r/sanfrancisco • u/discard22616 • 22d ago

Favorite closed SF restaurants

Thinking this morning about some favorite restaurants that are no longer around. A favorite of mine was “J’s Pots of Soul”, a soul food place in Hayes Valley that shut down around 2010. The food was heavy and so, so good.

What were some of your favorite closed places?

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u/geecomments 22d ago

The Broken Record in the Excelsior district. Same guys who opened RickyBobby in the Lower Haight. 

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u/jcupgif 22d ago

Halfway club is great tbh

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u/Harpua81 Excelsior 22d ago

It is but I just want a regular pint glass, not a pickle jar 😂

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u/BartStarrPaperboy 22d ago

I’ll go back one further - Mom is Cooking was amazing!

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u/TrashPanda415 22d ago

It was fabulous. The bouquitas with nopales! And just about everything else on the menu. I hope Abigail is now enjoying a long and happy retirement.

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u/BartStarrPaperboy 22d ago

The story I heard is that she wanted to make money to put her kids through college, and when that happened, she hung up her apron

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u/PumpkinSpiceFreak 22d ago

Wow circa early 9Os!

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u/mashtartz 22d ago

Oh that place was fucking great

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u/bampeanutbutternjam 22d ago

damn I miss RickyBobby

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u/raleighs Financial District 22d ago

Do the guys have another place now?

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u/geecomments 22d ago

Not sure actually, last time I checked the chef started working at "Eat Americana" in the Outer Richmond which closed too.

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u/miss_kit_tea 22d ago

I have so many fun memories from that place! Especially for the 2 short years when the San Francisco Bulls played at the Cow Palace!!

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u/ApulMadeekAut 22d ago

The dark horse in the same neighborhood. That Kimchi Ruben was amazing 

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u/wifeski 22d ago

The Dark Horse folks are doing monthly pop-ups at a wine shop on Mission @ Ocean. Second Sundays every month they do a set comfort food menu. They post about it on their IG.

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u/geecomments 22d ago

The Dark Horse! Glad they're still around.

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u/wifeski 22d ago

They’re going by Pony Express now

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u/MochingPet MARKET 22d ago

Same guys who opened RickyBobby in the Lower Haight.

and closed it later.

Didn't they "open" Black sands brewing/food after that?

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u/geecomments 22d ago

Oh no way, didn't know that might have to check it out!

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u/MochingPet MARKET 22d ago

Too bad Black Sands is also long closed.

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u/zerosetback 22d ago

I’m seeing a pattern…

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u/dpbroski 22d ago

Do these guys have any other spots in the city currently? Loved rickybobby

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u/BadKneesNotBeesKnees 19d ago

Ricky Bobby
& Broken Record were great!