After 70 years in San Francisco, a favorite spot is closing. (via eatersf)
first reported the news, and owner Sydney Saidyan confirmed the restaurant closed as of Friday, June 23. He says the pandemic exacerbated issues with the landlord; the restaurant was not able to install outdoor dining due to some of these problems, and it made HRD’s losses even larger. “I lost faith in my partners, meaning the city and landlord, to really see us as their valued partner,” Saidyan says.
As the Standard recounts, HRD Coffee Shop was started by Ben Chan, an immigrant from China who wanted to open a breakfast spot in China Basin. He opened HRD in 1953 —after the “HRD” on the front of the Human Resource Department office where the restaurant first began — and eventually passed the business along to nephew David Yeung and partner Joanna Banks in 2009.
As for the story of HRD Coffee Shop, Saidyan doesn’t believe this is the true end. Pointing to various catering gigs with the Giants and local companies, as well as the numerous reviews on Yelp and Google praising their restaurant, he says HRD will continue on — whether it’s him at the helm or someone who will take over the business and its various trademarks and patents.
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