San Francisco's Cliff House restaurant, which first opened 157 years ago, announced that the restaurant will close permanently on Dec. 31, a victim both of the COVID-19 pandemic and, its owners say, delays by the National Park Service in reaching a long-term operating contract with the restaurant.
Sadly, 180 employees will lose their jobs.
You may remember that the Cliff House ended in-house dining in March due to the pandemic.
The operators said they attempted to try takeout-only service in early June, but after 10 weeks of that, closed down completely in mid-July, saying the restaurant was losing too much money as a takeout-only operation.