perbacco is the more formal one and that's staying open. that's doing well. yes. yes so are you saying it's actually the lower mid or lower more casual restaurants that are suffering the highest end? >> so thanks for pointing that out. i think that there wasn't like, say, 22 and 2022. there was a lot of pent up demand. we were all were so eager to go out to eat, we could eat inside again. and then in 2023, you're seeing more business travel, more fine dining events, people more comfortable going and spending money for a nicer or a nicer meal. and so that is doing better. the fine dining, the fast casual and then the mid range kind of where, you know, like your family dining restaurants are is really struggling. and that's again because we're just seeing so much less foot traffic and we're trying i know everybody's trying to bring visitors back to san francisco regional leisure and business, but we're we're still suffering and some of the layoffs affected that and the remote work effects that people are just not dining out as much. and spending that extra bottle of

it's the more easygoing sister restaurant to perbacco on california street. both are right next to the tadich grill. barbacoa owner says the lack of foot traffic downtown is to blame. it's just one of many. closures symbolized seeing the struggling storefronts in office buildings across the city. abc7 news reporter suzannephan dives into the effects. >> if you've ever dined at barbacoa in downtown san francisco, you'd see amazing meals like this. it's a casual italian restaurant focused on food and wine and service, but it's closing this week after 14 years. >> the business is not sustainable. >> roberto gibon owns barbacoa and the restaurant next door, perbacco geeben, says the little sister restaurant is unsustainable because there just aren't enough people in the financial district. >> we saw a decline in traffic. we saw a decline in business in general. >> businesses in the financial district and across the city have been hit hard by the loss of office workers. according to the latest data published in july from commercial real estate firm cb brea. the of

perbacco gibon says the little sister restaurant is unsustainable because they're just aren't enough people in the financial district. >> we saw a decline in traffic. we saw a decline in business in general. >> businesses in the financial district and across the city have been hit hard by the loss of office workers. according to the latest data published in july from commercial real estate firm cbre, the office vacancy rate in san francisco was 31.6% at the end of the second quarter of 2023, before the pandemic. the office vacancy level in the city stood at just 4. >> that's offices without a tenant. ted egan is the chief economist for the city and county of san francisco. even the office space that does have tenants is not very full. we're seeing data that suggests it's 40 to 50% full on a given day compared to 2019, which means that the foot traffic is about half of what it is. san francisco, downtown has the lowest office occupancy at the moment that any other city in the united states and i know that that the city and also the downtown community is trying to do something. >> but

we are still seeing restaurants like perbacco that are more like destination with expense accounts andngs that are that are still hanging in there and doing pretty well. but the more casual dining know and then across the neighborhoods, 2022 was a good year for a lot of us, but many of us are struggling this year. we're seeing sales, for example, of roses cafe and terzo over in the cow hollow area that are down about 10% from the same sales last year. year to date, the summer was super slow for a lot of people, she says. >> san francisco's fine dining restaurants are seeing a stronger resurgence after the pandemic compared to fast casual and mid-priced family dining establishments. it's, she says, ultimately the only real solution for all of the businesses in the area is more foot traffic. >> all right. coming up here, the new offering at costco, the health benefit that will cost about as much as a pack of toilet paper. also ahead, without any sort of hesitation, he said my goal is to play tennis. >> life after limb loss here. one man's story to return to playing the sport he loves my