionally in Richmond, say the lease is up on the restaurant area. They encourage followers to come back out for the restaurant’s remaining days, which can characteristic dwell music and, after all, loads of barbecue together with brisket, pulled pork, ribs, greens, and cowboy beans.
SAN CARLOS — Palo Alto On-line stories that Redwood Coast Cider, which operated two taprooms in San Carlos and downtown San Mateo, closed each areas on October 1. In line with one of many enterprise homeowners “the choice to shut was pushed by growing rents and native improvement,” the outlet stories.
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento beer lovers misplaced one possibility for a chilly pint with the closure of Tower Brewing on October 2. The East Sacramento location shall be taken over by Excessive Water Brewing, the Sacramento Bee stories. Tower Brewing proprietor Jeff Howes mentioned in a Fb submit that he needed to shut down the enterprise attributable to his declining well being.
September 29
OUTER SUNSET — Outerlands, the much-loved Judah Avenue restaurant plying brunch-goers with sourdough toast and vibrant mimosas, closed on September 26. Homeowners Dave Muller and Lana Porcello say new homeowners will take over straight away, although, so the closure could also be a short one.
BERKELEY — Alchemy Collective, a worker-owned espresso store at 1741 Alcatraz Avenue, completely closed on the finish of September after a beforehand introduced momentary closure. Berkeleyside stories an indication was posted to the door that claims “we’re unsure what’s going to occur” and the collective “hope[s] to achieve out to individuals who have practical concepts of the best way to use the area.”
OAKLAND — The Kebabery’s resident pop-up Sesame a Tiny Bakery is shutting down operations to concentrate on discovering its personal area. The aptly named operation took to Instagram to let followers know October 1 could be the ultimate day to get cake — for now.
OAKLAND — Maria Esquivel’s pop-up turned everlasting area Chica closed after six years. Berkeleyside reported the restaurant’s closure announcement on Instagram; although the final day of service was September 18, the store will flip into Xica and open in Levi’s Plaza in San Francisco.
LOS ALTOS — Superstar chef Traci Des Jardins’ six-month-old restaurant El Alto isn’t any extra. Palo Alto On-line broke the information of the out-of-the-blue closure, and particulars are scarce. Compared to the 21 years Jardins’ restaurant Jardinière lasted, this shuttering comes as fairly a shock.
September 21
DESIGN DISTRICT — The Grove’s Design District outpost has closed, the San Francisco Normal reported first, leaving solely the Grove at Yerba Buena location open. The homeowners of the family-owned neighborhood cafe say the now-shuttered restaurant by no means recovered from the impression of the pandemic. An announcement on the restaurant web site reads partly: “This pretty, charming neighborhood at the moment has far fewer individuals than previous to the pandemic. We have now fought valiantly to outlive and outlast the second.”
MISSION — After a full century of serving tamales to the neighborhood, Mission District establishment Roosevelt Tamale Parlor has closed. The restaurant’s present co-owner Aaron Presbrey tells Mission Native the restaurant “by no means fairly bounced again from the pandemic,” and the constructing’s proprietor couldn’t assure a lease renewal for the reason that constructing the place the restaurant is situated is up on the market. It’s unclear precisely when Roosevelt Tamale Parlor opened its doorways, however the homeowners, who took over the enterprise in 2012, celebrated its 100-year anniversary in November 2021.
September 14
MISSION — A favourite New York slice store for a lot of a drunk dancing fiend, Arinell Pizza on Valencia within the Mission closed on September 10. The unique location in Berkeley is alive and effectively, however proprietor Ron Demirdijian instructed Mission Native prices had been simply too excessive and nightlife simply too quiet as of late.
EXCELSIOR — To everybody’s dismay, native dive and hang-out Damaged Document is closing on October 15. The information is difficult for each Eater SF’s Dianne de Guzman, who penned an ode to the time when the dive was her neighborhood native, and would-be dictator of Taste City Man Fieri, who visited that one time.
