Today, Sinbad's restaurant looks like a shipwreck next to
San Francisco's Ferry Building. A demolition crew is on site
and Sinbad's is in bankruptcy court. The classic restaurant-bar
recently lost a series of legal battles that ultimately shut it
down after 40 years of continuous operation.
To sum up what happened, Sinbad's had been operating since
the mid-1970's. With its stunning views and location on Pier 2
at the foot of Market Street, it had a mixed clientele of locals
and tourists. In turn, it paid rent to the City of San
Francisco. Eventually due to population growth in the Bay
Area, the City decided to expand the number of ferry terminals
serving the City's Financial District. The San Francisco Bay
Conservation and Development Commission held public hearings in
2012 about the plan to expand the ferry terminals and remove
Sinbad's. Despite being notified, Sinbad's didn't show
up. Hearing no objection from Sinbad's, the agency decided that
a new ferry
