Goodbye
BART Says Goodbye to Paper Tickets (Last Day For Use Nov. 30)
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Transportation It is the end of an era. Beginning November 30, 2023, paper tickets will no longer be accepted at BART. This change is occurring as BART begins to roll out new state-of-the-art fare gates that will not accept paper tickets and as Clipper prepares for the launch of the next more...
Copper Spoon, One of Oakland Few Late-Night Restaurants, Closes Down
Bars, Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, Sponsored, What's Closed / What's Open One of the few great “after-shift: late night drink and dinner spots in Oakland is closing down for good after six years. A rarity among good restaurants in Oakland (and San Francisco, for that matter) Copper Spoon at 4031 Broadway, served food until 11pm on weekdays and until 12:30am on weekends more...
San Francisco Says Goodbye to “Cruise” Driverless Vehicles
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to KRON4 for sharing the news that Cruise autonomous vehicles will no longer be sharing the roads in San Francisco. Cruise recently announced on Thursday, October 26, 2023, that it’s pulling all of its driverless vehicles off the roads across the country which includes operations in San Francisco, Phoenix, and more...
SF’s Cult Fav “Rosamunde Sausage Grill” Shutting Down Nov. 21st
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the news that sadly, Rosamunde Sausage Grill, a San Francisco institution located at 2832 Mission Street, is closing its doors. Rosamunde took to Instagram to share the unfortunate news. The lively restaurant, known for serving up 20 different beers and 15 different sausage varieties, opened more...
Philz Coffee Closes Its Original San Francisco Coffeehouse After Two Decades
Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to ABC7 for sharing the unfortunate news that San Francisco homegrown coffeehouse Philz Coffee has closed its original San Francisco shop located in the Mission District at 3101 24th Street. Philz Coffee opened its original location over two decades ago on January 1, 2003, and sadly brewed its last cup more...
Sen. Diane Feinstein Public Memorial & Funeral at SF’s City Hall (Oct. 4-5)
Bay Area Favorites, Brand New, Community, Goodbye, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last week at the age of 90, will lie in state Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at San Francisco City Hall and a public funeral service will now be held Thursday on the steps of the building. On Wednesday, the public will be invited to pay more...
San Jose’s Iconic ‘Raging Waters’ Waterpark Closes Permanently
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye Sadly, Northern California’s largest waterpark, Raging Waters, has announced that the park will not reopen in 2024. San Jose’s Raging Waters, which opened nearly 4 decades ago in 1985, took to social media to announce the sad news: “Raging Waters San Jose is closed for the season and will not be more...
SF’s Original Philz Coffee Closing After 20 Years
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Goodbye, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Mission Local for sharing the sad news that the original Philz Coffee location on 24th and Folsom will be closing down soon after losing its lease*, with its last day open being October 16, 2023. *There’s more to this story! In a rather curious twist, it’s not as simple more...
SF’s 127-Year-Old Anchor Brewing to Close Down
Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye, Local Icons, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open By Jeff Ballinger, Bay City News A landmark company in San Francisco has turned off its taps. Anchor Brewing Company officials announced early Wednesday that it will cease operations and liquidate the business — established in 1896 — citing economic factors including declining sales since 2016. The company gave employees 60-day notices more...
SF’s Cinemark Century 9 Movie Theater Shutting Down Today
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open In a time of streaming and a tough business environment downtown, the Cinemark’s Century 9 San Francisco movie theater at the Westfield Mall on Market Street is closing its doors for the last time after today’s matinee shows. Want Free Movies? – Check out Funcheap’s Bay Area’s Complete Outdoor Movie Guide more...
Westfield Leaving SF’s Largest Mall
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open The once vibrant Westfield mall in downtown San Francisco is feeling more like a melancholic ghost town, as its owners, Westfield Group and Brookfield Properties, have decided to throw in the towel and bid adieu to Market Street and the 1.5 million square foot “San Francisco Centre”. With dwindling foot traffic, more...
Historic 1919 North Beach “Broadway Studios” Up for Auction
Goodbye, San Francisco Thanks to SF Gate for letting us know that the historic 12,000 sq. ft. Broadway Studios in North Beach is going up for auction. Located in the heart of North Beach at 435 Broadway near Kearny, the classic Mission-style building was built in 1919 by the Italian community and began its first more...
Nordstrom Leaving Downtown SF After 35 Years
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open By Bay City News Nordstrom, a fixture in downtown San Francisco for 35 years, said it will close its department store in Westfield mall on Market Street and its nearby discount outlet within three months, citing changing “dynamics of the downtown.” The announcement came Tuesday in an all-company message from Jamie Nordstrom, more...
Downtown SF’s “New” Whole Foods Closing After Just 1 Year
Goodbye, Only in San Francisco, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to the San Francisco Standard for letting us know the depressing, but unsurprising news that the “new” 64,737 square foot flagship Whole Foods that opened in Downtown SF on March 10, 2023 is temporarily closing down after just 1 year. The location, set in the ground floor of Trinity Place more...
SF’s “Wooden Nickel” Dive Bar Has Shut Down
Bars, Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for sharing the sad news that The Wooden Nickel in the Mission has closed down permanently after 6+ years in business. In late December the city was hit with one of the largest storms ever recorded which resulted in a massive street flood and The Wooden Nickel more...
