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
Arts & Entertainment Benny Gold Now Open Softly On Valencia As Construction Continues In Former Mission Creek Cafe Space Mission Creek Cafe, which left its storefront at 968 Valencia in January, will be missed for its free wifi, cheap coffee, copious outlets, and fault-finding employees who took every opportunity to scream at
SF News Mission Housing Development Dropped After Auto Shop Deemed Historically Significant Developers initially intending to turn a Mission District auto shop into 20 units of housing have backed away from that plan following a ruling by the city that the building has historical significance.
SF News Mission District 'Hacker House' Struggles As Even Techies Can't Afford The Rent The story of the long-time resident getting priced out of the Mission District is so common as to be cliché, but the latest twist on the tale proves that even the tech set
SF News Former Fancy Soda Shop Once Again A Late-Night Gambling Den The former site of an upscale candy and soda shop, The Fizzary, is once again in the news following reports that the location's current tenant is still running an illegal, late-night gambling and
SF News Man Shot From Behind In Clarion Alley An early-morning shooting in San Francisco's iconic Clarion Alley set a man to the hospital Monday, the second act of violence in the tourist hot spot in recent months. According to the San
