A piece of San Francisco historical past is closing its doorways.
Red’s Place in San Francisco’s Chinatown will close, according to its proprietor. First opened in 1963, the dive bar referred to itself as the oldest bar in the neighborhood.
Owner Jerry Chan announced the information in a teaser for an interview with NBC Bay Area. “San Francisco, Red’s is closing,” said Chan.
Red’s Place, a 60-year-old San Francisco dive bar, will close, according to proprietor Jerry Chan. Instagram/@redsplacesf
Chan did not share causes behind the bar’s closure, though followers were devastated by the information.
“NOOOOOOOO!!! Please say it’s just for renovations…” one commenter wrote.
“My uncles just rolled over in their graves,” said another commenter.
“Man I killed it during karoke nights here! Super lowkey casual and grungy. The most random people popped up here. I’m going to miss this place,” a third commenter said.
The bar is recognized as the “oldest bar in the neighborhood.” Instagram/@redsplacesf
The bar at 672 Jackson St. was purchased by Jerry’s dad and mom, Herman and Lisa Chan, in 1990.
The building has a long historical past that stretches back before Red’s. It once housed a barber store in the late 1800s, adopted by a cigar store and a saloon, according to Red’s web site.
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Closed to patrons, the bar’s basement still holds teller cubicles that date back to the neighborhood’s underground playing previous, according to Red’s.
The bar was once a key half of Chinatown’s Chinese New Year parade, which once went down Grant road towards Broadway. Red’s still participates in the annual celebration, with a firecracker show on Jackson Street.
Red’s has a long historical past in the neighborhood. Before it was a bar, the building housed a barber store, a cigar store, and a saloon. Instagram/@redsplacesf
In a 2017 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Jerry mirrored on the metropolis’s modifications, and said he’s dedicated to maintaining the bar open.
“I’m still here,” he said “This city is changing rapidly, and this is one thing we don’t want to lose.”
