It's last call, for now, at famous Cliff House

[Jesus Malverde]

Rosemary Hubbard, her husband and their son drove up from their San Mateo home Tuesday evening to watch the sunset at Cliff House while they slurped down bowls of clam chowder.

As of Wednesday, they won't be able to do that anymore - at least for the foreseeable future.

In an unexpected turn of events, the famous San Francisco Cliff House restaurant was ordered to close after dinner service ended around midnight on Tuesday.

The restaurant and bar, a popular destination for tourists and locals alike with its fine cuisine and stunning views of the ocean, are concessionaires of the federal Golden Gate National Recreation Area. And like so many businesses on park land across the country, they are required to close during the partial federal shutdown.

The 150-year-old San Francisco icon was closed for a bit last week, but stubbornly reopened on Monday and Tuesday. Then the National Park Service caught wind of the defiance and ordered it closed again.

http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/It-s-last-call-for-now-at-famous-Cliff-House-4880359.php

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Oh this is just ridiculous.

They should be left alone, free to be open.

Goddamn it.

[Egnever]

2. I dissagree

Although this is San Fransisco and they probably dont need instruction on the evils of this republican shenanigan. People are in dire need of a wake up call on all the things our government does and has an effect on.

Too many take for granted many of the things our government provides its citizens. It's high time people got a nice reminder that the government isn't just about welfare checks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I hear ya, I really do.

Yeah, it's a useful wake up call.

But this is interfering with private enterprise, and I say it should be left alone.

[Egnever]

3. Love eating chowder there.

Something about it on a nice fogy day feels just right.

Glad it isnt closed permanently. I was ready to mourn an icon.