SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF’s Oldest Indian Restaurant New Delhi Is In Danger of Closing Permanently The 36-year-old Union Square Indian restaurant New Delhi is the only Indian restaurant on the city’s Legacy Business Registry, but is in danger of closing as downtown foot traffic remains in the dumps.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission-Bernal Pinball Joint Outer Orbit Announces Closing Date, But Crowdfunding to Possibly Survive The Mission Street pinball bar and restaurant Outer Orbit just announced it’s closing after this weekend, but there’s a crowdfunding campaign afoot to make sure it’s not Game Over for the popular burger bar.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Union Square’s 52-Year-Old Extremely French Restaurant Jeanne D’Arc Has Permanently Closed The filet mignon, escargot, and live violin music are no longer a fixture at the Jeanne D’Arc restaurant beneath Union Square’s Cornell Hotel de France, as the restaurant has permanently shuttered, and will serve exclusively as an event space.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Denny’s at Fourth and Mission Streets Has Closed Permanently There will be no more moons over your hammy in San Francisco, as the city’s last remaining Denny’s restaurant at Fourth and Mission streets closed up shop permanently on August 1.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink That Waterfront Chevys In Emeryville Is Closing Permanently on April 16 The rather unique waterfront Chevys Fresh Mex along the Emeryville Marina has announced its permanent closure, so if you’re a Chevys fan, you’ve got just six more weeks to go enjoy its fajitas and Bay views.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lee’s Deli Has Closed Its Last Two SF Locations in the Financial District Some will see this as worse than the closure of Macy’s, as the wildly affordable Financial District lunch and breakfast go-to Lee’s Deli has closed its last two remaining locations.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Castro Seafood Restaurant Catch To Close Permanently Next Month A new report on police car chases emerges right before SF will vote on police car chases; the luxury pet-care facility Wag Hotels is facing a lawsuit over animal mistreatment; and 22-year-old Castro District seafood restaurant Catch will close next month.
Business & Tech FiDi 24-Hour Fitness and McDonald’s Both Announce Closures Amidst Record Office Vacancy Two Financial District chain retail businesses less than 500 feet from one another — both of which opened in 1994 — have announced their closures: a McDonald's and a 24-Hour Fitness, both shutting down due to the district’s offices being emptied out.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Valencia Street Tex-Mex Restaurant West of Pecos to Close After 11 Years The popular 11-year-old Tex-Mex restaurant and bar West of Pecos has apparently suffered a drop in business since the pandemic, as so many restaurants have, and has announced its final day in business will be Saturday, October 28.
Business & Tech Starbucks Is Closing Seven Downtown San Francisco Locations on October 22 The 59 Starbucks locations in San Francisco will be trimmed down later this month, with Starbucks telling managers that they are permanently closing seven SF stores on October 22, adding to the city's vacancy woes.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fisherman’s Wharf Restaurants Fishermen’s Grotto and Tarantino’s Both Face Eviction Over Unpaid Rent Two more historic Fisherman's Wharf seafood restaurants may be biting the dust, as the 88-year-old Fishermen’s Grotto No. 9 and the 77-year-old Tarantino’s have both received eviction notices for unpaid back rent.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 38-Year-Old Oakland Vietnamese Restaurant Le Cheval Closing Permanently, Citing Crime Concerns Oakland Vietnamese restaurant Le Cheval has been doing business at Clay and Tenth streets since 1985, but will shutter permanently on September 30, with the owner blaming crime for the shutdown.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Fisherman’s Wharf Restaurants Pompei’s Grotto and Lou’s Fish Shack Both Close Permanently Both Lou’s Fish Shack and Pompei’s Grotto have been closed the whole the pandemic, and they won’t reopen, as they’re both taking exit deals to relinquish their properties to the Port of San Francisco.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pacific Heights Bistro Curbside Café Has Closed Permanently After A 34-Year Run The authentic French bistro Curbside Café quietly closed last week after 34 years at California and Fillmore Streets, saying simply that they were “not able to renew” their lease.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink 48-Year-Old Russian Hill Vietnamese Restaurant Aux Delices Is Closing Permanently June 30 Friday will be the last day for pho, imperial rolls, and lemongrass steak at the long standing family-owned Vietnamese restaurant Aux Delices, as the husband-and-wife team who’ve run the place for decades has decided to retire.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Adored Hayes Valley Champagne Bar The Riddler Closes Over Financial Hardships Another day, another shuttered Bay Area restaurant. The Riddler, the esteemed SF champagne bar that matched bubbly with tater tot waffles, announced on Instagram this week they're waving goodbye to their Hayes Valley watering hole — and are now selling their wine selections at half price.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink After 23 Years, SF's Farallon Restaurant Permanently Closes Farallon, the 23-year-old seafood staple near Union Square, has officially closed its doors due to the pandemic — adding its name to the still-growing tally of over 370 restaurants in the San Francisco metro area that have shuttered since March.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Wahlburgers Hits Palo Alto, And Bauer Likes The Morris It's the end of the year, and, as to be expected, we learned this week of multiple announced restaurant closures or pending sales. Notably, Range is closing, Pauline's Pizza is for sale, Kuleto's
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Jane Coming To Fillmore, Camino Expands With Kebabs, and More This week on the food scene we heard about Single Thread, the high-profile new fine dining spot coming to Healdsburg from chef Kyle Connaughton; we told you about the crowd-funding campaign to revive
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In SF Food: Forbes Island Reopens, Bauer Loves Rancho Nicasio, And More A lot happened this week in the world of San Francisco food — some good, and some definitely not so good. We told you about what looks to be the permanent closure of Powell