Selby’s supper club is hitting the pause button.

The retro-glam dining room on the Atherton/Redwood City border, which opened in the summer of 2019, had been serving bordelaise-sauced prime steaks and martinis made tableside for only about nine months when the coronavirus pandemic forced it to stop indoor dining in March.

The restaurant pivoted, putting a takeout-and-delivery spin on executive chef Mark Sullivan’s contemporary continental cuisine. “Our top priority was to support our staff and to continue to serve our local community,” a spokeswoman said.

But Selby’s was meant for destination dining, its owners say, so they’ve decided to close the restaurant temporarily.

“With winter approaching and the ongoing shelter-in-place orders limiting indoor dining, we have made the thoughtful decision to temporarily pause service until spring 2021,” the Bacchus Management Group said in a statement.

Until then, Selby’s staff members will support the group’s restaurants that remain open, The Village Pub in Woodside and Spruce in San Francisco. Both are offering lunch, dinner and prix-fixe brunch.

A sister restaurant in Palo Alto, the Mayfield Bakery & Cafe, has closed permanently.

Selby’s is located in a 1930s building on El Camino Real that for years housed the restaurant Chantilly. Bacchus, headed by noted restaurateur Tim Stannard, kept the historic exterior and footprint intact, but renovated the interior to evoke the glamour found in Hollywood restaurants of the era such as Chasen’s, Romanoff’s and the Brown Derby.

The group named it Selby’s after Thomas H. Selby, one of the first major landowners in the Atherton/Redwood City area. The former San Francisco mayor was known for hosting lavish dinners at his El Camino Real estate.

The final day for takeout and delivery will be Sunday, October 25.

Details: 3001 El Camino Real; www.selbysrestaurant.com