San Francisco, Bay Area restaurants that permanently closed last month
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Cosecha, at 907 Washington St., Oakland, closed at the end of March.Angela M. via Yelp
Throughout March, many Bay Area restaurants and businesses continued to close for good despite most Bay Area counties moving into the less restrictive orange tier of California’s reopening plan.
Two longstanding restaurants among the losses included Tyger’s Coffee Shop in San Francisco, which quietly closed on March 31, and Baja Cactus in Milpitas, which closed after 36 years in business.
Many businesses shuttered after an inability to agree on leases with their landlords. That was the case with 10-year-old cocktail bar Maven, which forever closed at the end of March but it’s just one of the many reasons these businesses shut down. Last month, former owners of Prairie, CatHead’s BBQ and The Stud talked about the different ways their restaurants or bars couldn’t survive the pandemic, and what
Popular Oakland Mexican spot Cosecha to close, new spot in old fire station to open
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Mother-daughter team La Guerrera’s Kitchen is serving up Mexican eats, like tamales and chicken mole rojo, at a new brick-and-mortar restaurant that opened on Dec. 18 in Old Oakland. Photo: La Guerrera’s Kitchen
Usually at this time of year, coworkers, family and friends don their sparkliest outfits and gather to indulge in a holiday drink or festive meal at a local venue, often at a table or private event space booked weeks in advance.
Instead, December 2020’s widespread COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have led to a near-statewide stay-at-home order, as well as a provisional end to outdoor dining that has restaurants fighting to survive. Denied indoor service for most of the year, eateries across California poured funds into parklets, tenting, heat lamps, table guards and staff training for the safety and comfort of al fresco patrons, only to see outdoor dining officially struck down this month at least through early January 2021. And of course, the lockdown doesn’t ju