Jamaica Plain-based Turtle Swamp Brewing (3377 Washington St., Boston) is closing its Roslindale beer garden at the Substation (4228 Washington St., Boston) in September, operating on Fridays and. Marriott Hotel illegally kept $9 million in workers tips, judge says. CASTRO After just three months in service, the Castros Niji Sushi is out of business. Meanwhile, Bierhaus Walnut Creek is open and thriving. It's other locations in SF will remain open. Once we have more clarity, we will let you know.". Restaurants A-Z | San Francisco | East Bay | Peninsula/South Bay | North Bay. Bar Agricole, which had already planned to close in April, closed March 13, after citing "uncertain times." It has been an honor and a privilege to serve you. The fast food giants outpost at Fishermans Wharf closed in late December, the company confirmed to the outlet, saying in part that the company reviews its restaurant portfolio on a regular basis to make the best decisions for our business moving forward.. The pandemic made things worse. Trattoria La Siciliana in Berkeley will permanently close on Sept. 30 after 23 years. Its the end of an era.. Armstrong Brewing in South San Francisco announced its permanent closure amid the ongoing pandemic. Additional memorabilia is available in our shop," Pacific Dining Car announced on Instagram. Cala has been closed since March 17, and the team is unsure whether, let alone when, the restaurant will reopen. According to the outlet, owners Matt Levin and Melanie Roth say the business never fully recovered from the impacts of the pandemic. Warriors lean into their championship DNA, beat Kings behind sublime California reparations task force releases first estimate of damages: up the loss of venue doesnt spell the end of their project, Flower Moon, a lunar eclipse and a meteor shower unfold this week, Oakland teachers set to strike starting Thursday. The company got its start in 1980, starting as a small operation in Santa Cruz and selling its juice directly to local restaurants. BIERHAUS OAKLAND The Bierhaus Oakland beer garden, closed for the length of the pandemic, has now shuttered for good. Tia Margarita put margaritas on the map in SF. Stephen Lam / Special to The Chronicle 2019. "Well folksthat's ITend of an era & another nail in the coffin of Rock 'n Roll," the club wrote on Facebook. SAN JOSE The cheddar chive biscuits will be baked no more as the Red Lobster location at Almaden Expressway near Blossom Hill Road will close its doors after 39 years of serving South San Jose. Walzwerk, an East German restaurant in the Mission, is closing after 21 years. "This was not an easy decision, but for the time being, its for the best." Bierhaus Oakland was at 360 40th St. Nick's Next Door added its name to the growing list of Bay Area restaurants that have closed as a result of the pandemic. Let's recognize and celebrate what they brought into our lives and in some cases, might again. "Our last day of operations will be Tuesday, May 19th, 2020.". After 45 years in business, the coronavirus crisis has caused Emperor Norton's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria to close its doors for good. Tablehopper, Mission eatery Velvet Cantina decided to close its doors permanently this month, reopening briefly as a bottle shop in May, before deciding not to renew its lease, Eater SF reported. "After nearly 10 years of slinging amazing American cheeses, this decision has so many layers, and is not one that was made lightly," the restaurant said in a post announcing its closure. The company has 97 restaurants, including 44 in California. "Over the last two months, I have spent a lot of time with my daughter and wife (the most I have ever spent with them since owning the restaurants) and during this time I have also been thinking about my future and what the restaurant business will look like post-COVID-19," Difu said. Most have been able to find ways to adapt and survive. AL's Deli Anchor & Hope Angkor Borei Art's Cafe Baker Street Bistro Barcino Barvale Beachside Coffee Bar and Kitchen Bistro Aix Cafe du Soleil Castro Republic CatHead's BBQ Destino Dobbs Ferry Dosa. The business, which opened in 1983, will continue to operate its six other Bay Area locations. The Mercury News reports the company hopes to redeploy and add resources to other locations where we can continue our growth but provided managers and team members the opportunity to relocate to one of the restaurants eight other restaurants in the Bay Area. The pho served at Tam Tam. "After a lot of careful consideration, and partly because of the uncertainty of the restaurant world, I have sadly decided to walk away from the restaurant. The entire building will be demolished to make way