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Palmer’s and other restaurants, now serving outside, may lead the recovery.

‘We’re seeing a huge retail fallout’

STREET TALK | THOMAS REYNOLDS Almost a dozen Fillmore businesses have permanently closed, and more are likely to follow. “It’s a tumultuous time for Fillmore Street right now,” said Vas Kiniris, executive director of the Fillmore Merchants Association. “We’re seeing a huge retail fallout.” Kiniris listed numerous businesses that are permanently closed: Frye Boots, Samovar…

Boom Boom Room on the ropes

FILLMORE’S ONLY remaining joint — the Boom Boom Room, hard by the Geary Street bridge — is closed and may not reopen without an infusion of fresh cash. “We are faced with permanent closure without emergency funding,” says owner Zander Andreas in a fundraising campaign seeking to raise $60,000. “The survival of our intimate and…

Frye first to shut down

FRYE BOOTS at 2047 Fillmore Street has become the first neighborhood shop to announce it will close permanently. “We were told last Friday [March 27] that we will not reopen our beautiful store,” says Frye manager and longtime local Cris Mcquay, who formerly managed Kiehl’s on Fillmore. “We will stay permanently closed going forward. We…

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