Tuesday! A day to eat at home!
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Sunday: loggersbrat
“They” are at it again. At what again? Of closing restaurants that I have loved, very old ones and some newer ones. And I only find out when I’m about to go for a regular visit, or take a friend to enjoy one of my favs. . . only to discover that said eatery is. . . GONE.
I have done at least 2 IAN diaries in the past mourning the missing hangouts. One was a local Denny’s that for many around these parts had been a reliable comfort food hangout for over 50 years. The other was a SF Bay Area landmark, Brennan’s, in Berkeley, around for over 50 years.
This time it is another Bay Area landmark restaurant, and one that had been around for 128 years.
Ironically it was also in Berkeley, and just across the street from the late, lamented Brennan’s. I first went there when I was in college at UCBerkeley, for my 19th birthday. (And that was eons ago.)
Spenger’s was definitely “old school.” Not vegan. Not nouvelle cuisine at all. But it was a blast from the restaurant past.
The other day I went to check on current hours for Spenger’s and found out that it too was shuttered!! Gone! Poof! I had wanted to take my 2 teenage grandsons there for their birthdays—and to let them experience its historic heft and its old-school eatery ambiance.
Nice try. Too late.
Here’s a DailyCal article about the untimely (Hey! 128 years is only a blink of time) demise of Spenger’s. Take a look.
Grrrrrr.
Has this happened to you? Please share.