BERKELEY — Eater SF missed Brazillian Breads closing its 1707 Solano Avenue storefront. Berkeleyside reported the closure in mid-August as proprietor Del Rodrigues moved to North Carolina, doubling down on wholesale in grocery shops.
OAKLAND — After seven years allotting Filipino soul meals, the aptly named FlipNSoul turned off the lights for good. Berkeleyside stories the restaurant closed in August and served out of its storefront at 210 14th Avenue.
HEALDSBURG — Campo Fina, the wine nation metropolis of Healdsburg’s favourite spot for Italian bites and bocce, is closing on October 1. In line with the San Francisco Chronicle homeowners Ari and Dawnelise Rosen cited a laundry listing of points together with inflation, the labor scarcity, and a lease that doubled since simply the beginning of the yr.
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento’s vacation spot for gumbo and tostones of practically 40 years Celestin’s goes darkish. The Sacramento Bee says the French Creole and Cajun restaurant is closing for good this time, after relocating thrice by its life span. Homeowners Patrick and Phoebe Célestin need to promote their enterprise for $160,000.
September 8
BERKELEY — Berkelyside let readers know a 26-year-old pizza store on College Avenue has gone darkish. West Coast Pizza was a significant cease on a late-night spree for a lot of a Cal scholar through the years.
BERKELEY — The 2018 opening of Halal Guys in Berkeley was a giant deal, so, understandably, the exodus of the East Coast chain is hard to swallow, too. Berkeleyside stories that the outpost closed completely on August 22.
SAN LEANDRO — Doing the lord’s work, Berkeleyside additionally bought intel from a reader that Pelton Plaza favourite Maejoo Wings closed for good on August 27. The store’s web site says it would announce on social media when it’s discovered a brand new coop for its rice bowls and wings.
REDDING — Means up north, a 90-year-old staple in the neighborhood Lim’s Cafe closed on September 6. SFGATE talked to the household in cost, who offered to native restaurateurs, about coming of retirement age and deciding it was time to name it quits.
August 31
NOPA — Issues look fairly closed at Iraqi staple Jannah, recognized for its large parts of dolmas and lamb since 2009. The “Baghdad by the Bay” restaurant is marked as closed on Yelp, and the home windows and doorways are all shuttered. Eater SF referred to as the restaurant, listed as “completely closed” on Apple Maps, however the line is disconnected. Chef Yahya Salih started delighting San Franciscans along with his cooking in 1988 at Yahya Delicacies, opening and shutting numerous different iterations earlier than ultimately settling in with Jannah.
HAIGHT — The home windows of Haight Avenue’s Siam Lotus Thai Delicacies had been coated with previous newspapers only a week in the past. Now in massive daring letters, “Park’s Asian” sits the place the previous medieval-looking signage sat above the door. Solely time will inform what Park’s Asian would possibly deliver.
BAYVIEW — To a lot disappointment, Auntie April’s Hen-N-Waffles appears to have closed. Whereas it’s unclear when, or why, a tipster wrote to Eater SF to say the cellphone is disconnected, DoorDash orders are halted, and even a diner on Yelp is reporting the closure. Eater SF referred to as the restaurant and the road is certainly disconnected. The restaurant opened in 2008 and gained followers quick.
SACRAMENTO — The Huge Boba Concept, an Elk Park Grove favourite, will shut within the coming months. The Sacramento Bee stories Taiwanese boba chain Presotea will take over the situation now that present proprietor Joseph Chin has bowed out; Chin says lease negotiations with the landlords ran aground.
August 24
MISSION — The information got here as a shock to just about everybody: On August 18, chef Aaron London instructed the San Francisco Chronicle he plans to shut his Michelin-starred restaurant AL’s Place as of August 28. For the previous seven years, the Mission District restaurant has garnered each native and nationwide acclaim, together with being named the perfect new restaurant within the nation by Bon Appetit in 2015.
SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento Bee stories the closure of vegan bakery Mud Pie Stand, situated in downtown Sacramento. The solely vegan bakeshop cited rising meals prices and an absence of consumers as two of the explanations driving the proprietor’s resolution to get “fully out” of the meals business.
SACRAMENTO — Capital Confections, a 25-year-old chocolate store in Sacramento’s Arden Arcade neighborhood, can also be closing its doorways for good, per the Bee. The storefront at 2605 El Paseo Lane will shutter in September, however followers can relaxation simpler realizing the enterprise will proceed some on-line gross sales after the actual fact.
August 11
EMBARCADERO — After virtually 20 years on the Ferry Constructing, Golden Gate Meat Co. will shut on August 20. The San Francisco Chronicle stories the enterprise is an offshoot of the wholesale enterprise of the identical title, which launched in 1977. The enterprise declined to touch upon the closing.
SOMA — Chantal Guillon is formally over San Francisco. The macaron store took to Instagram to say August 12 is the final day on the SoMa storefront. Fortunately, SFGATE factors out, the Palo Alto location stays open.
CASTRO — Nash’s Scorching Hen is asking it quits after 5 months so the homeowners can open a sushi enterprise as an alternative, citing a buyer base curious about more healthy meals choices. Hoodline stories the restaurant will flip over on September 1.
EMERYVILLE — Everybody took a flip with the potential headlines, however SFGATE mentioned it first: late evening, Greenday-affiliated enterprise Rudy’s Can’t Fail closed on August 8. The enterprise garnered plenty of consideration throughout its decades-long run, even bringing in long-tenured Mayor of Flavortown Man Fieri.
OAKLAND — Downtown Oakland Sri Lankan and Jamaican restaurant Anula’s Cafe closed initially of August. KQED writes the ultimate day of service was a celebration, and proprietor Anula Edirisinghe, who ran the enterprise for 13 years, is joyful to be retiring — although she’ll nonetheless do some catering right here and there.
OAKLAND — The Brooklyn Basin location of Rocky’s Market is shuttering on August 31, East Bay Instances stories. Proprietor Corinne Kinczel mentioned the dearth of enterprise took its toll by the 2 years the enterprise operated within the space. The unique location at 1440 Leimert Boulevard will stay intact.
August 3
CIVIC CENTER — The Asian Artwork Museum’s cafe, Sunday on the Museum, closed July 31 after 4 years beneath chef Deuki Hong’s Sunday Household Hospitality Group, in keeping with the San Francisco Chronicle. The area paired Hong’s fashionable, Asian American meals and desserts, with drinks from Boba Guys. Hong’s different ventures — Sunday Bakeshop and Sunday Social — stay open, whereas Sunday Collect briefly closed for the month of July and is predicted to reopen this month.
UNION SQUARE — A tipster famous that fried rooster sandwich purveyor Flybird has flown the coop from its Kearny Avenue location in Union Sq.. Followers of the model ought to be aware, nevertheless, that the Tiburon location seems to be alive and effectively.
TENDERLOIN — Korean restaurant Fortunate Pig closed completely, with the homeowners stating the restaurant “reached a degree the place we are able to now not make certain of our skill to function making an attempt to handle the shortages of provides and employees, whereas maintaining with continued skyrocketing prices,” SFGATE stories. The restaurant first landed within the area in 2018.
HAIGHT — Broke-Ass Stuart broke the unhappy information that Membership Deluxe is closing. A repost of proprietor Sarah Wilde’s announcement shared that the proprietor would love the membership to maneuver and proceed, however are not sure how or when which may occur. “We want these traders to see us as having worth in our group, however they don’t, and so we vanish from the cityscapes they arrive into,” Wilde writes. There could also be a bit of time left to patronize and play at Membership Deluxe, as Wilde mentions there may be nonetheless a “probability to seize a set” in her submit.
