A storied restaurant perched on the Sausalito waterfront, once a 1960s counterculture destination for rock stars like Janis Joplin, has closed.
The Trident, located in a prominent building whose history dates back to 1898, shuttered on New Year’s Eve, confirmed owner Bob Freeman. Freeman, who owns the building, was in talks to sell the property, but the sale fell through. With already slow sales and increasing costs, he decided to shut down the restaurant.
“Since the pandemic … Sausalito has semi kicked back but it hasn’t come back the way it was. We don’t see as many tourists as we used to,” Freeman said. “It used to be bustling with people.”…