A well-known San Francisco artist has taken to social media to detail what he’s calling a major uncredited lift of his art. Widely-celebrated artist Tim Lahan, whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and with tech start-up Apple, claims the new tremendous food hall Saluhall took his art look. The major marketplace opened to the public on April 11, and fans started sending Lahan images; the artwork was so similar, some genuinely believed Lahan did the design for Saluhall, he says. In a series of Instagram stories and on NBC Bay Area, Lahan compared his “making faces” projects and techniques — which graced his children’s book The Nosyhood amongst others — to the aesthetic and logo for Saluhall.
A spokesperson for Saluhall told the Chronicle “this matter was just brought to our attention and we are looking into it.” The logo and illustrations for Saluhall dot the entire space, including big neon signs, customer food trays, staff aprons, and social media. Lahan is in conversation with lawyers since, and though he hasn’t formally copyrighted much of his work, he says Conde Nast has “some legal right” to the work due to his art for its magazines. “Something that was created by an artist is not something that should be up for grabs to use for large corporations,” Lahan told the paper.
Mainstay San Jose brewery shutters
Though Camino Brewing Company spent six years at 718 South First Street, ownership for the business announced via Instagram that the business has closed. The post reads in-part that a major funding deal going sour and high operating costs are partial reasons for the closure. The Mercury News reports the closure is just one more craft brewery in the area to shutter, following S27 Alehouse & Brewery last year.
Santa Cruz’s “oldest restaurant” for sale
An Italian family lifted their home in 1933 and built a restaurant below. That restaurant is Bocci’s Cellar, and the Lookout reports the business, promoted as the city’s “oldest restaurant,” is on the market for $1.199 million. The restaurant and building have seen plenty of owners in its tenure and has been on the market for about six months as current proprietors Larry and Gloria Behman look to retire.
Amoeba Music’s cookie window is back
Walking on Haight Street one might see an unfamiliar sign outside of timeless record shop Amoeba Music. Local bakery Batter Up Cakery’s thin cookie outfit, Ooey Gooey Chewys, is selling cookies out of Amoeba’s former ticket window. The business pops up on the weekends and will be back throughout April, including on April 20 for “Record Store Day.”
