A few chains removed an SF link over the past few days. Get up to speed below:
1) China Basin: SoMa just got a lot less warm cookies with the Friday shutter of a Specialty's Cafe and Bakery branch at 185 Berry Street. Per SFoodie, who never really liked their cookies anyway, the branch wasn't willing to stick around after the landlord tripled the rent. But there are still six other Specialty's in SF and more on the way. [SFoodie]
2) Union Square: Macy's has announced that the Wolfgang Puck Express (170 O'Farrell Street) lunch spot in its food court closed over the weekend. Inside Scoop reports a Japanese/Korean “casual eatery” is on the way. Not a huge sword in Puck's side, who has restaurants everywhere and was busy cooking for Oscars-types last night in LA. [Scoop, WolfgangPuck, Esquire]