for an apartment building five years in the works. Clarke's Charcoal Broiler has permanently closed after 75 years in Mountain View. BERKELEY An East Bay favorite for vegan and vegetarian food, the last remaining Saturn Cafe, which was located inside the Adeline Food Hall, closed without a word. The restaurant made the announcement on its website citing changes in restaurant economics.. BERKELEY Windchaser Wine Co., an East Bay favorite for Mendocino and El Dorado-area wines, closed its original location at 1375 Fourth Street to move to a TBD-announced new location in Richmond. San Diego-based Garden Fresh Restaurants, the parent company of Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes, had closed the eateries in mid-March due to the spread of COVID- 19. on Belden Place has suddenly closed. I feel like Im Rip van Winkle, Levin said. SANTA CLARA Konjoe Burger shut down its Santa Clara location on January 21, the Chronicle spotted. At the time, the shutdowns were announced as temporary closures. Oakland's Miss Ollie's closes, and other restaurant closures She previously worked as a public safety reporter for the Vallejo Times-Herald, writer for SFist and a web producer for the Los Angeles Times. . "We have come this far in the 12 years since we opened in August 2010, thanks to the support of all of you.". Alfred's Steakhouse at 659 Merchant St. in San Francisco has permanently closed after 92 years. Pictured are Cindy and Haig Krikorianoutside Lalime's in Berkeley. Popular South Bay Eatery Ends 33-Year Run Amid Coronavirus Crisis: Hobee's Cupertino. More Bay Area restaurants announce permanent closures By Susana Guerrero Updated Dec 5, 2021 6:26 a.m. As 2021 rapidly comes to an end, more Bay Area restaurants bid adieu after years in service. in English and Media Studies from UC Berkeley. It had been in business for 12 years. The restaurant and bar industry has been hit hard since shelter in place started in March, forcing a number of businesses to shutter permanently. He said that, in lieu of further federal or state funds that would allow Piperade to stay open through the winter, closing would be the safest bet to the restaurant's survival. The Bistro Garden at Coldwater, a longtime establishment known for its fine dining, chocolate souffls and a "garden" atmosphere that often served as a Hollywood backdrop, is closing after 30 years in Studio City, owners announced in August. As a result, as cases ebbed and then surged again, restaurants fell victim to back-and-forth health restrictions that came down from the state. MISSION The Phoenix Inn, Valencia Streets go-to haunt for cheap steak fries and draughts of beer, closed on February 12 after more than 20 years in service. These are the Bay Area restaurants that closed permanently in July Amanda Bartlett , Dianne de Guzman , Amy Graff , Susana Guerrero , Fernando Martinez , Madeline Wells , SFGATE Aug. 1, 2020. For a catalog of April closures, see SFGATEs roundup. COLE VALLEY Reverie Cafe, situated in the heart of Cole Valley for more than 20 years, will close on February 19. Thanks to its enormous space, the business employed 90 staff; according to the San Francisco Business Times, that means 90 layoffs. "Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertain future of the restaurant industry, it is with great sorrow and emotional upheaval that after 30 years, The Bistro Garden at Coldwater will be closing," the Niklas and Pappas families said in a joint statement. The business owners said they were unable to renegotiate their lease and hadn't been making revenue for months. Previously, Ho worked as a freelance food and pop culture writer, as a podcast producer on the Racist Sandwich, and as a restaurant chef. According to the Press Democrat, the closure comes after financial issues brought on by the pandemic. This is a carousel. After 12 years of dazzling San Franciscans at its glamorous Indian restaurant, Dosa on Fillmore Street has permanently closed. According to the San Francisco Business Times, Hard Water was previously hit with an eviction notice earlier this year by its Pier 3 landlord that alleged past due rent in the amount of $424,535.27 (plus attorney fees). The stylish bar announced it would permanently close its San Francisco and New York City locations after struggling to stay afloat in recent months. Cala has been closed since March 17, and the team is unsure whether, let alone when, the restaurant will reopen. in English from UC Berkeley. Stay tuned for updates on the prized 40th Street bar and restaurant (and its handsome streetside outdoor patio). Tamale; black bean at Californios in San Francisco, Calif. is seen on October 14th, 2017. Fernando Martinez is an editorial assistant