San Francisco Restaurant Wins Michelin Star in Its 1st Year, Shuts Down Due to Crime a Year Later

San Francisco Restaurant Wins Michelin Star in Its 1st Year, Shuts Down Due to Crime a Year Later

A Michelin starred chef is to close his lauded seafood restaurant in San Francisco's crime-ridden downtown area just two years after opening. Aside from crime, chef Peter Hemsley who runs Aphotic cites the location of the venue as being part of the problem, while also depressingly noting how he does not see things getting better in the short term. Hemsley cites being at the 'ugly butt end of a desolate convention center suck hole in the post-panny apocalypse' as also being a key factor in the restaurant's demise. Aphotic, which offers a seafood-focused tasting menu and specializes in dishes such as 10 day dry-aged blue fin tuna steak, won a Michelin star in its first year of operation. It will serve its final diners on December 21. [...] — Read More: www.dailymail.co.uk [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13928597/Michelin-star-chef-Peter-Hemsley-forced-shut-restaurant-crime-ridden-downtown-San-Francisco.html] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelibertydaily.substack.com [https://thelibertydaily.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]