After 16 years in San Francisco's Mission District, popular vegan Mexican restaurant Gracias Madre closed this week.
The owners of the establishment, which used to generate extremely long wait times before the pandemic, posted a note outside stating that the economy and state of the Mission forced this decision.
Gracias Madre location in San Francisco on August 29, 2023, after the restaurant closed its doors. The restaurant owners said the condition of the city has"deteriorated" and has made running a small business"nearly impossible."Former general manager Joseph Donohue said the business never recovered from the pandemic, and the street conditions drove away customers, especially at night.
He said Gracias Madre tried to stay open until 10 p.m., but didn't have enough business to do so. The owners did not have enough cash to stay open another month."It's just a little shady in the area, the streets are not cleaned on a regular basis. It's almost as if it's like a forgotten side of the city," he said.
"I don't feel secure sometimes walking the streets," said a longtime Mission resident who did not give his name.
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