LB Steak Closing San Ramon Location

SAN RAMON, CA — LB Steak at City Center closed Monday, City Center staff confirmed.

"LB Steak has closed its City Center Bishop Ranch location as part of a broader decision by operator Vine Hospitality to close its restaurant portfolio," Jeff Dodd, City Center's senior president of retail, told Patch in an email. "City Center is actively exploring options for the space and looks forward to sharing updates in the coming months."

LB Steak is one of seven restaurants owned by Vine Hospitality that announced a sudden closure this week.

Vine Hospitality CEO Alistair Levine confirmed to The Chronicle Monday that the group will cease operations and all seven restaurants it manages will close between Monday and Wednesday, resulting in roughly 300 employees being laid off. The closure includes the popular Left Bank restaurants, French restaurants that became known for their Bastille Day celebrations in addition to their French cuisine and dining atmosphere.

Restaurants slated for closure include:

• Left Bank Brasserie in Menlo Park, Larkspur, and San Jose
• Petite Left Bank in Tiburon
• LB Steak in San Ramon and San Jose
• Meso Modern Mediterranean in San Jose

Levine told The Chronicle that the closures are the result of a “challenging operating environment,” in addition to two unopened restaurants in San Francisco that “exploded at the last second.”

Levine’s late father Ed Levine and French chef Roland Passot started Vine Hospitality in 1994, with the opening of Left Bank in Larkspur. Over the past 30 years, it expanded all over the region, though the past few years have proved challenging. Vine closed Rollati Ristorante in San Jose last summer, less than two years after it opened. Left Bank Brasserie’s Oakland location also closed in 2024.