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The Layover was at 1517 Franklin St.īeyond Burma Unique’s spacious Walnut Creek dining room has gone dark.
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We’re delighted to print a correction if we’re wrong - and hey, free publicity - but sadly The Layover seems closed for good.
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It appears the bar is shuttered, website is dark, phone is disconnected, and unless we’re mistaken, the last social media post from staff was in October of 2020.
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THE LAYOVER Thanks to a commenter for bringing our attention to this cult-favorite bar and lounge, featured in the 2018 movie Sorry To Bother You and in the blissed-out nights of many an Oaklander. Oakland The Layover shut its doors when the pandemic began, and many former patrons say it won’t ever reopen. Let’s hope a similar, happy fate meets Rivoli. However, it should be noted that the 2020 shuttering of Corso, Brucker and Skipper’s other local favorite, was followed shortly by the good news that it would be revived by new owners, and indeed, Peter Chastain’s new Via del Corso has given that restaurant’s story a rare, shiny, silver lining. Now it is closed “…until further notice,” says Rivoli’s website, but it is marked permanently closed on Google, and our guess is that “further notice” won’t come soon. The Berkeley restaurant from Wendy Brucker and Roscoe Skipper was a favorite upscale choice for locals for almost three decades, and made big news - and regulars justifiably nervous - when it changed hands in 2020. RIVOLI Bitter news came this month when Eve Batey reported on the abrupt closure of Rivoli. According to a Daily Cal report from 2018, it, too, was owned by the Espresso Roma chain, and was part of the coffee shop empire’s plan to appeal to Berkeley’s “growing Asian population.” (The Subway is also owned by Roma’s David “Sandy” Boyd, the Cal reported at the time.) Thanks to a tipster for letting us know about this other, Roma-adjacent closure. NICHI RAMEN It has been dormant for a while, but we hear this 3-year-old ramen shop that shared the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph with a Subway franchise has shuttered for good. Berkeley’s other Espresso Roma, at 1549 Hopkins St., remains open. It looks like a new tenant signed on the dotted line in recent weeks, as numerous tipsters informed Nosh that the business has finally gone dark. Photo: Stuart LumanĮSPRESSO ROMA Founded by David “Sandy” Boyd back in 1980, this Elmwood institution has been operating on borrowed time for a while now, with Boyd telling Nosh in February that “the rent is $18,000 a month and the income is $300 a day,” so he’d shutter the business as soon as the landlord found a tenant to take the coffee shop’s place. And as always, tips should go to Berkeley Espresso Roma on College Avenue has been plastered with “for lease” signs since February.