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Del Popolo in San Francisco closed after a decade so that owner Jon Darsky could focus on expanding his frozen pizza business.<\/p>\n
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Acre Pasta, a spinoff of popular pizzeria Acre Pizza in Sebastopol, has closed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ristobar, on Chestnut Street in San Francisco\u2019s Marina District, is closing after 22 years. Owner Gary Rulli was sued by the city attorney last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The following is a list of notable Bay Area restaurant closures in May. Click here for a list of restaurants that closed in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n The pasta spinoff from the team at Sonoma County\u2019s Acre Pizza\u00a0\u2014 among the Bay Area\u2019s top pizzerias<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 has closed after less than a year. Acre Pasta in Sebastopol, which opened last July<\/a>, served its last bowls of creamy lumache with wild mushrooms in May, according to an Instagram announcement<\/a>. The post did not include a reason for the closure, but teased that something new will be opening in its place.<\/p>\n Yemeni-Israeli bakery the Ma\u2019lawah Bar in Palo Alto sold its final sweet jachnun and sabiches on May 29. Its owners posted on Instagram<\/a> that it was closing, but wrote that a new, undisclosed project is underway.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n East Bay Nosh reported<\/a> that Mix\u00e9, an Uptown Oakland mezcal and espresso bar, is now closed. It opened in late 2024 with cocktails, coffee and Oaxacan dishes at the former home of Mexican restaurant Calavera<\/a>.<\/p>\n Del Popolo, one of San Francisco\u2019s foremost Neapolitan pizza specialists, has closed after 10 years to focus instead on retail frozen pies<\/a>. Owner Jon Darsky, an alum of famed Italian restaurant Flour + Water, launched Del Popolo out of a shipping container on wheels in 2012 before landing its Bush Street location. In a Chronicle blind tasting of frozen pizzas from three San Francisco restaurants<\/a>, Del Popolo came out as the winner. Del Popolo currently distributes to around 100 stores, but Darsky hopes to grow Del Popolo\u2019s retail presence nationwide.<\/p>\n The iconic Trumer Pils, seen here in a glass held by master brewer Lars Larson in 2006, will be produced by Firestone Walker at its facility in Paso\u00a0Robles following the shutdown Trumer\u2019s Berkeley brewery.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mike Kepka\/San Francisco Chronicle<\/p>\n Berkeley brewery\u00a0Trumer ended its beer-making and taproom operations in May after Paso Robles-based Firestone Walker Brewing bought it<\/a>. The East Bay brewery, an offshoot of four-century-old Trumer Brauerei in Austria, began brewing Trumer Pils, its crisp, German-style pilsner, in 2004. The beer will still be available: Firestone plans to move brewing operations for Trumer Pils to its Paso Robles brewery.<\/p>\n San Francisco Chronicle Logo<\/p>\n Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Add Preferred Source<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Bay Area hot dog chain\u00a0Caspers closed its nearly 80-year-old Richmond outpost<\/a>. Company general manager Paul Rustigian told the Chronicle that the restaurant had been underperforming for years, so Caspers decided to sell it. The space didn\u2019t sit vacant for long, as Richmond politician Courtland \u201cCorky\u201d Booze, a Caspers regular, bought the business and quickly reopened it as Corky\u2019s Famous Hot Dogs<\/a>, featuring a similar menu of chili dogs and Chicago-style hot dogs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Ristobar, a stop for handmade pastas and cocktails in San Francisco\u2019s Marina District, has closed after 22 years<\/a>. Owner Gary Rulli announced that he was closing the Italian restaurant on Memorial Day, but did not disclose a reason for the closure. Last year, the San Francisco Standard reported<\/a> that the city attorney sued Rulli over allegations of unpaid taxes, interest and penalties connected to Ristobar. The Chestnut Street space has already been flipped into an events venue called Eria Marina.\u00a0<\/p>\n After a year and a half, Golden Palm is closing to be come a private event space.\u00a0<\/p>\n MacKenzie Chung Fegan \/ The Chro<\/p>\n The owners of Gold Palm had lofty goals of revving up activity in Uptown Oakland<\/a> with craft cocktails and Pakistani bar bites. A year and a half later, it has closed<\/a>. Owners Daniel Gahr and Shirin Raza, who also operate the nearby Bar Shiru, plan to use the space as a private events venue. Moonglow, their adjoining speakeasy, will remain open and is expanding its hours starting in June. Gold Palm adds to a spate of bars that have shuttered in Oakland<\/a> over the past year.<\/p>\n Also in Oakland,\u00a0modern Asian restaurant Oken has called it quits<\/a>. Chef Albert Ok, known for Oakland\u2019s hyper-popular Ok\u2019s Deli, closed Oken after a year of serving dishes with Japanese, Korean and Southeast Asian influences. \u201cThe restaurant industry is tough and we are not big on making excuses or elaborate sad stories,\u201d Ok wrote in an Instagram post. He declined to comment further, but had previously told the San Francisco Standard<\/a> that the restaurant had not seen a profit half a year in.\u00a0<\/p>\n Miami chef Brad\u00a0Kilgore\u2019s three food businesses at the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 upscale Italian-Japanese fusion<\/a> restaurant Ama by Brad Kilgore<\/a>, all-day spot Caf\u00e9 Sebastian and shave ice shop MadLab\u00a0\u2014 shut down in early May<\/a>, just weeks after the high-profile building got new owners<\/a>. Kilgore previously told the Chronicle that when \u201cownership changed, the required rent to continue operating became unaffordable.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Curry Up Now, the last restaurant from the original vendor lineup at downtown San Francisco food hall Saluhall, quietly closed in late May<\/a>. The Bay Area Indian fusion chain\u2019s kiosk offered burritos with butter chicken, samosas and drinks on the second level of the food hall, which has struggled with high turnover and vacancies.<\/p>\n Ayesha Curry and Michael Mina, seen here in 2017, opened International Smoke that year. The barbecue restaurant will be replaced by Mina’s Neighborhood Test Kitchen.<\/p>\n Liz Hafalia\/The Chronicle<\/p>\n International Smoke, the first restaurant collaboration between celebrity chef Michael Mina and entrepreneur Ayesha Curry, has closed after nine years at the base of the Millennium Tower in San Francisco<\/a>. Mina told Eater SF<\/a> that the restaurant struggled with a post-pandemic downtown in business and declining foot traffic due to construction to address the luxury high rise\u2019s sinking problem<\/a>. The restaurant served barbecue that drew inspiration from varied cuisines, including Argentinean steaks with chimichurri, chicken in a Mexican-style achiote and smoky pork ribs dressed with gochujang or a classic Texas barbecue sauce. Former Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer added International Smoke to his 2018 list of the Bay Area\u2019s Top 100 restaurants<\/a>. The Mina Group is preparing to open a new restaurant, Neighborhood Test Kitchen, in the space.<\/p>\n Juice Shop closed its remaining\u00a0retail stores on May 31, according to an Instagram announcement<\/a>.\u00a0The San Francisco-born business was part of the cold-pressed juice boom and was known for its glass bottles of vegetable and fruit juices, sold at small\u00a0kiosks. Juice Shop will continue to offer pre-order\u00a0pickups and deliveries. \u201cWhile this is a big change, we hope you\u2019ll join along with us in this next chapter,\u201d the owners wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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