“If I could have found a better location, I would have,” [Chef Peter] Hemsley told The Standard. “But it’s expensive and hard, and, for those who can’t, the lesson is: Don’t invest in San Francisco, because you won’t make it.”
Aphotic, which opened in March 2023, is one of the most ambitious fine-dining restaurants to debut in post-pandemic San Francisco. But on Friday morning via an Instagram post, Hemsley announced that the final day of service at 816 Folsom Street will be Dec. 21...
In the Instagram post, Hemsley expressed in candid terms exactly why he decided to throw in the towel. On top of industry-wide issues, including the rising price of ingredients and labor, Hemsley called Aphotic’s location on the southwest side of the Moscone Center the “ugly butt end of a desolate convention center suck hole”
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