Customers hang out outside the Clayton Club Saloon in Clayton in 2001.
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The following is a list of notable restaurants that closed in March. Here is a list of February restaurant closings.
Clayton Club Saloon, a 153-year-old Contra Costa County dive bar that survived the Prohibition era and the Great Depression, closed on March 29, SFGATE reported. Clayton Club Saloon — which developed a reputation as a rowdy cowboy bar, decked out with boots hanging from the ceiling and hitching posts outside — anchored the small city’s downtown. The business will be up for auction on April 3.
The restaurant arm of Petaluma vegetarian foods company Amy’s Kitchen is no more. Amy’s Drive Thru closed its final two locations in March: a kiosk at SFO’s Terminal 1 on March 25, SFGATE reported, and the last freestanding Amy’s Drive Thru in Rohnert Park on March 8. (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently.) The restaurants served burgers made with plant-based proteins, salads and grain bowls. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported that Amy’s Kitchen president Paul Schiefer said the company was moving its focus to retail products.
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Jake’s Cafe & Catering, a small restaurant near the Livermore Municipal Airport, shuttered on March 23. On Instagram, owner Jake Palmer thanked customers for their support over 12 years, but did not specify a reason for closing.
Customers dine at Lupa Trattoria in San Francisco in 2003. The restaurant is now closed.
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San Francisco Roman restaurant Lupa Trattoria has served its last bowls of housemade pastas and veal in mushroom sauce. Its last day in business was March 21, according to a recording on the restaurant’s telephone line. Chef-owner Stefano Coppola, a native of Rome, ran the Noe Valley restaurant for over 20 years.
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South Bay pizzeria Slice of Homage has closed its San Jose location at 163 W. Santa Clara St., according to an Instagram post. The restaurant is looking for a new location with more dine-in capacity and parking. Its flagship in Sunnyvale is still open, serving both thin crust New York-style and rectangular Detroit-style pizzas.
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In Oakland, where a confluence of factors including changing consumer habits and high overhead has sparked a wave of bar closings, another craft beer bar has gone dark. Tiger’s Taproom closed on March 1 after seven years of pouring pints in the Jack London Square area. In an Instagram post, the bar’s owners pointed to declining foot traffic and increased operating costs as factors for closing. “It isn’t just one thing. It’s been a combination of everything,” the post reads. “We’ve watched parts of Oakland and Jack London change over the years and it just isn’t what it used to be.”
Laksa was one of the most popular dishes at Damansara in San Francisco, which has closed.
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San Francisco has lost one of its few Malaysian restaurants: Damansara in Noe Valley is now closed. Chef-owner Tracy Goh, who opened the restaurant in 2022, decided to close permanently after shifting to a takeout-only model in December. She’s now using the space as a private event venue and a catering operation. The restaurant first made waves with dishes like flaky curry puffs and laksa, a rice noodle soup made with more than 20 ingredients.
Saluhall, the beleaguered food hall at downtown San Francisco’s IKEA, lost yet another vendor in March. Cheezy’s Artisan Pizza chef-owner David Jacobson told the Chronicle that new management at the food hall terminated his contract following a lease dispute. Cheezy’s originally offered pizza and salads from a kiosk, then took over an adjacent coffee counter and began offering coffee and sandwiches after the hall’s original operator, London-headquartered Kerb Food, was dismissed by Saluhall parent company Ingka Centres. Since opening in 2024, Saluhall has lost all but one of its original vendors: only Bay Area Indian food chain Curry Up Now remains. Other newer tenants include Filipino sandwich spot Izzy and Wooks and smashburger favorite Smish Smash, on the Chronicle’s Top 100 Restaurants of 2026.
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Jay’s Cheesesteak owner Jay Nazzal (left) greets a customer in 2005. The restaurant closed in March 2026.
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Popular Mission District sandwich shop Jay’s Cheesesteak has closed. Owner Jay Nazzal cited, in an interview with Mission Local, his landlord not renewing his lease, along with higher operating costs and a general downturn in business. For more than 30 years, the restaurant served its namesake cheesesteaks, along with burgers, chili dogs and salads.
St. Helena’s A&W Restaurant, a fast food chain and the ritzy Wine Country city’s only drive-thru restaurant, closed on March 31. . It opened in 1966, predating a local ordinance barring franchises that began in 1994. The chain, an affordable option for people visiting the area and local high schoolers, was known for its hamburgers and root beer served in iced mugs.