NOE VALLEY — Lehr’s German Specialties, with all of its items and specialty meals objects, is shutting down after 48 years within the neighborhood, in keeping with SFGATE.
OAKLAND — Anula’s Cafe, serving Jamaican and Sri Lankan meals for 13 years in downtown Oakland, is closing as of Thursday, August 4. Proprietor Anula Edirisinghe instructed the Chronicle it wasn’t straightforward to resolve to shut. “That is like my life, I like to prepare dinner, I like the individuals,” Edirisinghe says. “I discuss to virtually everyone. I get them recent meals. I make them smile within the face.”
OAKLAND — Rocky’s Market Brooklyn Basin is closing up store after two years of meals and performances. Mercury Information stories the market, together with Two Native Women, shall be leaving the area on the finish of the month. There shall be some performances within the out of doors area earlier than then, and Rocky’s on Leimert Boulevard will stay open.
BERKELEY — The Torpedo Room, the Berkeley taproom for Sierra Nevada Brewing, shut down operations on the finish of July after practically 10 years, the San Francisco Chronicle stories.
SACRAMENTO — Taylor’s Kitchen closed its doorways July 28, citing ongoing staffing points, the restaurant said on its Instagram. The Sacramento Bee famous the restaurant was recognized for its “New American fare and robust wine choice”; the market, in the meantime, will stay open.
July 27
NOE VALLEY — Paxti’s, the deep-dish specialist with areas in California, Colorado, and Washington, has closed its Noe Valley outpost on twenty fourth Avenue, Tablehopper noticed. SFGATE paid tribute, noting that of the 4 areas as soon as open within the metropolis, solely the Hayes Valley restaurant stays open as we speak.
INNER RICHMOND — Guo “Lam” Yu, 62, and Li “Hong” Chen, 58, immigrated to San Francisco in 1984, ultimately opening a bakery and restaurant on Clement Avenue in 1991. Now the couple plans to retire, SFGATE stories, which implies shutting down their enterprise Purple A Bakery someday in mid-August.
SAN MATEO — Palo Alto On-line eulogized San Mateo’s 84-year-old Wing Fats restaurant, which served its remaining meals on July 24 after serving as a home-away-from-home for generations of Chinese language American households and immigrants. The restaurant first opened in 1947 and is certainly one of a handful of companies displaced by an upcoming new improvement.
SANTA CLARA — After 4 many years of recent fish and briny oysters, the Santa Clara location of the Fish Market has closed for good. Per SFGATE, the restaurant situated at 3775 El Camino Actual opened in 1976 and struggled to search out its footing within the wake of a compelled momentary closure as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Places in Palo Alto and San Mateo stay open, in keeping with the restaurant’s web site.
SACRAMENTO — South Sacramento misplaced a vacation spot for Lao-style khao soi, the Bee stories. Khao Soy Home Thai Restaurant closed after simply three years in enterprise on July 22; proprietor Nai Leng Phomphakdy made the announcement on social media.
SACRAMENTO — And simply in time for summer season, Sacramento additionally misplaced a downtown ice cream parlor. Additionally through the Bee comes information that Satan Could Care, which opened in 2016 in West Sacramento, served its remaining scoops final week. The announcement got here through Instagram and proprietor Jess Milbourn mentioned the enterprise was served an eviction discover after being unable to fulfill lease prices.
July 21
OAKLAND — On July 29, Taiwan Bento will pack its final lunches. On Instagram the enterprise introduced its departure from the Bay Space meals scene, attributing the shuttering to “many challenges on this business, in addition to harm by a group member that we had devoted efforts and coronary heart” along with a demise within the household of co-owner Stacy Tang. The restaurant is understood for bringing consolation to many a Taiwanese expat looking for meals that reminds them of residence, like when the restaurant rolled out dan bing in 2021.
