CENTS IN JUST THE PAST WEEK. >>> AND MAKING IT IN THE BAY CONTINUES TO GET HARDER AND HARDER. OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE REPORTED ON THE BAY AREA EXODUS AS PEOPLE SEARCH FOR MORE REASONABLE COST OF LIVING ELSEWHERE. FAMILY-RUN RESTAURANT IN SAN FRANCISCO'S NORTH BEACH NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PICKED UP AND MOVED TO FRISCO, TEXAS. THEY SAY THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT MADE THEM DECIDE TO LEAVE. HERE'S CHRISTIE SMITH. >> Reporter: ON THIS SUNNY AFTERNOON, PEOPLE ARE OUT DINING IN NORTH BEACH AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM. BUT A LONGTIME FAMILY-RUN RESTAURANT CAFE BONICCHI ON GREEN STREET REMAINS EMPTY. IT CLOSED UP LAST YEAR. >> WE HAD A GREAT RUN FOR THE WHOLE 16 YEARS. >> Reporter: THE FAMILY SAID THEY SURVIVED AND TRIED AS LONG AS THEY COULD AND ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO LEAVE SAN FRANCISCO FOR FRISCO, TEXAS. THEY SAY IT WAS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE PANDEMIC, RENTS AND COSTS AND EVEN CONDITIONS IN THE STREET. >> MORE DANGEROUS, DIRTIER, OF COURSE, VERY EXPENSIVE TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING IN ANY ASPECT. PRIVATE LIFE AND BUSINESS LIFE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MADE US, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUR MIND AND GET THE IDEA TO ACTUALLY MOVE. TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT PLACE. >> Reporter: THEY HAD CONTACTS IN TEXAS AND DECIDED TO GIVE IT A SHOT. THEY ARE WORKING ON OPENING A NEW ITALIAN RESTAURANT THERE VERY SOON. >> THE WEATHER IS A BIT CRAZY. >> YES. >> BUT THE -- IT'S SO EASY. LIKE THE PROCESSING OF DEALING WITH PAPERWORK AND LICENSING. >> Reporter: THEY SAY IT WAS LESS EXPENSIVE AND EASY. BACK IN SAN FRANCISCO, DOWN THE STREET AT CAFE SPORT, THEY SAY IT'S BEEN HARD. >> WE CAME IN AND RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL HARD. >> Reporter: WITH COVID RESTRICTIONS EASING, THEY ARE HOPEFUL. >> YOU CAN ALMOST SEE GETTING BACK TO NORMAL BUT NOT YET. >> Reporter: IN THEIR OWN WAY, EACH TRYING TO MAKE IT
