SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF's b. Patisserie Confirmed to Be Taking Over Cafe Space In Union Square Park Following the departure of Tyler Florence's Miller & Lux Provisions last month, pastry chef Belinda Leong's acclaimed b. patisserie briefly popped up in one of the two cafe spaces in Union Square Park, and now it is becoming an official tenant.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF’s Oldest Indian Restaurant New Delhi Is In Danger of Closing Permanently The 36-year-old Union Square Indian restaurant New Delhi is the only Indian restaurant on the city’s Legacy Business Registry, but is in danger of closing as downtown foot traffic remains in the dumps.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Union Square’s 52-Year-Old Extremely French Restaurant Jeanne D’Arc Has Permanently Closed The filet mignon, escargot, and live violin music are no longer a fixture at the Jeanne D’Arc restaurant beneath Union Square’s Cornell Hotel de France, as the restaurant has permanently shuttered, and will serve exclusively as an event space.
Arts & Entertainment 45-Foot Statue of Nude Woman Not Coming to Union Square After All, But Might End at Embarcadero Plaza A giant statue of a nude woman that debuted at Burning Man 2015 will not be installed in Union Square as planned, as it is apparently a risk for the plaza’s tiles, though there is a Plan B afoot to bring it to the Embarcadero Plaza.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Celebrity Chef Tyler Florence Walks Away From Union Square Cafes, b. patisserie May Move In Tyler Florence's much-publicized move into two empty restaurant spaces in Union Square is over after only a year, despite getting a grant from the city to help with the area's revitalization.
Arts & Entertainment A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Parlor Pops Up, and More Excitement On Powell Street For All-Star Game Weekend The usually beleaguered, largely vacant first couple blocks of Powell Street will suddenly come back to life this weekend, as all of Union Square becomes a hub of activity linked to the All-Star Game, which is being played Sunday at the Chase Center.
SF News Mayor Lurie Launches SFPD ‘Hospitality Task Force’ to Bolster Union Square Ahead of All-Star Game, Lunar New Year While this new SFPD ‘Hospitality Task Force’ arrives the weekend before the double-team of the NBA All-Star Game and the Chinese New Year Parade, the reconfigured police staffing will be in effect year-round in the Union Square tourism district.
SF News Early Morning Fire Displaces Four at the SRO Formerly Known as the Hotel Diva A 1 am apartment fire Wednesday morning on the second floor of the former Hotel Diva has left four people displaced, though no one was injured.
SF News That Vacant Union Square Express Space Will Reopen as Shoe Palace In a Matter of Weeks Express closed its Powell Street store in October 2023, but the space will become a Shoe Palace, and sneaker-heads may relish that it will be open in time for next month’s NBA All-Star Game festivities.
Arts & Entertainment Like It or Not, 45-Foot Statue of Nude Woman Coming to Union Square Shortly Union Square retailers and tourism officials are hoping that a Burning Man statue of a 45-foot-tall nude woman is going to rev up the beleaguered district’s shopping scene, and we’ll see if they’re right when it goes up in early February.
SF News Guy Killed By SF Police Was a Security Guard With a Gun Fetish Who Hated Gun Laws, Liberal California We now know who the deceased is in the officer-involved shooting in Union Square last week, and a few details about the bizarre and angry-sounding hit-and-run the precipitated the shooting.
Arts & Entertainment The EndUp is Throwing Another Massive Free Outdoor Dance Party in Union Square Saturday Four renowned DJs and The EndUp will heat up Union Square’s Winter Walk on Saturday, with an all-ages house music dance party rager that’s absolutely free to attend.
SF News SF Police Shoot and Kill Man Identified as Union Square Security Guard A hit-and-run incident on a sidewalk in Union Square Thursday evening was followed, hours later, by a confrontation with San Francisco police that left the driver in the alleged hit-and-run dead.
SF News SF Hires NY Consultant Firm to Jazz Up Union Square With 200 Events Next Year One of Mayor London Breed’s final downtown rejuvenation efforts is bringing in some New York-based consultant firm who’s agreed to create 200 events in Union Square in 2025, hoping to generate more foot traffic and fewer retailers abandoning their storefronts.
SF News SF District Attorney Charges Two In Connection With Union Square Dior Store Burglary Two suspects were charged and entered not-guilty pleas in connection with an October smash-and-grab burglary at the Union Square Christian Dior store, a heist that involved at least 10 individuals, and that resulted in the theft of nearly $300K in handbags.
SF News It’Sugar Abruptly Closes Union Square Store, But New Tenant Supposedly Lined Up Candy emporium It’Sugar has just closed down its Stockton and Market street store, which had previously been a Virgin Megastore and a Forever 21, but the realtor insists there’s already a new tenant moving in.
SF News Buyer Interest Emerges for Macy's Union Square Property; City Holds Out Hope Macy's Will Stay In Some Form The Macy's corporation hasn't shared much in the way of plans since its bombshell announcement earlier this year that it would close its flasghip San Francisco store. But there are a couple of possibilities emerging for the property.
SF Politics Can Daniel Lurie Save Macy's? With the big tree-lighting ceremony in Union Square this week, the pall hanging over the celebration is the impending planned closure of Macy's, with this potentially being the last Great Tree lighting in the square, at least by Macy's.
SF News Vehicle Rams Into Union Square Louis Vuitton In Attempted Smash-and-Grab, Thieves Fail to Steal Anything Just two blocks from where smash-and-grab burglars rammed a car into the Union Square Dior store two weeks ago, another set of would-be thieves smashed their car into the Louis Vuitton, but were foiled from actually stealing anything in their attempted heist.
SF News Union Square Dior Once Again Rammed Into by Car in Smash-and-Grab Burglary Nearly one year to the day after thieves rammed a car into the Union Square Dior storefront, another car pulled the same scheme just before 3 am Friday morning, and the suspects are still at large.
SF News Report: Gun Used to Shoot Ricky Pearsall Was Purchased Legally at Arizona Pawn Shop It was obviously not legal for the 17-year-old minor accused of shooting 49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall to carry a gun, but an investigation of the gun’s origin shows it was purchased legally, though may have been stolen once or twice since its last purchase.
SF News Accused Teen Shooter of Ricky Pearsall Is 'Very Sorry,' Says Attorney The 17-year-old from Tracy who allegedly shot and wounded 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall during an attempted robbery on Saturday made his first court appearance Wednesday. And his attorney expressed remorse on his behalf.
SF News Labor Day Links: Shooting of 49er Turns Political With Farrell Comments Mayoral candidate Mark Farrell engaged in some political opportunism vis a vis Saturday's shooting; Ricky Pearsall is out of the hospital; and slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was mourned at events in Berkeley and Jerusalem.
Arts & Entertainment Giant Nude Female Figure Likely to Be Installed In Union Square This Winter A towering, illuminated sculpture of a nude woman, one of a series of three created for Burning Man by artist Marco Cochrane in the last decade, is set to make an appearance in SF's Union Square, pending final approvals.
Arts & Entertainment Next Batch of SF Live Free Concerts Includes Sudan Archives, Eagles of Death Metal, Talking Heads Alums The free outdoor live concert series SF Live has announced a new batch of bands, with Sudan Archives this Saturday, a semi-Talking Heads reunion in August, and the Eagles of Death Metal in September.