BERKELEY — For 36 years 70-year-old Ryoji Arakaki served nigiri and rolls of all types to college students and households alike on Martin Luther King Jr Means. Now, in keeping with Nosh, Arakaki is saying it’s time to search out new homeowners. If new possession doesn’t are available quickly, he says he’ll have to easily shut the enterprise.
SAN JOSE — An enormous improvement mission is taking the keys to 4th Avenue Pizza in downtown San Jose and locking the doorways for good. San José Highlight writes that the 16-year-old enterprise will shut its store in October when the lease expires. Throughout the road from then-newly constructed metropolis corridor, the pizza place is a favourite for metropolis staff and San Jose State College college students.
July 13
LOWER PAC HEIGHTS — Anybody driving down Pine Avenue has seemingly observed the navy blue awning of Gourmand Carousel restaurant, a more-than 25-year-old neighborhood staple perched on the nook of Pine at Bush Avenue. Final week Tablehopper noticed a switch of the restaurant’s liquor license that appears to each verify the closure — and plans for a brand new proprietor to revive the area.
LOWER HAIGHT — As Eater SF beforehand reported, legacy enterprise Two Jack’s Nik’s Place on Haight close to Webster Avenue has closed after greater than 45 years in enterprise. Second era proprietor and operator Nikki Cooper made the announcement on Instagram, including that the restaurant’s employees will be capable to transfer over to Two Jack’s Seafood within the Bayview.
LAUREL HEIGHTS — Additionally through Tablehopper comes affirmation of the closure of Derm Restaurant, a Thai restaurant on Geary Boulevard between Spruce Avenue and Parker Avenue. The restaurant hasn’t made any public bulletins about closing, however the restaurant’s cellphone line doesn’t ring and the enterprise is marked as completely closed on Google and Yelp.
SACRAMENTO — Sacramento burger vacation spot the Shack will serve its final meals at 5201 Folsom Boulevard on July 31, the Bee stories. The restaurant made the announcement on Fb writing partly, “From the underside of our hearts, we need to thank our clients which have supported us for over 17 years, and helped us create the great group that we love so very a lot.”
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OUTER SUNSET — The primary of some Outer Sundown mentions is probably the most notable: inspiration to toast-enthusiasts and chilly water swimmers all over the place, Bother Espresso packed its luggage all of a sudden final week. After 15 years, Giulietta Carreli took to Instagram to let her followers know that she was shifting on. DamnFine, a pizza place up the street, took the keys to the store from Carrelli as of July 2, in keeping with the Chronicle.
OUTER SUNSET — Simply off of nineteenth Avenue on Taraval Avenue, Eater SF observed the lights off at Yogurt Gogo. The small store’s Apple Maps entry is listed as “completely closed,” and the cellphone quantity is disconnected, although it’s laborious to know simply when the ultimate yogurt was swirled.
OUTER SUNSET — Lanna Thai Restaurant, proper down the road from Yogurt Gogo, is completely closed, too. Whereas numerous on-line shops listing the restaurant as open, Yelp’s banner picture for the restaurant is a photograph of a retirement announcement posted in August 2019. The signal says the restaurant was in enterprise for 31 years.
EMERYVILLE — Patatas Kitchen closed on June 3 after practically ten years in enterprise. In line with the Chronicle, the restaurant companions with the East Bay German Worldwide College and can proceed offering college lunches till the tip of the calendar yr.
BERKELEY — Regardless of group pushback and plenty of brouhaha, Berkeley tapas bar César is closing on July 23. The outrage and competition started when Berkeleyside reported in January that longtime landlord and neighbor Chez Panisse deliberate to finish the bar’s sublease settlement this yr.
HAYWARD — Buffalo Invoice’s Brewery, an East Bay favourite based by 84-year-old photographer Invoice Owens, closed after 40 years in service. The Chronicle stories no explicit purpose was given for the closure. Owens photographed the notorious Rolling Stones Altamont live performance in 1969 touted himself because the pioneer of the pumpkin ale.
