San Francisco's Fiorella Files Chapter 11, Lists Over $1M in Liabilities

Every one of San Francisco's four Fiorella locations has now sought bankruptcy protection. Project Pizza NOE, LLC, the corporate entity behind the wood-fired pizza chain's newest restaurant at 4042 24th Street in Noe Valley, filed a voluntary Chapter 11 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California on March 6, 2026, completing a sweep of affiliate filings that began nearly a year ago.

Court records show the case, assigned number 3:26-bk-30206 and presided over by Judge Hannah L. Blumenstiel, lists estimated assets of $100,001 to $500,000 against estimated liabilities of $1,000,001 to $10 million. Between 200 and 999 creditors appear on the court summary. The debtor is represented by Chris D. Kuhner of Kornfield Nyberg Bendes Kuhner & Little.

Among the creditors identified in the filing: gift card company inKind Card Inc. is owed more than $83,000, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is owed more than $49,000. The remaining creditor pool spans food suppliers, wine importers, and restaurant service providers. The restaurant chain did not reveal reasons for filing the bankruptcy petitions.

The Noe Valley filing is the fourth Chapter 11 action tied to the Fiorella group in under a year. Project Pizza Sunset LLC filed a Subchapter V petition on April 1, 2025, for its Fiorella Sunset location at 1240 9th Avenue. Project Pizza LLC, which operates the flagship Fiorella Clement at 2339 Clement Street, followed on May 20, 2025, listing $50,000 to $100,000 in assets and $1 million to $10 million in liabilities. Project Pizza Polk LLC, operator of Fiorella Polk at 2238 Polk Street, filed its own Subchapter V petition on July 2, 2025, listing $100,000 to $500,000 in assets and $1 million to $10 million in liabilities.

Partners Boris Nemchenok and Brandon Gillis opened the first Fiorella on Clement Street in 2016. The Polk Street location followed in 2019, the Sunset spot in 2021, and the Noe Valley restaurant in 2024, meaning the chain's youngest location filed for bankruptcy protection less than two years after opening.

The docket shows activity moving quickly since the March 6 filing. An order for payment of state and federal taxes was entered the following day. On March 9, the debtor filed a motion to use cash collateral, and the court scheduled a status conference for April 13, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. in San Francisco Courtroom 19 or via Zoom. A status conference statement and an application to employ counsel are both due by April 6.

Whether all four Fiorella locations remain open during reorganization proceedings has not been confirmed in any public statement from management.