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Grumpy’s Bar in Embarcadero Reopens With New Owners and the Same Great Burger | Eater SF

"The 14-acre plot in Saratoga received a 3–2 City Council vote approving commercial use for the first time since 2020, according to The Mercury News. Once open for locals and tourists to harvest plums, peaches, and apples, the site was leased by landscaping company Orchard Keepers in 2020; that contract expires in April and the city is soliciting bids for new operators. The renewed plan includes a clause to donate excess fruit to the food bank, and locals are eager to restore community harvesting — as resident Marcia Fariss wrote to the council, “Denying our residents participation in the apricot and plum harvest is denying us our heritage, history and sense of community.”" - Paolo Bicchieri