Cafe Rouge to close after 20 yearsCafe Rouge is set to close Dec. 30. Photo: Katy Raddatz/The Chronicle The last year hasn’t been kind to some of the Bay Area’s oldest restaurants. And with the latest news out of Berkeley, the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. Cafe Rouge, a pioneer in the Bay Area’s recent butcher shop renaissance, is closing. Owner Marsha McBride confirmed to Inside Scoop that the final day of operations will be Dec. 30. “It’s bittersweet,” she said. The shop opened in 1996 and over the course of 20 years, became the standard bearer for restaurant and butcher shop hybrids. McBride’s influence still reverberates in
