Popular Japanese pancake restaurant closes first US location in San Francisco

(KRON) — A popular Japanese pancake cafe is closing its Stonestown location in San Francisco. Gram Cafe & Pancakes’ last day of operation at the SF mall will be Aug. 27, the company announced on social media.

Opened in 2019, the restaurant is located between the Target and Apple stores. The Stonestown location, which serves “premium pancakes,” is the first Gram Cafe & Pancakes in the United States.

Gram Cafe & Pancakes calls the closure “bittersweet.” However, the restaurant says it plans to move somewhere in the Bay Area “soon,” but has not specified when or where.

An Instagram comment on Gram Cafe & Pancakes’ US page – which has nearly 14,000 followers – suggested opening the business in the South Bay. “Maybe (wink emoji),” Gram Cafe & Pancakes responded.

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Customers sit at Gram Cafe and Pancakes in the Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco on April 18, 2019. This is the first Gram Cafe to open in the United States. People sometimes line up for hours to try the premium pancakes at the new Gram Cafe and Pancakes. The fluffy and wobbly soufflé pancakes are made three times a day and only 30 servings per time slot. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The only other Gram Cafe & Pancakes location in the U.S. is in Los Angeles in Monterey Park, which opened last year.

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Gram Cafe & Pancakes was founded in 2014 by Takeshi Takata in Osaka, Japan. There are a total of more than 60 locations in other countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia and the Philippines.

KRON4 asked Gram Cafe & Pancakes where its new Bay Area location will be. We did not receive a response as of publication time.

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