Longtime California seafood chain the Fish Market is leaving the Bay Area. The company is closing its original 47-year-old restaurant in Palo Alto, as well as its San Mateo restaurant and South San Francisco fishery, Farallon, according to a letter from President Dwight Colton shared on its website.
“The difficult decision to cease operations at these locations is due in part to changing market conditions, and other factors influencing The Fish Market’s ability to continue to provide the high-quality seafood dining experience we built our legacy on,” Colton wrote.
Colton also cited imminent real estate development at the Palo Alto and San Mateo restaurants as a reason for the closures. The Palo Alto Fish Market is scheduled to close Sept. 13, and the San Mateo Fish Market is scheduled to close Sept. 20. Farallon Fisheries is set to close in September…