For years, the wood-fired glow from Forge Pizza Napa helped light up the South Napa Century Center. This week, that flame went out.
The South Napa restaurant has closed after roughly a decade of service, leaving its familiar storefront at the South Napa Century Center suddenly dark as of yesterday.
Owner Michael Karp could not be reached for immediate comment and the South Napa location, which opened in 2016, closed yesterday, according to the Napa Valley Register. A representative for the Peter A. & Vernice H. Gasser Foundation, which controls leases at the Century Center, also did not respond to requests for comment about the space, the paper reported.
South Napa Center Swaps Retail For Recreation
The Forge closure lands at a time when the South Napa Century Center is already experimenting with new uses for its empty pads. City planning records show the center has been using some vacant retail spaces for temporary recreation rather than traditional storefronts…