"A San Francisco specialty grocery store, known for its hard-to-find imported Spanish and Portuguese goods, is facing eviction after owing nearly $25,000 in past due rent, a lawsuit alleged. Last month, Vertex Property Group filed an unlawful detainer complaint against the European Table, a California corporation that operates the Spanish Table location in San Francisco's Inner Richmond neighborhood, for months of allegedly unpaid rent. According to the December filing, the business owner allegedly stopped making monthly payments of $8,269 from September to November 2025."
""At present, 15% tariffs on European imports and a weaker dollar will raise prices by upwards of 35%," Schoell wrote in the blog post. "The uncertainty of our administrations trade policies so far this year have also made direct imports, which make up 30% of our products, impossible and we are out of many goods we can't buy from others.""
The San Francisco Spanish Table location faces eviction after Vertex Property Group filed an unlawful detainer alleging nearly $25,000 in unpaid rent following missed monthly payments from September through November 2025. The store is the last remaining location of the former retail chain and is listed as temporarily closed, after permanent closures in Mill Valley and Berkeley. Owner Bastian Schoell cited shifting consumer habits favoring online shopping and competition from Amazon on price and shipping as reasons for closures. Schoell also cited 15% tariffs on European imports and a weaker dollar that raised prices and disrupted direct imports for about 30% of inventory. A three-day notice to pay or quit was mailed in November and expired without payment.
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