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A popular pizza-and-wings joint that anchored an Oakland corner is moving out.<\/p>\n

Arthur Mac\u2019s Tap and Snack, located half a block from the MacArthur BART station, will leave town this fall, according to a statement posted by the restaurant, which was founded by Joel DiGiorgio and Adam Stemmler of the Farm League Restaurant Group.<\/p>\n

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It will move Oakland operations to Hayward, where the company has long been planning another Arthur Mac\u2019s location, which will feature an intact legacy BART car renovated into part of its dining area.<\/p>\n

A staffer who picked up the phone at the restaurant confirmed it was moving out of its Longfellow District location at 4006 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, though they did not give a final day. The owners did not immediately return a request for comment. They continue to run a sister restaurant in Emeryville, Arthur Mac\u2019s Little Snack.<\/p>\n

The Oakland Arthur Mac\u2019s opened in 2017 right by the MacArthur BART station, which inspired its name. It was a (slightly) grittier time for the city, and local families and their kids flocked to the eatery\u2019s outdoor garden for pizza parties and game nights.<\/p>\n

Since it landed on the corner, the area near the station attracted other tenants, including a critically lauded sushi restaurant and a new pickleball arena. Interestingly, a Reddit poster indicated that Arthur Mac\u2019s allowed customers at the neighboring sushi spot to use its restrooms, raising the question of where they\u2019d go now. The staffer who picked up the phone said there might be other restrooms in an office nearby.<\/p>\n

The restaurant had recently seen tough times, according to a post last November on Facebook. \u201cLifestyles have changed, and the cost of living is incredibly challenging; people just aren\u2019t going out like they used to,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n

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The closure announcement from Arthur Mac\u2019s seemed to take some credit for the neighborhood\u2019s upswing. It reads, in part:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen we opened in Longfellow back in 2017, we hoped to leave our location in a better condition than we received it, and thanks to all of you, we feel confident we did!<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite several years of overwhelming and unprecedented challenges, we\u2019re now happy to say that Oakland feels alive again! Longfellow is finding its rhythm again with incredible businesses and new energy bringing optimism back to the neighborhood. Crime is way down and safety and community engagement seems to be reaching new heights. We wholeheartedly believe Oakland and Longfellow\u2019s best days are still ahead of us which is why the timing is prudent for new energy at our corner of 40th & MLK Jr Way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The owners wrote in their farewell that they hoped to help a decent tenant take over the space \u2013 \u201cideally someone who reminds us of ourselves 10 years ago \u2014 with obsessive passion, creative and even cavalier ideas and true love for Oakland.\u201d<\/p>\n

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