when will people come back and even at what numbers will they return steve sarver owns label and leaf the next generation of the san francisco soup company. >> before the pandemic. he had 13 bay area locations. now just 3 year open and those waiting to reopen or in the downtown corridor. i can see us getting through this year through all the help that we received, but to make a successful to help us get back in business for real. >> we need people to occupy these office buildings to visit san francisco for business and pleasure and then we can, you know, get our economy back and we can get businesses small businesses back on their feet and operating the way we should. the mayor has heard abo people staying at home to work or working at home. part time. >> but she's pushing for a full return. ultimately, i think most people can agree. working from home is boring. i want to be around people. i want to go hang out with friends after work at restaurants and bars. i want to see the city jumping again. business owners are pleased with the mayor's enthusiasm, but they say it will take a lot

when will people come back and even at what numbers will they return steve sarver owns label and leaf the next generation of the san francisco soup company before the pandemic. he had 13 bay area locations. now just 3 year open and those waiting to reopen or in the downtown corridor. i can see us getting through this year through all the help that we received, but to make a successful to help us get back in business for real. >> we need people to occupy these office buildings to visit san francisco for business and pleasure and then we can, you know, get our economy back and we can get businesses small businesses back on their feet and operating the way we should. the mayor has heard about people staying at home to work or working at home. part time. >> but she's pushing for a full return. ultimately, i think most people can agree. working from home is boring. i want to be around people. i want to go hang out with friends after work at restaurants and bars. i want to see the city jump in again. >> businesses are pleased with the mayor's enthusiasm. but they say it's going to take more

mix of shoppers and those high-rise office workers used to keep busy serving up lunches owner steve sarvers to get the office workers back. that is so he can get his employees back and get back to the business of servingof servif >> before the pandemic there was so much street traffic the financial district that you had one of these stores every couple of blocks. >> we have been around for over 20 years. we had restaurants virtually every other block. there are so many people to serve. >> a how about about about abou >> we need people in the district. >> he worries what will happen if all the people who used to fill these towers do not come back. student background what happens if it doesn't come back in the numbers? >> we are really concerned the office workers are not going to come back. that is a big problem. there are a lot of businesses right here that i don't know how they are going to be able to survive. >>> i know mayor london breed has been talking with ceos saying the only way the downtown and businesses will survive this crisis is to get people back. that is the secret. >> not s

. >> for restaurant owners like steve sarver. this trend is his worst fear has been extremely slow. we only have one of our 8 restaurants in the financial district open. >> and even that one restaurant is doing about 20% of our normal selves, ladle and leaf which had 13 bay area locations. pre covid. now just 3 are open. >> many of those waiting to reopen for in san francisco's financial district. but due to closed offices and people working from home. sanford says he lost his main customer base. other restaurant owners like tony marcel have similar concerns saying business and go ple coming back to work, hand in hand. it really isn't. and not our business model. >> you know, we we rely on a core businesses and meetings and people gathering and having social events or for corporate we really do need those hotels and those office buildings to still up for us to we'll continue to move forward. >> now this study probably isn't that surprising to many people who have watched the changes in san francisco in the bay area over the last year, for example, we've seen companies like tesla hea

when will people come back and even at what numbers will they return steve sarver owns label and leaf the next generation of the san francisco soup company before the pandemic. he had 13 bay area locations. now just 3 year open and those waiting to reopen or in the downtown corridor. i can see us getting through this year through all the help that we received, but to make a successful to help us get back in business for real. >> we need people to occupy these office buildings to visit san francisco for business and pleasure and then we can, you know, get our economy back and we can get businesses small businesses back on their feet and operating the way we should. the mayor has heard about people staying at home to work or working at home. part time. >> but she's pushing for a full return. ultimately, i think most people can agree. working from home is boring. i want to be around people. i want to go hang out with friends after work at restaurants and bars. i want to see the city jumping again. business owners are pleased with the mayor's enthusiasm, but they say it will take a lot mo

steve sarver owns little in the formerly known as the san francisco soup company. >> covid. they had 13 bay area locations. now just 3 are open in many of those waiting to reopen in san francisco's financial district. but due to closed offices and people working from home. says he lost his mean customer base. it's a trend that may continue as some tech companies are now leasing less space in the city that is pretty scary news because we've always been able to count on that. the tech workers especially over the last 10 years. >> you know, coming in to what we used to call the financial district. now. we make all of downtown san francisco. according to an annual study done by a real estate investment firm cbre the san francisco bay area is no longer the top region in the u.s. with the most office space leased by tech companies. this is a first since 2013 when the company began this study. >> the san francisco bay area has now fallen to number 6 in 2020 seattle rising to number one. what it shows is that francisco is not the magnet that it used to be. >> and i'm concerned that