SF News SF May Limit Chain-Store Subsidiaries, Too San Francisco's formula retail rules, est. 2004, don't themselves adhere to any one strict formula. For example, while Hayes Valley, Chinatown's tourist corridor, and North Beach ban chains entirely, other parts of town
SF News Target To Open Three New Express Stores In Bay Area Target announced a plan to expand its San Francisco Bay Area presence with three new mini-stores opening in 2015, reports the San Francisco Business Times. There’s no word yet on where the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Dunkin' Donuts Coming To Northern California To Water Down, Sweeten Up Coffee Scene Local coffee fans whose palates lean more towards donut holes and coffee-flavored milkshakes than $4 toast and single origins can rejoice: Dunkin' Donuts, the apostrophe-laden chain that fuels many a sleepy New Englander,
SF News Panic: Chain Stores Threaten Valencia Street's Preciousness Yet Again Over in the city's elite Mission District, rue de la Valencia might play host to a couple of chain stores. (Heh.) According to Mission Local, two retailers hawking widely-available goods might worm their
SF News What We Talk About When We Talk About Formula Retail Formula retail. You know: chains. They're a hot topic in S.F. right now, especially in The Mission where a beloved used bookstore is becoming a Jack Spade, and in the Castro where
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Castro Wants Another Starbucks for Some Reason Employing "reclaimed" gobbledygook as a selling point, Starbucks wants to put another damn spore in the Castro, a few blocks away from the bear-frequented Starbucks at 18th and Castro. With takeover plans zeroed
