Poulet, at 1685 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, is closing.
Ed U. via Yelp
Poulet alerted patrons of its impending closure via an email over the weekend.
“I won’t go into the details here, but suffice to say this was not an easy decision,” read the email, according to East Bay Nosh. “It has been an absolute pleasure to share our cuisine with this community we know and love. We can’t thank you all enough for sticking with us, through thick and thin, over these past 43 years and we will sincerely miss you all.”
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SFGATE could not reach Poulet for comment in time for publication.
The restaurant was co-founded in 1979 by Marilyn Rinzler and Bruce Aidells. Rinzler, a UC Berkeley graduate student and single parent of two, found she had little time to cook with her busy schedule. She was inspired to open the restaurant as a place to pick up healthy food for her family on the way back from class, she told the Chronicle in 2005. Aidells, the founder of sausage company Aidells, was Poulet’s first chef.
In 2018, manager Jesse Savell and his brother Casey took over ownership of Poulet. The restaurant served kale and beet salads, deli sandwiches, including chicken salad and French dips, and rotating weekly roasted chicken specials, such as chicken paprikash.