They’ve gone fishing.
After practically a century in enterprise, Bay Area seafood restaurant Cook’s Seafood abruptly closed both of their places last week.
The Silicon Valley establishment announced the stunning closure with a signal posted outside of their unique Menlo Park location, which first began promoting shellfish in 1928.
After practically a century in enterprise, Bay Area seafood restaurant Cook’s Seafood abruptly closed both of their places last week. Instagram/CooksSeafood
The closure is the newest blow to the Bay Area’s meals and drink trade.
“As you know, this year has been very difficult for restaurants,” the signal learn. “Our Team thanks you for all your years of visiting us, and we’ll miss you.”
Known for their signature fish and chips dish, catfish, sand dabs, salmon, and more, Cook’s opened its second location in Pleasanton just last 12 months after practically a decade of planning. Both places housed fish markets in addition to eating places.
Cook’s was dubbed a “landmark” in a 2001 article by Almanac News, which detailed its origin story.
The restaurant first opened in Menlo Park in 1928, and just opened its second location last 12 months. Instagram/CooksSeafood
The enterprise was first opened by Bill Cook, a former policeman, who later bought it to Robert Rahe. After Rahe’s demise, it was bought to Roy Crumrine in 1963, who began working at the restaurant as a dishwasher in 1955. After Crumrine’s demise, the enterprise was taken over by his son of the same title.
A 1989 report in the Peninsula Times Tribune said founder Bill Cook was impressed to serve fish and chips after making an attempt the dish while stationed in England during World War I. “We may be one of the first places in California to serve fish and chips,” he said at the time.
The seafood spot was beloved among prospects for fish and chips, served for a long time. Instagram/@cooksseafoodpleasantonca
The closure is the newest blow to the Bay Area’s meals and drink trade, which has seen staple enterprise shutter in latest months due to monetary stress, as an AI-driven financial increase raises the stakes for survival.
In September, Lutticken’s Deli and After 5 restaurant, also in Menlo Park, closed after 45 years in enterprise. The iconic enterprise housed a espresso store, a sandwich store and Mexican meals restaurant. General supervisor Judy Congdon said the enterprise closed because it was “just not making the money” it used to make.
The closure is half of a sample of older companies struggling to survive amid the Bay Area’s AI-fueled increase. Instagram/@cooksseafoodpleasantonca
Just last week, Red’s Place, which boasts the moniker of “the oldest bar in the neighborhood” announced that it would be closing by the finish of the 12 months after 60 years in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Owner Jerry Chan said the closure was due to rising operational prices — and an estimated $500k in obligatory repairs to the constructing.
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