Maru Ichi closes after 19 years, plus extra Bay Space restaurant closures

Brewery and distillery Seven Stills abruptly closed its Outer Sundown taproom, as introduced on Instagram. No cause was given. Seven Stills’ primary location in San Francisco’s Potrero neighborhood stays open. 

The Mexican American reboot of 73-year-old Lafayette restaurant El Charro generally known as El Charro 1947 closed after simply 9 months in Walnut Creek. The Mercury Information first reported the closure.

After working in Oakland for six years, Latin American spot Chica closed with a view to relocate to San Francisco’s Levi’s Plaza, the enterprise introduced on Instagram. It’s a full-circle second for the enterprise, which started as a takeout window there in 2015. The objective is to open in San Francisco by December. 

Based in 1999, the Grove used to function a number of places round San Francisco. Now it’s down to only its Yerba Buena location on Mission Road. Its penultimate Potrero neighborhood spot, first opened in 2017, closed in September, as reported by the San Francisco Customary.

Employee-owned Alchemy Collective, a preferred cafe in South Berkeley, closed after a decade in enterprise, as famous by Berkeleyside.

Zazzi Meals, an off-the-cuff cafe and market in Berkeley, closed after about 4 years in enterprise. Proprietor Cassandra Chen advised Berkeleyside she was battling staffing and provide chain points. The closure additionally spells the top for Chen’s CC Made, a sweets enterprise, and Cafe Fanny Granola, an organization with roots in Alice Waters’ former restaurant Cafe Fanny.

Churn-to-order outfit Smitten Ice Cream has closed its Rockridge location in Oakland. After having closed its authentic Hayes Valley spot earlier this yr, the corporate is down to 2 retailers: in San Francisco’s Mission District and on Santana Row in San Jose.   

Going through foreclosures, the Huntington Lodge on Nob Hill is closed together with its restaurant Huge 4, a clubby American spot, as reported by the Mercury Information. It’s unclear whether or not the property and restaurant will reopen.  

After greater than a century in enterprise, San Francisco’s Roosevelt Tamale Parlor shut down for good. The proprietor of the Mission District staple blamed growing prices and a failed lease renegotiation.

A fireplace destroyed the Double Play Bar & Grill, a low-key bar with Seals Stadium ephemera and antiques that opened 111 years in the past in San Francisco. It’s unclear whether or not the bar will try a comeback in the identical house. 

The house for Sesame Tiny Bakery, a takeout-only store for seasonal truffles and nutty cookies hooked up to the Kebabery in Berkeley, has closed. Initially billed as a everlasting house, Sesame’s announcement on Instagram known as it a yearlong pop-up and mentioned now it’s time to discover a everlasting location for actual.   

Janelle Bitker is the senior editor of Meals & Wine. E mail: [email protected]