Allegations against SF restaurant owner suggest that crime might not always pay (Via EaterSF)
. According to Folger, this, too, was a violation, as “the phone call showed that Nuru was using his official position to help Bovis secure the lease by arranging the meeting between Bovis and the TJPA official.”
Here’s the thing: Despite these allegedly illicit conversations with city officials, Bovis didn’t manage to score a lease at either location. Meanwhile, two of his other San Francisco restaurants tanked: The Gold Dust Lounge, which left its longtime location in Union Square in 2012 following a dispute between Bovis and his landlord,
. Sports-centric piano bar/hofbrau Lefty O’Douls, which left Union Square for a neighboring Wharf location in 2018, closed over the holidays.Bovis is out on a $2 million bond, and faces “honest service wire fraud” charges that could net him up to 20 years in prison.
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