"SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An iconic Italian restaurant in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, is closing by the end of the week after nearly 50 years in business. Mona Lisa Restaurant located at 353 Columbus Ave. will close on October 31 at midnight. It first opened in 1979. Owners Filomena and Maurizio Florese said in a press release, the decision to shut down the popular Italian restaurant "was a difficult one to make.""
"Current employees have a chance to find a job at one of the Florese's other restaurants The Old Clam House, Steps of Rome and Mona Lisa Mare E Monti. Some of Mona Lisa's popular menu items as well as Mona Lisa's memorabilia, including 120 historic photographs, will be added to sister restaurant, Mona Lisa Mare E Monti's. That restaurant is located across the street at 414 Columbus Ave."
Mona Lisa Restaurant at 353 Columbus Ave. in San Francisco's North Beach will close on October 31 at midnight after nearly 50 years in business. The restaurant first opened in 1979. Owners Filomena and Maurizio Florese said the decision was a difficult one to make. Current employees have the opportunity to find jobs at the Florese family's other restaurants: The Old Clam House, Steps of Rome, and Mona Lisa Mare E Monti. Some popular menu items and the restaurant's memorabilia, including 120 historic photographs, will be added to sister restaurant Mona Lisa Mare E Monti across the street at 414 Columbus Ave.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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