— By Jack Morse (@jmorse_) |
Sunflower, the Vietnamese restaurant located on Valencia at 16th, has long been a go-to spot for affordable eats on what has become an otherwise expensive restaurant row. Now it looks like they’re in trouble.
SF Eater reports:
Sunflower is mysteriously shuttered, with only a sign on the door reading “We are closed until further notice. Sorry for the inconvenience.” A call placed to the restaurant was answered by a voicemail box with an identical message. A staffer at Sunflower’s sister location in Potrero Hill, which remains open, refused to comment on why the Mission location was closed, or when it might reopen.
The closure is even more curious when considering Sunflower is (was?) in the process of opening a vegetarian restaurant next door to their Valencia location. Eater speculates that escalate rents might be to blame, but there’s no way to know.
We can only hope that this is not just the latest example of affordable and well-loved spots being priced off of Valencia Street.
Update: It has been suggested that they have closed for renovations, specifically to make the restaurant ADA compliant. However, there are no building permits on file for any such construction—something that would be necessary for renovations to take place. There are also no active complaints on file for the restaurant. We’ll update as we learn more.
[SF Eater]
Comments (7)
OH NO!
Situations like this often turn out to be the result of a Health Dept. issue – did anyone try calling SFDPH?
Health dept shut downs also come with manadatory public notices that must be posted. So no. It’s probably not that.
They’re not closing down, they’re just remodeling and becoming ADA compliant.
How do you know this?
Another non-story, lacking the facts.
If they are closing for “ADA compliance” issues, its often the result of lawyer shakedowns encouraged by the criminal California legislature the voters keep electing. The lawyers like to shakedown immigrant owned businesses because they know they can and the California criminals holding office in Sacramento will do nothing about it.