Longtime SF Waterfront Restaurant Sinbad's Avoids Eviction Again With Bankruptcy Filing
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Longtime San Francisco restaurant Sinbad's, which was expected to close its doors Wednesday after a long and heated battle, has gained another reprieve after filing for bankruptcy.
A Port of San Francisco spokesperson said the Sheriff's Department was set to change the locks on the building that houses Sinbad's Wednesday morning. However, restaurant co-owner Tom Stinson told KPIX 5, KCBS Radio and SF Chronicle reporter Phil Matier, "It's not going to happen," and declined to elaborate.
The 40-year-old restaurant has been in a long legal battle with port officials who want to replace the eatery with an expanded ferry terminal and public plaza.
The Port said in a statement it was informed by Sinbad's owners the restaurant filed for bankruptcy, canceling Wednesday's planned eviction on Pier 2.
The Port has wanted Sinbad's to leave for years. The owners agreed to leave back in 2012 as part of a lawsuit settlement involving unpaid reunt. The restaurant was given an extension to the end of last December and then another until March.
At the end of March, attorneys for the owners filed suit against the city, county and Port of San Francisco alleging the Port had acted in bad faith.
The Port followed with another lawsuit against the owners in April after they failed to leave the premises.
