"Two upscale, see-and-be-seen Il Fornaio restaurants are ending their tenure this month, including the Palo Alto location a prime spot for years for Silicon Valley power breakfasts and deal-making dinners. After 36 years, that Cowper Street restaurant will shut its doors Sunday night, The Beverly Hills Il Fornaio closed a week ago after a 43-year run. Both locations were fixtures in their communities for the last four decades but unfortunately are closing as their leases conclude, the company said in an announcement."
"Founded as a baking school and retail bakery in Italy in the early 1970s, Il Fornaio launched its dining concept chef-driven, white-tablecloth restaurants with a regional Italian focus in the 1980s. The original, which opened in 1986, is still operating in Corte Madera, where the restaurant group is headquartered. Il Fornaio still owns restaurants in more than a dozen California cities plus Las Vegas."
Two Il Fornaio locations are closing this month: the Palo Alto Cowper Street restaurant after 36 years and the Beverly Hills restaurant after 43 years. Both were longtime community fixtures and popular spots for Silicon Valley breakfasts, deal-making dinners, and notable patrons during the 1990s Dot-com era. The company said the closures coincide with lease conclusions and expressed sadness about losing many long-serving employees, noting some staff will move to other California locations. Il Fornaio began as a baking school and bakery in Italy in the early 1970s and expanded into a chef-driven regional Italian dining concept in the 1980s. The group still operates restaurants across California and in Las Vegas.
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