Restaurants & Bars

Coronavirus: Lalimes Closes Permanently After 35 Years

The restaurant has survived recessions and wildfires in the hills, but it will not reopen when the stay-at-home order is lifted.

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The small neighborhood restaurant closed temporarily because of cornavirus, but its owners are giving up.
The small neighborhood restaurant closed temporarily because of cornavirus, but its owners are giving up. (CBS-SF)

BERKELEY, CA — Long an anchor of the Berkeley neighborhood dining scene, Lalimes has shuttered its doors for good, a victim of the economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Haig and Cindy Krikorian opened the restaurant’s doors in the north Berkeley neighborhood 35 years ago and over the nearly four decades since it was been the scene of joyous celebrations.

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