LilMikeSF<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oakland</span></a>’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/MiddleEastern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastern</span></a> restaurant Pomella that opened during pandemic on <a href="https://c.im/tags/Piedmont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Piedmont</span></a> Ave to close at end of May.</p><p>Sole proprietor female owner, who used to operate Ba-Bite nearby on Piedmont before split with husband, cites rising costs doing biz and blowback for her vocal support of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> war on people of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> as leading to closure in a space where <a href="https://c.im/tags/Chow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chow</span></a> also closed. </p><p><a href="https://jweekly.com/2025/04/28/oaklands-pomella-to-close-owner-cites-costs-and-israel-war/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jweekly.com/2025/04/28/oakland</span><span class="invisible">s-pomella-to-close-owner-cites-costs-and-israel-war/</span></a></p>