for SFGATE. See a closing we missed? "Our Santa Monica location is a casualty of the coronavirus crisis, and the contents of the restaurant are available via our ONLINE AUCTION. The 83-year-old restaurant in San Francisco's Lands End area is closing its doors permanently after what owners Bill and Tom Hountlas say was "much deliberation and a lot of tears.". Ancora co-owner Joe Conte told the Chronicle the restaurant never recovered after a drop in sales during the early January storms. "We had an amazing time serving food and drinks to San Francisco and the Bay Area," the restaurant wrote in an Instagram post. The restaurant was co-owned by celebrity chef Martin Yan and Koi Palace. This is a carousel. No reason was given for the restaurants closure. Others, though, have chosen to close their doors, either temporarily or forever. The French restaurant was highly anticipated and focused on French food influenced by the region of Occitania. The List of SF Restaurants That Have Closed Since the Pandemic Begin Yelp's Top 100 Places to Eat in the Bay Area is a list unlike any other "best of" out there. According to owner Roger Soudah the closure comes after months of back-and-forth with the landlord over lease negotiations. Blind Cat, located at 3050 24th St. in San Francisco will permanently close. The restaurant announced its end on Tuesday, February 21 via Instagram with a brief statement from owner Evette Mercado. In its short run, the restaurant was also recognized by the Michelin Guide. Independent Brewing Company, a brewery in Oakland's Jack London Square, has announced it is closing for good. Kyoto Japanese Restaurant, 1610 Lancaster Drive, held its final service Nov. 8. The couple hopes to sell the business location. The Bay Areas first and only Ohlone food pop-up has shuttered following the permanent closure of its host, University Press Books in Berkeley, in June. The bar will cease operations at the end of May, but could reopen in a different location. The chicken and avocado tacro is topped with mango, pickled red onion, radish and micro-greens from Vive La Tarte is seen in this photo. The location at 1755 Polk St. will remain open. After nearly 90 years of business, San Jose dive bar Patty's Inn has permanently closed. MID-MARKET Ananda Fuara, a vegan Indian restaurant at the chaotic intersection of Larkin, Hayes, and Market streets, will close permanently after more than 40 years on February 5, the San Francisco Standard reports. The restaurant closed permanently in mid-June, auctioning off all of its . Angkor Borei, one of the Bay Area's only Cambodian restaurants, will close its doors permanently on June 15. Restaurants closed permanently 2020 during pandemic OAKLAND East Bay Nosh reports Oaklands Bay Fung Tong Seafood Tea House closed at the end of 2022. Californios. The restaurant started with owner Simon Yuan who ran the establishment for 15 years before passing it on to his son, Jarvis. INNER RICHMOND An Eater tipster pointed out that Five Happiness, a Taiwanese and Shanghainese restaurant on Geary Boulevard at 6th Avenue has closed. The company has recently focused on opening to-go-only locations but recently debuted its first full-service restaurant in Manhattan. The comprehensive list of every restaurant ever featured on Check, Please! Maum also made space for goods by other artisans, like Soba Ichi in Oakland and Noodle in a Haystack in Daly City. The Eville Eye also spotted the closure of Chinese dining chain P.F. Nick's on Grand, Nick's on Mission, and Nick's Kitchen. It hosted weekly happy hours, where guests would sip on foraged nettle tea while listening to contemporary music by Ohlone musicians, as well as coursed-out dinners featuring skewers of smoked black trumpet mushrooms, spongy acorn flour pastries and salmon sourced from tribal fishermen. Frances isnt the kind of restaurant that would work well under the conditions of the pandemic. RANK. Prior to joining the newsroom in 2019, she worked for the Roxie Theater, Noise Pop and Frameline Film Festival. The restaurant had its last service day on March 31, 2020. Cosentino announced Oct. 20 that the restaurant w0uld cl0se for good. BERKELEY Elmwood Chinese restaurant Tai San, a mainstay on Telegraph Avenue for about 30 years, closed on February 28. But it didnt prevent Hard Water from closing. The Cambodian restaurant closed after five short years in Oakland. This Seattle chain announced the closure of its sole L.A. location on August 28. But cultural shifts, from the pandemic to the nationwide unrest over racial injustice, have invigorated the team to reorient the restaurant more explicitly toward justice and equity. At several points, restaurants joined the centerpiece of debate