Fish & Bird, a popular Berkeley izakaya known for its creative takes on Japanese cuisine, will soon shut down.
Restaurant management announced on Instagram that it is closing on Sunday, June 14, after six-and-a-half years of serving diners at at 2451 Shattuck Ave.
Owner Yoshika Hedberg told the Chronicle that the restaurant’s lease is up and she decided against renewing it. Fish & Bird has stopped being profitable, she said, as sales have dipped and higher ingredient and operating costs press her already-thin margins. In the last two years, co-owner Asuka Uchida and chef Shin Okamoto also departed, leaving her as the sole operator…