IN THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT NOW IN JEOPARDY OF CLOSING NEXT MONTH AFTER THE OWNERS SAY THEY WERE BLINDSIDED BY THE BUILDING'S OWNER SIZE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN SERVING SAN FRANCISCO FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS, BUT SAY RECENTLY THEY WERE TOLD BY ITS LANDLORD THAT THEY HAD TO VACATE THE BUILDING IN JUST 30 DAYS. NOW THE OWNERS ARE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE, TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO SAVE THEIR HISTORIC RESTAURANT. KRON FOUR'S TAYLOR. THE SACKING HAS THE STORY. >>IT CAME SO SENATOR IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE HAPPENING, BUT NOT JUST SO, YOU KNOW, IT KEPT US. HAD BLACK. >>WHAT HAVE YOU KNOW, I I WANT ASK. >>THAT JAB A IN MIND. SHE OWN SIZE VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT IN SAN FRANCISCO'S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. >>IT'S BEEN A STAPLE THERE FOR 37 YEARS. IT HAS BECOME A FREQUENT STOP FOR THOSE WORKING IN AND AROUND DOWNTOWN. NOW AFTER SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY 4 DECADES, THE RESTAURANT IS BEING FORCED TO CLOSE AFTER RECEIVING AN ABRUPT 30 DAY NOTICE TO VACATE FROM THE BUILDING'S LANDLORD, WHICH IS A NATIONAL COMPANY CALLED I DON'T THINK IT'S POSSIBLE AT THIS >>IT IS THE IT DOES JUST LIKE ONE $200,000 WORTH OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN TO MOVE TO. AND IT A LOT OF FOOD CANNOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, WHICH IS AS SHE SAYS THEIR LEASE IS SET TO EXPIRE ON FEBRUARY 28TH. BUT UNTIL JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, >>THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THE BUILDING'S OWNER WAS GOING TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. NOW, SHE ALSO HAS TO WORRY ABOUT ALL OF HER EMPLOYEES, MOST OF WHOM ARE FAMILY MEMBERS INTO THEN THIS PLACE IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A RESTAURANT. AND I LOOKING AT I WAS 18. >>I HAVE TIME I WAS WE DAILY SONS. PARENTS OPEN SIZE BACK IN THE 80'S. HE AND HIS BROTHER HENRY PRACTICALLY GREW UP AT THIS RESTAURANT. THEY'VE WATCHED THE BUSINESS EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS, BUT SAY THESE LAST FEW HAVE BY FAR THE HARDEST COVID. >>AND KILLING A LOT OF OF IMMIGRANTS. STEP IN. SO THEY'RE UP TO. I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL. MY PARENTS THAT THEY DO IN MY FAMILY HAD TO DO WATCH FAMILY TO KEEP THIS GOING THE FAMILY SAYS THEY ASKED THEIR LANDLORD FOR AN EXTENSION BUT HAD NO LUCK. AND I WISH THAT THEY WOULD GIVE US MONTH TO MONTH AND HE'S DAVIS TO TIME THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FIND PLACE >>YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST KNOCK OUT OF THAT. >>WE REACHED OUT TO SHOW THE BUILDING'S OWNER ON SUNDAY BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. MEANWHILE, THE FAMILY STARTED A GOFUNDME PAGE IN HOPES OF RAISING MONEY TO PURCHASE AND RELOCATE TO ANOTHER BUILDING
