Numerous San Francisco businesses, including restaurants and cafes, gyms, and retail shops plan to close Friday as part of a nationwide strike protesting the violence by federal immigration enforcement officers against the American public, including the killings of ICU nurse Alex Pretti last weekend and Renée Good two weeks prior.
Several food businesses around the city have announced that they will be closed, including Black Jet Baker, Spec’s bar, Donaji, and Frank Grizzly’s, and The Mill.
For many of these businesses, staying shuttered on a Friday means missing out on significant sales. “As much as we had to consider the effects of closing for the day, the greater conversation is that there’s power in numbers. The more we get people involved in the strike, the louder our voices and our power become,” said Julia Paik, manager at The Mill. “Now more than ever we have to consider what’s most important — our safety and human rights.”
Other businesses are taking the fundraising route. Devil’s Teeth Baking Company earlier this week began offering anti-ICE sugar cookies, with all proceeds benefitting Community Action Network Minnesota, the company said. The cookies have been selling out daily. Additionally, all proceeds from showings at the Balboa Theater on Friday will be donated to La Raza Centro Legal, an organization based in the Mission that provides free legal support for the Latinx community and other low-income immigrant families.
Here’s a list of San Francisco businesses that plan to close on Friday as of Thursday afternoon:
- Al Pastor Papi
- Andytown Coffee Roasters
- Arizmendi
- BAVC Media
- Black Jet Baker
- Bones Bagels
- Booksmith
- Botanic Panic
- Bryr Clogs
- Cellarmaker Brewing
- Cheeky Bits Sweets
- City Lights
- Decades of Fashion
- DLX Skate Shop
- Dogpatch Boulders
- Donaji
- Dynamo Donut & Coffee
- Edo Salon
- Ed’s Garden Service
- Firefly Restaurant
- Four Barrel Coffee
- Fraenkel Gallery
- Frank Grizzly’s
- Frenzy Faire
- Golden Sardine
- The Heart Salon
- Hilda and Jesse
- House of Air
- Le Bouquet
- Life San Francisco
- Lisa Says Gah
- Manny's
- The Mill
- Mission Cliffs
- MM Clay
- Motoring Coffee
- Mureta & Co.
- Nooworks
- North Bay Aesthetics
- Now Place
- Omnivore Books
- On Waverly
- Park Life
- Relic Vintage
- A Runner’s Mind
- Running Wylder
- Pasta Supply Co.
- Psyched Radio
- The Roxie
- San Francisco Arts Ed Project
- Scenic Routes
- Scuderia West Motorcycles
- Sensitive Vintage
- The Sidewalk Flowers
- Slash Gallery
- Southern Exposure
- Space Craft Earth
- Spec’s
- Strike-slip Gallery
- Sunset Mercantile
- Tantrum
- Taqueria El Buen Comer
- Verve Coffee
- Vesuvio
- The Wishing Well Workshop
If you're a San Francisco-based business that is planning to close on Friday, please send us a text at (415) 787-6570.
