Tonga Room’s Final Fate to Be Decided This Week
The famed Tiki bar in the bowels of the Fairmont Hotel is likely going away, at least in spirit.
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The Lower Haight Woos Ike’s
Ike's Place may have gotten their umpteenth reprieve, but it's only a matter of time (probably a month or two) before they're run right out of their current home on 16th Street. A grassroots effort to relocate Ike's to the...
BREAKING: Ike’s Almost Shutters, Gets Last Minute Stay
The beloved, much hyped sandwich shop has to vacate by 6 a.m. tomorrow.
Fans of Jelly’s Nightclub Plan ‘Protest Rumba’
The nightclub's owners claim that gentrification, and not the July murder on their premises, is to blame for their eviction.
Sandwich Addict 911! Ike’s May Finally Have to Vacate on August 26
The uber-popular Castro sandwich shop has to relocate, and fast.
CAV Might Be On the Outs
We hate being doomsayers about struggling businesses, but Eater yesterday reiterated a rumor Grub Street had already heard that CAV Wine Bar (which recently nixed their food program) might not be doing so well. Owner Pamela Busch denies that she...
City Now Trying to Screw Over Ike’s Place
The Planning Department has suddenly discovered that Ike's Place never had a permit to sell sandwiches out of their 16th Street location.
Ebb & Flow May Ebb Like Its Predecessors
Ebb & Flow, the four-month-old seafood restaurant in the curiously cursed spot at the corner of 18th and Guerrero (across from Tartine), is taking a couple months off for "vacation" as noted by Leah Garchik. They lost chef Vincent Schofield...
Ike’s Place May Shutter As Soon As This Week
The popular sandwich shop's fate gets decided tomorrow.
Updated: RNM Shutters For (At Least) Three Months
RNM is closing for "extensive renovations," says they'll return in the fall.
Neldam’s Bakery Wishes Oakland Loved It Too
The 81-year-old bakery hasn't been shown the love that 58-year-old Merritt Bakery has.
Ike’s Neighbors Would Settle for $1M
Ike's upstairs neighbors are willing to move, if Ike pays them handsomely out of his profits.
The Tonga Room: Probably Still Endangered After All
The Historic Preservation Commission is not confident that it wants to save the historic Tiki bar.
Merritt Bakery Gets Bailout, But Still Might Not Survive
The Oakland City Council voted last night to give Merritt Bakery a $150,000 loan to stay afloat, despite the fact that an independent audit of the business suggests "insurmountable" financial difficulties. Since last October, the city of Oakland has funneled...
Yikes! Ike’s Possibly Closing?
Due to beef with the neighbors, Ike's may have to close and won't relocate for the better part of this year.
Updated: The Tonga Room Is Saved!
A new document regarding the new Fairmont Tower reveals that the Tonga Room will be "dismantled, relocated, and reinstalled."
Two More North Beach Restaurants In Danger of Shuttering
Joe DiMaggio's and Joey & Eddie's are likely either to shutter, or at least change hands.