Good news, brunch squad! Though Valencia Street favorite Boogaloos is indeed facing a fat rent increase and was rumored to be shutting its doors for good pretty much right away, it's totally staying open until later this year! So, as they say, "let's do brunch."
"For sure we’re not leaving in September,” co-owner Carolyn Blair Brandeis tells Mission Local. “We’ll be staying open at least through Christmas, that’s our plan.” And with lines a fixture outside of the old drugstore, you might want to camp out for your table starting, well, now.
It was reportedly the "whacked out Valencia Street rent" and an increase thereof that's making it nigh impossible for Boogaloo's to stay put. According to a rent listing, it'll be $17,500 per month. “We’re just trying every angle,” said Blair Brandeis. “It’s up in the air, but we will be staying as long as we can.”
“We will try to keep it open at another location,” she added of her 1994-founded operation. “We’re just trying to make this work.”
Vegetarian fans of that herb gravy will, thus, be able to enjoy it well into fall.
Previously: Brunch Spot Boogaloo's Is Closing Their Doors Because Of 'Whacked Out' Rent