Overview
- Che Fico’s Divisadero Street restaurant sustained significant damage in a fire that broke out on Thursday and the dining room is closed indefinitely.
- Fire crews contained flames in the building’s flue and roof by midafternoon and declared the incident under control later that day with no reported injuries.
- A San Francisco Fire Department lieutenant identified the likely origin as the chimney at neighboring Foghorn Taproom and the department’s investigation is ongoing.
- Owner David Nayfeld said employees can move to other Back Home Hospitality locations and that the business plans to rebuild but has no reopening timeline.
- Che Fico opened in 2018 and is a well-known California‑Italian restaurant in San Francisco, and city leaders and neighbors have offered support as damage and repair assessments continue.