Alioto's restaurant and crab stand, a San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf staple for nearly a century, is closing for good.
SAN FRANCISCO — Alioto’s restaurant and crab stand, a Fisherman’s Wharf staple for nearly a century, is closing for good.
The landmark Sicilian seafood restaurant first started out as a fish stand in 1925, later moving to stand number 8 on Taylor Street at Pier 45.In the 1930s business was booming and it became the first building on the wharf to sell fresh Dungeness crab and shrimp cocktails.However it couldn’t survive COVID-19 lockdowns. The restaurant served traditional Sicilian seafood meals and clam chowder until it first closed at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.
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