A GoFundMe account has been set up to aid the 350-plus employees put out of work when the owner of the Left Bank, LB Steak and Meso Modern Mediterranean restaurants abruptly shut down its seven properties on June 22.
The owner, the Marin County-based Vine Hospitality, informed employees of the closings at 9 that morning — the day after their Father’s Day shifts, according to the management staff at three locations. Employees at at least two of the French specialty restaurants, the longtime Left Bank locations in Larkspur and Menlo Park, were paid to work a couple of additional days before the closings. Other restaurants shut down that day.
The decision affected seven restaurants: Left Bank in Larkspur, Menlo Park and San Jose, Petite Left Bank in Tiburon, LB Steak in San Jose and San Ramon, and Meso in San Jose. All three of the San Jose venues were located at Santana Row…