Arts & Entertainment New Gallery And Mural Brighten Up Vacant Valencia Volvo Dealership The front of a vacant industrial building on Valencia Street that was last used as a Volvo dealership is seeing new life with a colorful mural and a temporary tenant in a gallery,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Laundré, A Café/Laundromat, Bringing Sightglass Coffee And Free Soap To The Mission A post shared by Laundré (@laundre) on Feb 21, 2017 at 6:16pm PST Missionites, get ready to say bonjour to Laundré, a laundromat/coffee shop bound for 20th and Mission Streets this
SF News Valencia Street Worker Uses 'Wet Floor' Sign As Weapon An altercation at a Valencia Street business turned violent Sunday night, when a worker at the venue used a nearby sign to smack the man with whom she was arguing. According to the
SF News 22nd Street Fire Site Now 'Mission Memorial Frog Sanctuary'? The lot at 22nd and Mission Streets is a disaster area. It's the site of a fatal 2015 fire that displaced over 40 residents and several businesses. Three smaller, subsequent fires rendered the
Arts & Entertainment Photos: Scenes From Last Weekend's Lowrider Cruise Tribute To Selena Some Muni bus shelters on Saturday weren't displaying arrival times for buses: Instead, they read "Lowrider Cruise, 4/8 6pm to 9 pm." And cruise they did: The San Francisco Lowrider Council gathered
SF News 7-Unit Elbo Room Development Challenged By Discretionary Review Request A redevelopment plan for the Elbo Room space at the corner of Valencia and Sycamore that would add three stories to the existing two-story building to create seven units of housing could be
SF News [Update] Mission Street's Thrift Town Is Closed For Good Thrift Town, a secondhand store of treasures untold, is closing for good on Friday according to Mission Mission. A Thrift Town employee wouldn't confirm the closure to SFist, and we've left a message
SF News Mission Man Attempts To Thwart Female Carjacking Duo, Fails A team of carjackers proved too much for a Mission District man Monday morning, as the duo stole his car after he left it running in his driveway. The San Francisco Police Department
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pauline's Keeps Pizza Coming, Forms LLC For Potential New Buyer Who Will Continue Business As-Is Sidney Weinstein, who told SFist in December that she was seeking a buyer for her 1985-founded Valencia Street pizzeria Pauline's, is now transferring her beer and wine license to "Pauline's LLC." Don't expect
SF News [Update] Man Shot, Killed On 19th Street Just before 1 a.m. this morning police responded to reports of a shooting on 19th Street. There, they found a male shooting victim on the sidewalk between Mission and Capp Streets, a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Media Noche, Serving Tropical Vibes And Cuban-Inspired Cuisine, Is Now Open In The Mission Media Noche is so named for Miami's favorite late-night Cuban snack, and the new counter-service restaurant open today at 19th and Lexington hopes to make a name for itself with their own take
Arts & Entertainment Mr. Brandy's Roaming Piano Van Is A Kooky Cabaret On Wheels I would say that San Francisco pianist Mr. Brandy pops up when and where you least suspect, but if you had to guess, you'd probably expect this art-car van with a piano in
SF News 'Bob's Burgers' Mural, Show Illustrator's Nod To Creator's Former Home, Is Painted Over A Mission District mural depicting the matriarch and patriarch of Bob's Burgers, Bob and Linda Belcher, created last year by show illustrator and local muralist Sirron Norris, is gone. The artwork, on a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink To Preserve Zeitgeist Patio Sunshine, Planning Commission Cuts 5 Feet Off Neighboring Development After employees of Zeitgeist saw analysis of a 28-unit development project across Valencia Street at 198 Valencia that indicated the development would cast a shadow on parts of its popular patio beer garden
SF News Man Fights For Life Following Violent Clarion Alley Mugging A man who was robbed in a popular Mission District tourist attraction is fighting for his life Wednesday, after his muggers left him seriously injured. Police say that two muggers in their 20s
SF News Mission Activists Oppose 'Tea Art' Cafe In Vacant Storefront As 'Destabilizing To Working-Class Communities' A cafe with designs to open for "tea, coffee, and snacks" in a Mission Street storefront near 24th Street that's been empty since 2015 is now in the crosshairs of at least one
SF News Couple In Gray Truck Sought Following Robbery And Shooting Near SF General Police are seeking a couple driving a gray truck who shot and robbed a man, leaving him fighting for his life in the Mission District. According to the San Francisco Police Department, officers
SF News [Update] Homeless Man's Tent Burned After Confrontation With Alleged Car Burglar Things took a turn for the fiery early this morning after a Mission District homeless man encountered two individuals doing drugs behind his tent. According to Mission Local, a brief exchange between the
SF News At Mission Meeting, SF Homeless Czar Declares 'We Have Completed Our Work Here And I Realize It May Not Look Like That' A meeting of neighbors in the Mission District joined by city leaders such as incoming supervisor Hillary Ronen, who replaces David Campos, and Jeff Kositsky, director of the new Department of Homelessness and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink As Nearby Valencia Development Looms, Zeitgeist Files Review To Protect Beer Garden From Shadow Zeitgeist, among San Francisco's best known bars and choice few beer gardens, celebrates its 40th anniversary next month, having recently attained Legacy Business status in its wizened, grizzly old age. But just as
SF News Man And Woman Killed In South Van Ness Shooting #Developing: Two people killed in a shooting in SF near 16th and S. Van Ness. Male and female in their 20s or 30s. pic.twitter.com/Fbnu2k8HkV— Christie Smith (@christies_nbc) December 19,
SF News Mission Pedestrian Pepper Sprayed As He Attempts To Flee Girl Gang A man walking on a busy Mission District street was mugged at knifepoint this morning by a group of three women and one man. It all went down at 4 a.m., police
SF News Following Homicide On South Van Ness, Residents Are Left To Clean Up Blood Themselves A pool of blood belonging to Lisa Williams, 21, who was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Wednesday December 7 on South Van Ness Avenue between 18th and 19th Streets,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink RIP Smoking On El Rio Patio: Landlord Enforcing Ban, Says Bar San Francisco smokers may be an overall minority, but more often than not they're a well represented group on the back patio of El Rio. That space, a grotto behind the queer-leaning bar
SF News Mission District Neighbors Are Now Opposing Nuns Trying To Feed The Homeless It was right out of a Lifetime movie plot; A group of nuns, facing eviction from their Tenderloin soup kitchen and home, are saved when a charismatic multimillionaire self-help guru purchases them a
