"After much consideration, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our Montclair Village cafe. The Highwire Workers Union website and Instagram accounts allege workers at the Montclair coffee shop were all laid off on March 2, the same deadline workers set for the company to respond to demands addressing harassment, transphobia, favoritism, and retaliation."
"The brewery closed its San Francisco taproom in the Dogpatch in December, citing unsustainable operating costs. The Berkeley location opened approximately two years ago. At the start of March, the Berkeley taproom's Instagram had closed posted in the bio, with no further posts about its shuttering."
The East Bay food scene experienced several notable closures in early March. Highwire Coffee Roasters temporarily closed its Montclair Village location on March 2, coinciding with worker demands addressing harassment, transphobia, favoritism, and retaliation. The Highwire Workers Union reported all Montclair staff were laid off on the deadline workers set for management response. Olfactory Brewing's Berkeley taproom also closed, following the brewery's December shutdown of its San Francisco location due to unsustainable operating costs. The Berkeley location had operated for approximately two years. Seoul Mama, a family-run Korean restaurant in Newark, also ceased operations. These closures reflect broader challenges in the regional restaurant industry.
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