Cinnamon Tree, a dim sum and Cantonese restaurant situated in the iconic former Legendary Palace location at 708 Franklin at 7th Street, was completely dark as I walked by today around lunchtime. Yelp is reporting that it has closed after being in business there since about October, 2015.
Legendary Palace had occupied that spot for about fifty years until 2015 in a building described as “Chinese-style” which had originally opened around 1924.
There was also a tall building crane being operated directly across the street working on part of the Salvation Army Store on 7th Street.
Here is some history of the building located at the northeast corner of Franklin and 7th Streets:
https://localwiki.org/oakland/700_Franklin_Street
1924 Oakland Tribune 2
