Both Prairie and Lazy Bear made quick pivots to selling groceries, booze, and pantry provisions during the pandemic. Prairie closes this week, and Lazy Bear owner David Barzelay is giving it until October, for now.

While a number of high-profile restaurant closures have been covered in the local media in the last few months, hundreds have disappeared without fanfare — and the numbers are only going to keep growing.

There are two more permanent restaurant closures to rack up in SF. One is the 21-year-old East German restaurant Walzwerk in the Mission, and the other is nine-year-old Dobbs Ferry in Hayes Valley.

It's a touristy, expense-account-heavy spot for lunches and early dinners, but MarketBar to be sure will be missed by many after establishing its place at one corner of the Ferry Building over two decades.

After 27 years in the Mission District, Katz Bagels is calling it quits. Owner Michael Katz posted a note on the shop door saying that the last bagels will be shmeared and sold on March 24.

Another 90s vestige on Valencia Street has said goodbye without much fanfare, and this time it's Valencia Pizza & Pasta (801 Valencia Street). The restaurant sits in the same building as the equally old Burger Joint, which closed two weeks ago, and both restaurant spaces are for rent.

The acclaimed husband-and-wife chefs behind Noosh were abruptly fired on Thursday in a dispute with the restaurant's ownership, and the drama that's been unfolding there has echoes in several recent stories from the SF restaurant scene.

20+-year-old North Beach icon Kennedy's Irish Pub & Curry House is calling it quits on Thursday, and San Francisco can chalk up yet another loss of a quirky, multi-cultural mashup of a mainstay.