Club Deluxe, located at 1511 Haight St. in San Francisco, will remain open after a new lease was signed with Veritas Investments.that Club Deluxe, a bar located in the historic Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, was reportedly closing by the end of August. On Tuesday, it was announced that the bar, which has been a jazz club for the last 33 years, will remain open after an agreement was reached between the bar and property owner on a new lease.
“I am grateful that all parties came to the table to keep the doors open, and we were able to hammer out a deal,” said District 5 supervisor Dean Preston, who helped mediate the negotiations. “Long live Club Deluxe.” The two parties, club owner Sarah Wilde and property management group Veritas Investments, were at odds about past and future rent. Club Deluxe was greatly affected by the loss of business due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent variants.
On Monday, the two sides met at City Hall for six and a half hours to restart lease negotiations. The agreement was made possible, in part, by aby the SF Board of Supervisors in July 2021. That ordinance allowed small businesses to not pay back rent to landlords during the months they were shut down during the height of the pandemic.