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A San Francisco drinking staple Hobson's Choice is reportedly closing
SF Gate ^ | May 6, 2024 | Andrew Chamings

Posted on 05/07/2024 7:45:37 AM PDT by Vendome

Popular Victorian-looking rum pub Hobson's Choice, on the corner of Clayton and Haight, will shutter after 26 years in business, owner Chris Dickerson told SFGATE columnist Stuart Schuffman this weekend. Dickerson cited the lack of pedestrian traffic on the famous street for the decision, and said the neighborhood hasn't yet bounced back from the pandemic.

“A lot of service industry people lived in the neighborhood. So, they’d get off work at a restaurant at 10-ish, 11-ish, and come back to the neighborhood and hang out until close," Dickerson said. "They’re no longer here."

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1 posted on 05/07/2024 7:45:37 AM PDT by Vendome
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To: Vendome

Never heard of it.


2 posted on 05/07/2024 7:56:35 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

Nothing special about this place. Just what you’d expect from S.F. denizens - high prices coupled with faux ambiance.


3 posted on 05/07/2024 8:04:51 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: Vendome
Wonderful film starring
Charles Laughton, John Mills and Brenda deBanzie:

Hobson's Choice.

4 posted on 05/07/2024 8:35:19 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ("The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19)
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To: oldplayer

So you are happy a place closed? I am confused.


5 posted on 05/07/2024 8:37:32 AM PDT by Hildy
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To: Vendome

searching for “care” ..... file not found


6 posted on 05/07/2024 10:38:06 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Remember the Biden Kitchen Fire of 2004)
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To: oldplayer

Another business closing in SF.

Business failures there look like a pandemic.


7 posted on 05/07/2024 8:37:01 PM PDT by Texas resident (Biden=Obama=Jarrett=Soros)
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