[Rummyfan]

When it opened not far from Moscone Center at 826 Folsom Street back in 2010, the pizzeria, which was once hailed as the French Laundry of pizza in San Francisco, quickly established itself as one of the power players of the then-burgeoning upscale pizza scene.

The French Laundry of pizza? What does that mean?

It's only been around 12 years ... not exactly a long time in restaurant terms but not exactly an established brand either.

I wonder if there are other reasons for the closing (crime e.g.)?

[Billthedrill]

Wood-fired pizza? Do you realize how many polar bears had to die for that?

Downtown location where rents are high and the zombies are nigh. Doomed.

[irishjuggler]

No surprise at all on this one. That “convention visitor zone” (from Folsom Street north to the Union Square area) of San Francisco is deader than it’s ever been in my lifetime. And I mean dead. Boarded-up stores, boarded-up restaurants. Street-level business failure-rate of maybe 30%-40% and growing.

[chajin]

French Laundry

[Skywise]

Wow… a whole ten years.

The ONLY reason this place is getting press is obviously because it was hoity toity.

[hinckley buzzard]

Could anything possibly be less important than “The San Francisco pizza scene.”

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Meanwhile, due to the insane minimum wage, and many other reasons not to hire a breathing human, there is a San Francisco pizza shop with basically no staff. From the minute you walk in, to getting a slice, or several entire pizzas, you do not interact with a live human. Kiosks and tablets do not call in sick, need benefits, or even complain.

[Greg123456]

Zero zero? It’s named for Obama and Biden?

[Falconspeed]

"...compared to the days when tech workers would fill the space for lunch." Yup. Those were the days, the glorious 1990's, when tech people had $100 lunched throughout the city, people on sidewalks wore suits and dresses, and top skateboarders used downtown as their skate park. Then the tech people foolishly hyped the covid restrictions in 2020 and now those glorious days are over. Sad. It was fun hearing the loud revelers in SF pubs on late Fri nights letting off steam. Harringtons was full of techies in the past. Not so much today.