FW: [SouthBayVeggies] Fw: Millennium Restaurant Closing Announcement

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 > From: "Miriam Leiseroff" <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~leiser18>
 > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:21:02 -0800
 >
 > This is sad, but hopefully they will regroup and open another great vegan restaurant somewhere in the Bay Area.
 > 
 > Miriam Leiseroff
 > 
 > On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 8:36 AM, Millennium Restaurant <http://www.millenniumrestaurant.com/~alison> wrote:
 > After more than 20 years in business, and with the end of our lease, we 
 > will serve our last meal as Millennium at 580 Geary St on April 30, 
 > 2015. We are so grateful to our co-workers, family, farmers & friends 
 > who have made the experience of running this restaurant unforgettable.
 > 
 > The Hotel Ca was recently sold to Pineapple Hospitality, a 
 > Seattle company. They will be doing an extensive renovation and we have 
 > been notified that they do not wish to continue to have a restaurant as 
 > part of their hotel.
 > 
 > After 20+ years Larry and Ann Wheat, the principal owners of Millennium, 
 > have decided to retire from the restaurant business after Millennium 
 > closes on or about May 1, 2015. They have made a significant 
 > contribution to the success of Millennium and consider it their 
 > contribution to the vegetarian movement. They have said that they will 
 > miss the staff and customers they have met over the years.
 > 
 > Eric Tucker, Millennium's executive chef since inception and co-owner of 
 > Millennium, will be opening a restaurant with Millennium's General 
 > Manager Alison Bagby. They have worked together for the past 8.5 years 
 > and will continue to serve organic plant based cuisine. In Eric's words, 
 > "we want to keep this thing going". They are currently evaluating 
 > potential locations and looking for investors. While the prospect of 
 > closing is a sad one, they both see this as an opportunity to improve 
 > upon Millennium's dining room and location.
 > 
 > The cost of running a restaurant in San Francisco, using the best
 > ingredients possible and making the entire menu from scratch daily,
 > combined with our shared affinity for the East Bay have us leaning in
 > that direction but we are also actively looking in San Francisco.
 > 
 > To everyone who has become part of the Millennium family--we could not 
 > have done what we did for so long without you---THANK YOU.
 > 
 > Please visit us in the next 3 months and stay tuned for Eric's
 > Kickstarter campaign. If you are interested in investing, please
 > contact us.
 > 
 > Gratefully Yours,
 > The Millennium Family