The 12 most surprising Bay Area restaurant and retail closures of 2023
FILE: A view of Anchor Brewing Co. on Aug. 3, 2017, in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Bay Area said goodbye to many businesses in 2023. But some closures, …
FILE: A view of Anchor Brewing Co. on Aug. 3, 2017, in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Bay Area said goodbye to many businesses in 2023. But some closures, …
The interior of Piperade restaurant in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images After 21 years, Embarcadero Basque restaurant Piperade served …
The hardest-working police officer during APEC 2023 in downtown San Francisco mans the exit for the gated barrier outside the Target on Mission Street. Silas Valentino/SFGATE The people’s love of …
FILE: Michael Moritz sits onstage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Oct. 19, 2016, in San Francisco. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity …
The interior of the Fly Trap in San Francisco, Calif. is photographed on Tuesday, December 9, 2008. (Photo by Mark Constantini/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) San Francisco Chronicle/Hearst N/Hearst …
Aerial view of downtown district at sunset, San Francisco. Matteo Colombo/Getty Images World leaders such as President Joe Biden, President Xi Jinping of China and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador …
FILE: An aerial view shows downtown San Francisco on July 29, 2023. JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, one of the biggest gatherings of world leaders in San …
San Francisco restaurateur and celebrity chef Tyler Florence has a full plate these days. At the moment, it’s a whole French Dover sole, which I ordered at his upscale Chase Center-adjacent …
Traffic is detoured from Howard Street onto Third Street due to a conference in San Francisco in October 2014. Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images For a single …
Drag brunch at San Francisco’s 620 Jones Bar. Ebony W. via Yelp What’s a weekend without brunch? And, more to the point, what’s a San Francisco brunch without drag queens? While …