![]() OAKLAND - The Trappist poured its last pints on New Year’s Eve, ending a run of 14 years. OAKLAND - Filippo’s Restaurant has permanently shuttered after 30 years of family-style Italian feasts in Rockridge, also according to Berkeleyside. OAKLAND - After 18 years of happy hour burgers and biscuit brunches that woke up Uptown, Luka’s couldn’t survive a new landlord and rent increase, Berkeleyside reports. ![]() Opened in 2018, it was the first SF restaurant for restaurateur Donato Scotti, serving fresh pasta, woodfired pizza, and salume. SOMA - With the opening of Socialite Crafthouse & Kitchen in its former space, Cento Osteria must have quietly, permanently closed. The Eastern European restaurant was highly anticipated in 2019, with laboriously housemade sausages, smoked fish, and stuffed cabbage rarely seen in SF. MISSION - With Liholiho Yacht Club returning to Nob Hill and Good Good Culture Club opening on 18th Street, sadly if somewhat expectedly, Dear Inga is finally confirmed as permanently closed. But with mochi sales down this new year, the third generation of the family finally wants to retire. Opened after the 1906 quake, the shop was owned by the Okamura family, who came back after being forcibly relocated by the U.S. JAPANTOWN - Benkyodo Company is closing after a century of mochi, manju, and other confections, CBS SF reports. Even though it couldn’t survive the pandemic, the owners may be plotting a cookbook or cooking lessons in future, the website suggests. ![]() But the restaurant announced its closure on December 18, SFGate spotted first. SOMA - For nearly 30 years, locals and tourists alike braved long lines for diner plates loaded with scrambles and pancakes at Dottie’s True Blue Cafe. MISSION - Brunch favorite Universal Cafe has been beloved for its soft scrambles and thick brioche French toast for 27 years, but due to an expired lease and pandemic challenges, it sadly closed doors on December 19, as first reported by the SF Chronicle. SAN JOSE - Known for smoked meat with a side of karaoke, Ben’s BBQ & Brew closed at the end of the year, after the landlord doubled the rent, Mercury News reports. SACRAMENTO - Two separate breweries coincidentally announced closures around the new year: Dream Dog Brewing lost their lease, and Campus Brewing is selling off the last of its beer, according to the Sacramento Bee. SACRAMENTO - Family-owned downtown deli Zia’s shuttered at the end of December, after nine years of Italian sandwiches, the Sacramento Bee reports. The owner taped a heartfelt note to the door. LAFAYETTE - Breakfast-and-brunch institution Millie’s Kitchen has closed permanently after 46 years, according to the Mercury News. Husband-and-wife owners Cindy and Bruno Frisch (originally from the UK and Germany, respectively) are now in their 90s. Eastern European deli the Junket has shuttered after a wonderful run of 42 years, Berkeleyside laments. Berkeleyside sadly reports that celebrity chef and cookbook author Tanya Holland is permanently closing Brown Sugar Kitchen, her flagship and last remaining restaurant, after nearly 15 years.ĪLAMEDA - Pappo American restaurant on Alameda went out with a sold-out New Year’s Eve dinner, ending 16 years of smoky pork chops, crispy duck legs, and pillowy gnocchi, the Mercury News reports.ĮL CERRITO - The headcheese has left the building. OAKLAND - It’s the end of a chicken-and-waffles era for a California soul food icon. JAPANTOWN - Many tears have already been shed over the closing of mochi institution Benkyodo, but in addition to previous coverage, the San Francisco Chronicle updates that the owners will not be closing until the end of March, so there are still a couple of months to get in line for mochi, manju, and other sweet confections. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line. This is a curated list of the Bay Area’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures, with new updates published once a week.
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