Restaurant closures have continued to pressure California’s full-service dining sector as operators contend with higher labor, food and financing costs. In the Bay Area, that trend has now reached LB Steak, the upscale steakhouse brand owned by Vine Hospitality, whose final Northern California service ended in June 2026. The shutdown closes out a restaurant group founded in 1994 and removes two longtime steakhouse addresses from San Jose and San Ramon.
LB Steak’s final service came as Vine Hospitality shut down all seven restaurants
LB Steak permanently closed both of its Bay Area restaurants as part of Vine Hospitality’s full company shutdown, according to the group’s social media announcements and reporting by SFGATE and local Bay Area outlets. The affected locations were LB Steak at Bishop Ranch City Center in San Ramon and LB Steak at Santana Row in San Jose. SFGATE reported that the San Ramon restaurant closed June 22, 2026, and the San Jose restaurant was scheduled to close June 24, 2026, completing the brand’s exit from the market.
The scale of the closure extended well beyond the two steakhouses. SFGATE, citing a California WARN notice, reported that Vine Hospitality was laying off 365 employees as it shuttered all seven of its businesses. Those included multiple Left Bank restaurants, Petite Left Bank, Meso Modern Mediterranean, and the two LB Steak locations.
Vine Hospitality said in its public message that it was closing the LB Steak restaurants “with heavy hearts,” thanking guests, team members and the community for their support over the years. The company’s broader closure effectively ended operations for a Bay Area hospitality group that had been in business for 32 years, based on the 1994 founding date cited on the company’s website and in coverage of the shutdown.
San Jose and San Ramon are the confirmed California cities affected for LB Steak
For LB Steak specifically, the confirmed California closures were in San Jose and San Ramon. The San Jose restaurant at Santana Row had operated since 2009, according to SFGATE, while the Bishop Ranch City Center restaurant in San Ramon had become one of that center’s longer-running tenants, according to DanvilleSanRamon.com…