SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Champagne Bar Coming To Hayes Valley; Momi Toby's Closing Yet another of the "first generation" Hayes Valley businesses those that have been around since the neighborhood first began its current gentrification, after the double-decker section of the Central Freeway that went over
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing: Free Hayes Valley Jazz Block Party Clear your schedule this evening (and if you can for the entirety of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, though that might be overdoing it) because you are now going to a jazz block
Arts & Entertainment SFist Neighborhood Guides: Hayes Valley Today at SFist we kick off a series of well informed guides to the city's neighborhoods. You may think you know this town, but do you really? Do you know everywhere that's good
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink San Rafael's Popular Johnny Doughnuts Headed To Hayes Valley And in more National Doughnut Day news, fans of the Johnny Doughnuts trucks will be happy to learn that the place is about to get a brick-and-mortar shop in the center of San
SF News SFPD Chief Touts 'Very Good Lead' In Infamous Hayes Valley Quadruple Homicide It's been almost a year since the San Francisco Police Department said that they knew who was responsible for an infamous Hayes Valley quadruple homicide, but were unable to pull together enough of
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Chicken Soup At Little Gem We're hitting a springtime pattern of warm, sunny days and cool, windy nights this week (though there might be a spot of rain this afternoon), and whether you're getting a bout of seasonal
SF News Teeny Hayes Valley Studios With No Parking Hitting Market For $500K One of those "micro unit" buildings we've heard so much about has been completed at 388 Fulton Street (at Gough), and one of its itty bitty, 350-square-foot studios could be yours starting at
SF News $1.5 Million Hayes Valley Victorian Haunted By Gibberish Squatter Graffiti If these walls could talk, they'd probably just scream unintelligibly. The Hayes Valley Victorian at 708-710 Buchanan, a "dejected old dame dating back to 1900" by the Chronicle's estimation, has been vacant since
SF News Days Numbered For Hayes Valley Days Inn? Hayes Valley's Days Inn and adjacent burger joint Double Decker on Grove Street could make way for a way bigger hotel building. The Business Times reports that the existing 47-room hotel at 465
SF News Two Narrow Hayes Valley Lots Could Soon Be Home To Two Five-Story Developments The narrow lots located on Octavia Boulevard between and Oak and Fell Streets could soon be a lot more crowded as plans to develop the 18-foot-wide parcels have been submitted to the Planning
SF News Hayes Valley To Get Three New Parklets Late Next Year The San Francisco Planning Department recently approved three new parklets for Hayes Valley, but due to a planned city construction project in the area, residents and shoppers will likely have to wait until
SF News Three Kittens From Hayes Valley's KitTea Cafe Diagnosed With Fatal Disease Three cats from pleasant Hayes Valley hybrid teahouse and cat adoption center KitTea Cafe were diagnosed with an incurable viral disease that sometimes occurs in litters or cats in close proximity, as at
SF News Harrison Ford Hits Hayes Valley Tactical Apparel Store Perhaps in search of a new whip, Harrison Ford stopped by Hayes Valley tactical supply shop Triple Aught Designs yesterday. It should come as no surprise that the actor, whose plane-flying (and crashing)
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Go Eat This: Octopus At Petit Crenn At Dominique Crenn's three-month-old casual prix fixe spot in Hayes Valley, Petit Crenn, the star of the show is always a whole roasted fish. The restaurant is Crenn's homage to her homeland, specifically
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Biergarten Lease Extended To 2021, Housing Be Damned Two years back I thought that Biergarten, and the rest of the popular temporary Proxy complex in Hayes Valley, had been given an extended lease to 2021. But that turned out to be
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Six La Boulange Locations To Be Reborn As La Boulangerie De San Francisco The rumor was true, and La Boulange founder Pascal Rigo is reopening some of the shuttered bakery locations under a slightly different name, La Boulangerie de San Francisco. Rigo told the Business Times
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cala Softly Opens In Hayes Valley Tonight, From Mexico City Chef Gabriela Camara The much-anticipated Cala opens its doors tonight, plus a bunch of openings, including a new Hayes Valley sushi spot: http://t.co/hxTXcaGWnw— Eater SF (@eatersf) September 21, 2015 Mexico City chef and
SF News Fate Of Biergarten Not Guaranteed As City Officials Argue Over Need For Housing On The Property Two years ago, and as recently as last month, we were under the impression that the popularity of 2011-built Hayes Valley "cargo-tecture" complex collectively known as Proxy guaranteed its existence through 2021. But
SF News Wednesday Morning High-Speed Chase Sends SFPD Across SF A man and two women are in custody Wednesday following a high-speed chase that sent San Francisco Police Department officers through Hayes Valley, Russian Hill, the Tenderloin and the Mission. It all started
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Petit Crenn Aims For Early August Debut In Former Bar Jules Digs Ever since we learned in April that the replacement for longtime Hayes Valley neighborhood favorite Bar Jules would be a new casual spot from chef Dominique Crenn, called Petit Crenn, I've been eager
Arts & Entertainment Outdoor Cinema In Hayes Valley Becomes Non-Profit After Kickstarter Fails The expanded outdoor cinema project at Hayes Valley's Proxy that we told you about last month did not succeed in raising the $150,000 it was looking to raise via Kickstarter. But, as
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Temple Takes Shape Again, Gets Its 37-Foot Spire Today In Hayes Valley New temple being constructed in Patricia's Green #BurningMan #HayesValley pic.twitter.com/HOnxuRTLmX— Dave Lester (@davelester) June 22, 2015 As we mentioned the other week, artist David Best is building a brand new
Arts & Entertainment That Outdoor Cinema At Hayes Valley's PROXY May Finally Happen This Fall It turned out to be a lie when we were promised outdoor movies at Hayes Valley's semi-permanent PROXY complex last fall, and it looks as though the concept for the space has morphed
Arts & Entertainment Burning Man Temple Returning To Hayes Valley What do Hayes Valley and the Playa have in common? Very little. But one piece of public art is coming back to change that. The San Francisco Arts Commission in partnership with Burning
SF News Rube Goldberg House Gets Landmark Status, Potentially Foiling Eviction We learned back in November of the case of four tenants occupying two rent-controlled units on the second floor of 198 Gough, which is also home to 20th Century Cafe and was, historically,
