Classic Bay Area deli is closing after 45 years in – Business News
It’s the tip of an period.
A Bay space deli that has served its neighborhood for many years is closing its after 45 years.
Lutticken’s Deli and After 5 restaurant in Menlo Park will close on September 30, the deli’s common supervisor Judy Congdon confirmed to Mercury News.
Lutticken’s Deli in Menlo Park, California will close on September 30 after 45 years in business. Google
“Everything’s going to be shut down September 30,” Congdon advised the outlet. “It’s very sad.” The deli’s areas in Stanford University and on Sand Hill Road may also close.
The versatile eatery serves as a espresso store, a sandwich store and Mexican food restaurant. Its “After 5” restaurant serves beer and wine, and hosts weekly karaoke nights and dwell music.
Lutticken’s basic deli sandwiches, just like the Hawaiian, full with ham, Swiss cheese, and pineapple salsa, may solely set you back round $13.
In addition to being a basic deli, Lutticken’s was additionally home to an after-hours spot that had dwell music and karaoke nights. X/@EastBayInstances
The multi-use space by no means financially recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, in response to the deli’s common supervisor. Lutticken’s After 5
A neighborhood favourite, Lutticken’s was additionally award-winning. The deli picked up the California Senate District 13’s Small Business of the Year award in 2024. In 2000, a Al Gore stopped by Lutticken’s for a stop on the marketing campaign path in his bid for President.
Congdon, who has been working on the business because it opened in 1981, says business by no means totally bounced back for the reason that pandemic.
“We’re just not making the money we used to make,” she stated. “If it was sustainable, we would stay open. But it’s not.”
The closure follows the shuttering of a number of different Bay Area small companies, together with soul food spot Home of Chicken and Waffles in Oakland, which closed in late August, and Hank & Frank Bicycles, which additionally closed in Oakland final month after 101 years in business.
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