Amnesia San Francisco Owner Wathen Again
Click through the slideshow ahead to see notable eating house closures around the Bay Area in 2019.
Special to the Chronicle
Fat Angel
Fat Angel, a vino and beer bar and restaurant in the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco, closed on Dec. 31 after x years in operation.
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Mijita
Chef Traci Des Jardins closed her fast-coincidental Mexican restaurant Mijita afterward xv years in San Francisco. The terminal service was December. 29, 2019.
photo by Mark A. on Yelp
Hookers Sweet Treats
The caramel shop appear its plans to shut by the finish of the yr and cited that Tenderloin drug use was a contributing factor in the conclusion.
Photo by Porsche C. on Yelp
Fondue Fred, a longstanding restaurant near the UC Berkeley campus, will likely close at the cease of the year if the possessor is unable to find a new location.
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Bacheesos, a Mediterranean restaurant on Berkeley's Telegraph Artery, has airtight to make way for a new five-story mixed-use complex. Its Oakland location remains open.
Kevin Y. via Yelp
After thirteen years, Flora in Uptown Oakland is endmost its doors Nov. 8.
Tamera F. / Yelp
Sam Jordan'due south Bar
After lx years in business, the Bayview's Sam Jordan's Bar & Grill closed its doors on November. two.
Jessie C. / Yelp
Burger King
The Burger King at 1200 Marketplace St. stopped flipping Whoppers. Signs on the door said the fast-nutrient restaurant in the Borough Center neighborhood was airtight permanently effective Oct. 1.
Kincaid's Fish, Chop & Steakhouse
Kincaid'due south Fish, Chop & Steakhouse located in Oakland'due south waterfront Jack London Square closed at the end of September after 33 years in business. The closure came months after Kincaid's parent company Restaurants Unlimited filed for Affiliate 11 bankruptcy in July.
photograph by Lauren M. on Yelp
Tex Wasabi'south
Celebrity chef Guy Fieri cosmos Tex Wasabi's, which served sushi-barbeque fusion in downtown Santa Rosa, closed abruptly Sept. thirty. The business operated for twenty years.
Photo by Chelsea D. on Yelp
Rosamunde
Rosamunde Sausage Grill abruptly shuttered the small, 21-yr-old restaurant at the terminate of September and will become Berliner Berliner. The carte will likely remain the same as Rosamunde. Read the story hither.
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Dosa
Dosa, the South Indian restaurant chain with locations in San Francisco and Oakland, closed its original location on Valencia Street in the Mission after xv years in service. Thier last service was on Sept. 30.
Michael Bauer / The Chronicle
Woodside Deli
Woodside Deli known for its classic deli subs, specialty meats and an assortment of imported Italian goods closed after lx years in business.
photo by Woodside Cafeteria on Yelp
Plouf
The French bistro tucked away in a Fiscal District alley announced its plans to shutter afterwards 23 years in San Francisco.
Michael Macor/SFC 2004
Yumi Yogurt
After 35 years in business organisation, Yumi Yogurt's flagship store in Redwood City closed on Sept. fifteen, 2019.
photo past Tim Y. on Yelp
Farmerbrown
About 14 years ago, Jay Foster opened Farmerbrown, a San Francisco institution that was historic for its savory chicken and tender BBQ ribs. The eating house closed afterwards a hire hike. Farmerbrown has an SFO outpost that is notwithstanding operating, even so.
Stephanie Wright Hession / Special to the Chronicle 2012
Isla Vida
Isla Vida, also owned by Jay Foster, was a counter-service Afro-Caribbean spot that opened in the historically blackness Fillmore neighborhood in 2018. The restaurant has as well closed.
Amy Osborne/Special to The Chronicle
Jayakarta
Jayakarta, the popular Indonesian eating house on University Artery in Berkeley, airtight later dinner service Aug. 24. Information technology was the only Indonesian restaurant in the East Bay.
Chris Stewart / The Chronicle 2006
Prolific Oven
Prolific Oven, a family unit-run bakery and popular college hangout spot in Palo Alto, closed its doors at the cease of August after 39 years.