around what was safe to reopen and what should remain closed during the seemingly endless coronavirus pandemic. The smokehouse concept was casual and oriented toward punchy flavors, with items like a French dip sandwich with smoked brisket and Emmenthaler cheese and a deceptively meaty smoked cabbage with cheese and paprika vinaigrette. MISSION After 13 years of pizza and beer, Pi Bar will close its doors for good around the end of February. Hemsley says he plans to reveal his next project in the coming weeks. His business had its last service day on May 15 after 12 years in San Mateo. Peggy Sue's located on San Pedro Square at 29 N San Pedro St. in San Jose has closed after 20 years. Warung Siska, at 917 Main St. in Redwood City, has permanently closed. Clockwise from top: Ohlone salad composed of upland cress, hot house cress, sorrel, pickleweed, purslane, gooseberries, blackberries, dried strawberries, pion nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, edible flowers, popped amaranth seeds dressed in blackberry and bay laurel sauce with walnut oil; smoked rainbow trout; roasted onions; roasted Indian potatoes with bay laurel; quail eggs; roasted tan oak mushrooms, northern white chanterelle mushrooms, and lobster mushrooms; and chanterelle gravy thickened with hazelnut flour photographed at Cafe Ohlone in Berkeley, Calif. on Saturday, September 21, 2019. Bay Area restaurants, bars that permanently closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Goldberg thanked the restaurant's employees, his fellow managers and others who have supported it over the years. Stork Club, the longstanding dive bar and performance space in the Oakland neighborhood of Koreatown/Northgate, announced on its Facebook page that it will be ceasing operations. Popular barbecue restaurant, 4505 Burgers and BBQ, made the decision to shutter its Oakland location this month. As some restaurant owners coped with how to run an establishment with considerably less seating, they also had to figure out how to keep supporting their employees. Caffe Vita. OAKLAND On March 25, Kingston 11, one of the East Bays favorite restaurants for oxtail, salmon, and jerk chicken, will close its doors for good. Perello is still negotiating with her landlord to figure out how to keep the restaurant in the space and has been actively keeping in touch with her employees, all of whom she had to lay off at the onset of the pandemic. "Since the start of the pandemic, I have seen this day coming," managing partner Brad Goldberg wrote on the restaurant's Facebook page Saturday morning. Each is a node of memories that we hold in communion with friends and loved ones. The Sentinel has been closed throughout shelter-in-place, though restaurateur Dennis Leary hopes to reopen it soon. Emperor Norton's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria. The restaurant hopes to reopen at a different location later. He grew up in the East Bay Area and is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where he studied media theory and production, political science, and journalism. The restaurant abruptly closed . According to a message left by the owner on Yelp, the restaurant will eventually. LA Restaurants That Have Permanently Closed During the COVID - Eater LA The San Francisco Chronicle reports no particular reason for the shuttering, though cited the craft beer industrys success as a potential reason why homebrewing may be on the decline. GHIRARDELLI SQUARE San Francisco Cheese School will leave the waterfront after four years. The shop moved in to the neighborhood in 2018, and now will take up residence with Daily Driver in the Dogpatch. In a post on Instagram the business says lingering impacts of the pandemic are to blame. The Redwood City restaurant, known for its array of Indonesian staples, like the traditional grilled pork, closed its doors less than a year after it opened, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. The restaurant is one of several businesses forced out of Santa Monica and Los Angeles County in the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Dosa by Dosa, the fast-casual version in Oakland, will remain open for takeout. Paul Bavaro, the owner of Thieves Tavern and Blind Cat bars said that both locations will be fully vacated by June 1. Aunt Mary's Cafe Brewed Awakening Brown Sugar Kitchen Commonwealth Cafe Daughter's Diner Gay 4 U Hangar 1 Tasting Room Luka's Taproom & Lounge Miss Ollie's Noodle Theory Nordic House Nyum Bai Oliveto Pappy's Grill & Sports Bar Shattuck Cinemas The Kebabery The Lede South Bay + Peninsula Via China Bee China Bee (31 S B St // San Mateo) A running list of notable Bay Area restaurants and bars that have permanently closed.