Pasta Pomodoro (restaurant)

Pasta Pomodoro
Company typePrivate
Industryrestaurant
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
FoundersAdriano Paganini
DefunctDecember 26, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-26)
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Number of locations
30 (at peak in 2010)
15 (at time of closure in 2016)[1]
Area served
California

Pasta Pomodoro was an American chain of Italian restaurants. It started as a single restaurant in the Marina District of San Francisco, California in 1994, and subsequently grew to 30 restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Orange County. The company was headquartered in San Francisco.[2]

Pasta Pomodoro restaurant in West Hollywood, California

In 2002, Wendy's International acquired a 25% stake in the company.[3] The chain, including the Wendy's share, was acquired by two Bay Area "foodies" in early 2010.[4][5]

On December 26, 2016, the company abruptly closed all 15 remaining restaurants in the chain, all in the San Francisco Bay Area. Its employees were notified of the closure via text message not to come into work because they had ceased all operations.[6][7] The name was briefly revived as a pop-up virtual restaurant in San Francisco in late 2020.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ SFGATE, Dianne de Guzman (2016-12-29). "Pasta Pomodoro suddenly closes all 15 Bay Area locations". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. ^ "Viva pasta!". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  3. ^ "Pasta Pomodoro plans three more restaurants by fall". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  4. ^ "Pasta Pomodoro sold - San Francisco Business Times". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  5. ^ Lisa Jennings (2010-02-02). "Pasta Pomodoro under new ownership". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved 2016-12-29.
  6. ^ "15 Pasta Pomodoros abruptly close, employees notified via text". Ktvu.com. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Pasta Pomodoro suddenly closes 15 Bay Area locations". Sfgate.com. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  8. ^ Chowhound (2020-12-28). "Pasta Pomodoro Reborn in San Francisco - Restaurants - San Francisco". Chowhound. Retrieved 2021-11-28.



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