Photo by Lawrence L. via Yelp
Dreyer'due south One thousand Ice Cream Parlor & Cafe in Rockridge announced plans to shutter on July 26, 2019 subsequently more than 20 years in business concern.
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Jardinière
Traci Des Jardins said she's "tired of fine dining" and will close her flagship restaurant Jardinière on April 27. The eating place opened in SF back in 1997.
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Izakaya Sushi Ran
The Japanese restaurant in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood closed in July.
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Grub
A view of the interior of Chow Food and Potable on 215 Church Street. The restaurant appear it would close its doors on March xi, 2019, later 22 years.
Jerry Telfer / The Chronicle 1997
MoMo's
Afterwards two years serving the Walnut Creek surface area, Momo's airtight its doors on March two. The eating house was known for its Giant's themed decor.
Yelp / Robin W.
Wing's
The 94-year-old San Jose restaurant quietly airtight its doors on February 24. They served Mandarin and Szechuan fare with generous portions.
Hubert S. via Yelp
Lucca Ravioli Company in the Mission appear that they will close their doors on April 20 after a 94-year stint in San Francisco. The Lucca Ravioli Company store manager mentioned owner Michael Feno wants to retire.
Stephanie Wright Hession
Perennial
Later three years in San Francisco, the mid-Market eatery the Perennial announced it would close on February 9. The owners still plan to pursue the restaurant's mission via its nonprofit sister organization, the Perennial Farming Initiative.
John Storey / Special to The Chronicle
Starbucks
Starbucks formerly located at 201 Powell St., closed its doors without warning on January 20. It operated every bit a 24-hr service concern.
Amy Graff
Tawla
Tawla closed its doors on Dec.sixteen, 2018, though the closure wasn't made public until Jan. 11. Owner Azhar Hashem said the difficulty in finding workers was linked to the housing marketplace. The restaurant first opened in the Mission District back in 2016.
John Storey/Special to the Chronicle
Kome Buffet
Kome Buffet in Daly Metropolis close down the 3rd week of January less than a year after the California Labor Commissioner'due south Office cited the restaurant for multiple wage violations in June 2018, resulting in a total fine of $5.16 million.
Santiago Mejia / The Relate 2018
Blur Bar announced they would close on January 12 after 15 years of business on Polk Street in San Francisco.
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Harry'due south Hofbrau
San Jose's Harry's Hofbrau closed its doors on January eight after serving the area for 42 years. The closure resulted in a termination of their lease, only the restaurant will keep to operate at their Redwood City and San Leandro outposts.
Photograph by Nahush G. on Yelp
Crockett seafood restaurant, The Nantucket, announced that information technology would shut its doors Feb. 17 subsequently a 89 year stint in the city.
T F. / YelpAmnesia, the most 20-year-old alive music venue and arts and crafts beer bar on San Francisco'due south Valencia Street, is coming to an end "in its current incarnation," the business announced on Fri.
"Information technology'southward time at present to write the next chapter of 853 Valencia," the Mission Commune business organization wrote on Twitter. "Our plan is to retain the entertainment license for the infinite while we piece of work through where music fits into the new model. With full clarity we know nosotros will non be able to maintain the same model that exists today. We've explored many options over the form of the past 2 years, but the hard truth is that this business concern is not fiscally sustainable."
In 2015, Amnesia's ownership changed hands from Shawn Magee to Craig Wathen, the possessor of City Beer Store. Different live music acts were scheduled every night, from jazz to bluegrass — resulting in over 4,000 shows over 5 years.
In their argument, Amnesia'southward owners remain confident that even with the coming changes, the bar will remain ... a bar.
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"What we can say with confidence is that 853 Valencia has been a neighborhood bar-gathering space-for over 100 years; this volition not become away," reads the argument. "Before 853 Valencia was Amnesia it was the Chameleon, before it was the Chameleon it was the Chatterbox, and on and on."
Amnesia's last twenty-four hours of concern will be February 29, 2020.
Madeline Wells is an SFGATE associate digital reporter. Email: madeline.wells@sfgate.com | Twitter: @madwells22
Source: https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/live-music-venue-bar-Amnesia-closing-Mission-14984632.php
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