The proprietor of two historic Fisherman’s Wharf eating places which have closed lately, Tarantino’s and No. 9 Fisherman’s Grotto, sued town of San Francisco for tens of millions of {dollars}, alleging quite a few components together with pandemic closure orders for restaurant closures.
The case was filed final week, as SFGate reviews, is Herringbone Tavern, Inc., an organization owned by Chris Henry, who additionally owns Tommy’s Joynt in Van Ness. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages brought on by the corporate because of town’s homelessness disaster, the COVID closure orders, “felony acts” within the space, and failure to “keep the character of Fisherman’s Wharf,” in extra of $2 million. invested in landscaping.
The eating places had been evicted by the Port of San Francisco final yr after reportedly failing to pay lease — the port mentioned it owed $1.4 million in lease on the time.
The lawsuit additionally alleges town allowed the seawall beneath the eating places to break down, as SFGate explains, and left the eating places weak to earthquake harm.
A earlier lawsuit Herringbone introduced in opposition to town shortly after an eviction discover final fall was dismissed on a technicality.
While the No. 9 Fisherman’s Grotto opened in 1935 and Tarantino’s opened in 1946, the Herringbone Tavern operated as eating places for just a few years earlier than each closed through the pandemic.
The Wharf has misplaced a number of distinguished eating places since 2020, together with Pompei’s Grotto, Lou’s Fish Shack, Places to remain in Castagnola, and Alioto’s. Alioto’s had been open for 97 years in its port location, the household that owned it opted out of its lease with the Port of SF early, following its pandemic-related closure.
Photo: May A. with Yelp