This restaurant on the west coast firm after 157 years

The owners say that Covid-19 and a lease litigation are to blame.


Customers benefit from the panoramic and picturesque view of the Pacific Ocean since the Cliff House restaurant since 1864. The local restaurant has greeted global wars, the great depression, earthquakes, fires and much more, but it is is nowClose its doors for good.

Unfortunately, the emblematic restaurant of San Francisco closes on December 31 due to the harmful effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and a lease dispute. The couple who has exploited the creation since 1973 declared the service of the National Park, who acquired the Earth in 1977, did not offer another lease in the long term like the one that the restaurant had until 2018. Since then, One year and six the leases of the month were on the table, according to theSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE. (In touch:More Saddes restaurant closures in your state.)

When the pandemic started in March, the cliff stopped until June. Once they reopened, the restaurant resorted to takeaway services during the summer, which lost money from the restaurant. Not to mention, high maintenance costs treated an extra shot to the lower line locks, the heating system and other parts of the building do not hold very well in the oceanic salt air.

December 14, the restaurantThe website has broken down, cornthe news Let's say the owners had posted a message on closing while the site was still live, speculation on the future of the emblematic place and when customers can be able to get a bite with a view.

"This is certainly not how to thank us, a small local business owned and operated by the Native San Franciscans, to take care of this treasure of San Francisco this last year at a significant financial loss", read reading. "In a realistic way, we look at two to three years of a closed installation. And if there is insufficient maintenance to maintain it, the re-opening costs will be enormous."

Unfortunately, it is only the last of a series of independent restaurant closures that took place this year. Check what state hadMore than 1 restaurants on 5 Close This year.

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