{"id":253706,"date":"2026-04-06T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253706\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:13:34","slug":"oakland-restaurant-announces-closure-after-31-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253706\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland restaurant announces closure after 31 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OAKLAND, Calif. (<a href=\"http:\/\/kron4.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KRON;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KRON&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KRON<\/a>) \u2014 Oakland vegan restaurant Millenium announced it would be shutting its doors after 31 years of service Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAfter almost 32 years, Millenium as you know it will close in mid-May,\u201d said co-owner and general manager Alison Bagby in a social media video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bagby said the way the restaurant is currently running was not financially sustainable for her or head chef Eric Tucker anymore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe just aren\u2019t busy enough to keep operating this way,\u201d Bagby said. \u201cEric is paying out of pocket for kitchen equipment. The list goes on and on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Restaurant goers have lamented the announcement as \u201cheartbreaking\u201d on social media. One comment from Instagram user OaklandStreetBunz, an Oakland rabbit rescue, according to its description, remembered their time as frequenters of the restaurant since the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMillennium isn\u2019t *just* an absolutely incredible restaurant, it\u2019s also a community support system! From the 90\u2019s when me &amp; my AR friends would treat ourselves after a civil disobedience to now as they support my rabbit rescue (and so many other animal rescues), Millennium has been a GEM,\u201d the comment read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Another Instagram user JennaPacelli, a neuroscientist and licensed therapist with over 53k followers, according to her Instagram description, touted the restaurant as, \u201cThe best vegan restaurant in the US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The restaurant has specialized in vegan cuisine in a fine dining setting for over three decades. In the video, Bagby urged people to come in during their last six weeks of service to \u201cexperience what they\u2019ve been doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf you want to support us when we need it most, now is the time to do it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are determined to find a way for Millennium to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Its last operational day will be May 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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