Goodbye
SF’s 115-Year-Old Mochi Spot Set to Close Forever
Bay Area Favorites, Eat & Drink, Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to KPIX and Hoodline for letting us know the sad news that days are numbered for a beloved bakery that’s widely known and Japantown’s oldest business, Benkyodo Company. The shop, which opened in 1906, makes traditional hand-made Japanese rice cakes, manju and mochi, announced that they are hoping someone will more...
SF’s 24-Hour Diner “Sparky’s” To Be Demolished
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Sadly, SF Gate has shared the news that one of San Francisco’s favorite late-night diners, and queer meeting spaces, is set to be demolished. Sparky’s 24 Hours Pizza & Diner, the 24-hour diner on Church Street, closed its doors abruptly in 2016 and has sat vacant since. Plans have just been more...
Popular SF Brunch Spot Dottie’s True Blue Cafe Closes
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, Only in San Francisco Sadly, a San Francisco brunch institution, Dottie’s True Blue Cafe, has closed its doors for good after nearly 30 years. The SoMa cafe, located at 28 6th St., was featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Patrons would often wait for hours in line outside the busy restaurant to more...
SF Saw 9,000+ Move Out of City in Just Three Months
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation According to a new study by UC Berkeley, San Francisco saw the largest growth in “exits” of people moving out of the city with 9,365 moving away in July-September of 2021, a 34% jump since the first three months of 2020. While some California residents more...
Famous Vampire Author Anne Rice Honed Her Skills at SF State
Goodbye, San Francisco While famous best-selling vampire novelist Anne Rice was known for her deep connections to her birthplace of New Orleans, many might not realize that she spent many years in the Bay Area, living both in San Francisco and in Berkeley. Rice’s son Christopher Rice announced his mother’s death on Twitter on more...
UC Berkeley Says Goodbye to Admission Tests for Good
Controversy, Goodbye By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters The University of California will not require any kind of admissions test for students trying to gain entry as undergraduates, system leaders reiterated Thursday. Though the system voted last year to do away with requiring the SAT and ACT admissions tests, still up in the air was whether more...
Downtown San Jose’s Controversial Statue to be Removed
Bay Area Updates, Causes, Controversy, Goodbye By Jana Kadah, Bay City News Foundation The controversial Thomas Fallon statue, which stood in downtown San Jose for about 30 years, is finally coming down. On Tuesday, the city council unanimously approved to decommission the bronze structure that sat at the intersection of West Julian and West St. James streets. The more...
One of the Bay Area’s Last Roller Rinks Closing
Bay Area Favorites, East Bay, Goodbye Thanks to KTVU for sharing the news that one of the Bay Area’s last remaining roller rinks is closing its doors. As one of the largest roller skating rinks within hundreds of miles, San Ramon’s the Golden Skate, located at 2701 Hooper Drive, has delighted many skaters come from all over more...
SF’s Gallery of Jewels Shuts Down After 30+ Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco Gallery of Jewels served San Francisco for over 3 decades. The store was founded in April 1990 by husband & wife entrepreneurial owners Bill Hoover and Dona Taylor; however, the combined loss from Covid-19 closures, continuous theft, and their most recent break-in has forced them to close their doors for more...
One of SF’s Few Remaining Taco Bells Has Closed
Goodbye, San Francisco, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate and Hoodline for letting us know that one of the city’s few remaining Taco Bells has shut down. The location on Guerrero and Duboce has been a combo KFC/Taco Bell for years, but the Taco Bell sign on the side of the building has been removed and more...
PG&E to Shut Off SF’s Beloved “Falcon Cam” After 15 Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, San Francisco By Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News Foundation Fifteen years after the cameras started rolling, PG&E will stop streaming its 24/7 Falcon Cam on October 15 after selling its San Francisco headquarters. Watch the PG&E Falcon Cam LIVE (through October 15, 2021) – please note that often times especially when it’s not nesting more...
Nordstrom Rack Closing Its SoMa Store Oct. 1
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye Thanks to SF Gate for sharing the news that in a rare move Nordstrom Rack will close its San Francisco store in SoMa at 555 Ninth St. The 42,000-square-foot store Nordstrom Rack opened in 2001, and shared the shopping plaza with Trader Joe’s and Bed Bath & Beyond. The decision to more...
SF Weekly Shutting Down for “Indefinite Hiatus”
Bay Area Favorites, Goodbye Thanks to Broke-Ass Stuart for letting us know the sad news that the alt-weekly SF Weekly is going on indefinite hiatus starting the end of September 2021. Funcheap is super bummed, especially after the rival Guardian shut down and Johnny Funcheap used to write a weekly column for the SF Weekly more...
SF Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman Dies at 87
Goodbye San Francisco mourns the loss of Poet Jack Hirschman who passed away in his North Beach home at the age of 87 on Sunday, August 22. Hirschman moved to San Francisco in 1973 after his tenure as a professor at UCLA. He was regular fixture at Caffe Trieste and City Lights, more...
SF’s Belgian Cafe Frjtz Closes After 20 Years
Bay Area Updates, Goodbye, What's Closed / What's Open Thanks to SF Gate and Eater for sharing the news that Belgian cafe Frjtz, known for their tasty Belgian fries, plus burgers and crepes, has sadly shut its doors for good in the City. In 2019, the cafe shifted to delivery-only model, located at 60 Morris St. However, as of July more...
