SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Union Square Saks Fifth Avenue Goes Appointment-Only Condo prices are nearly half-off at the beleaguered Millennium Tower; an international flight to SFO got diverted to Russia; and the Union Square Saks Fifth Avenue will soon only let you in if you have an appointment.
SF News Some Jokers Posted Signs In Union Square Saying ‘Stolen Goods Must Remain Under $950’ These unauthorized signs were apparently real and placed in Union Square, creating a viral uproar among people who believed the signs’ official-looking claim that "stolen goods must remain under $950."
Business & Tech SF’s Biggest Hotel Complex, the Union Square Hilton and Parc 55, Gets Its Valuation Slashed By $1 Billion More ugly news for SF’s hospitality industry, as the 3,000-room Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Parc 55 complex was just valued at only $550 million, after being valued at $1.6 billion eight years ago. And now the two hotels are just months from foreclosure.
Arts & Entertainment The EndUp Turns 50 and They're Taking Over Union Square With a Dance Party Saturday That venerable, inimitable, sloppy palace of bad decisions The EndUp was born 50 (and a half) years ago, and they're now getting around to celebrating — appropriately kinda late — with a Union Square takeover dance party.
Business & Tech Nintendo Announces They’re Opening a Store in SF’s Union Square, Only Their Second Store in the US Mario, Luigi, and Pokémon are swooping in to hopefully save San Francisco’s Union Square, as the video game giant Nintendo just announced they’re taking over one of the many vacant retail spots in the beleaguered shopping district sometime in 2025.
SF News 172-Year-Old Shreve & Co. Jewelry Store Permanently Closing Its Union Square Shop The venerable San Francisco-based jeweler Shreve & Co. just announced they’re closing up their Union Square shop permanently, though watch and necklace enthusiasts can clean up on 60% off liquidation sales starting this Friday.
SF News Peskin, Breed Both Say They Are Trying to Get Macy's to Stay In Union Square Supervisor and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin was on TV Thursday night discussing the city's efforts to cajole the Macy's organization to change its mind about closing the San Francisco store.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Cheesecake Factory Fans Are Literally Talking About a Ballot Measure to Keep It From Closing While there has been plenty of online grief pouring out about the eventual loss of Macy's in SF's Union Square, for some, the conversation quickly turned to "What is going to happen to the Cheesecake Factory?"
SF News Another Day, Another Two Union Square Retailers Say They're Closing — Zara and The North Face In addition to news that The North Face is closing its only San Francisco store in Union Square this month, we now have word that Zara plans to close its longtime boutique on the square too.
SF News Election Day Around the Bay: Another Union Square Retailer Trying to Sell Their Building Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest man (at the moment); a one-time SF gang member was sentenced in a 2013 gang killing case; and the Union Square Burberry is trying to sell their building.
Business & Tech SF’s Former Westfield Mall Being Rebranded as ‘The Emporium Centre San Francisco’ In an apparent attempt to halt the nonstop parade of terrible headlines about the former Westfield San Francisco Centre mall, the mall’s new management is renaming it “the Emporium Centre San Francisco” while promising more security and new attractions.
SF Politics SF Mayor London Breed Tries to Suggest Hope That Macy's Won't Actually Leave It's certainly not great news for Mayor London Breed's bid for reelection this year that another major department store is announcing its closure in the heart of SF. And now Breed seems to be hedging on the news.
SF News Retail Experts Weigh In On Macy's Union Square Closure, Saying Downtown Shopping May Be a Thing of the Past One of the main anchors of Union Square since 1947, Macy's, is going away in the next couple of years, and without it or anything of that scale to replace it, how long can Union Square remain a shopping destination?
SF News Macy's to Close Its San Francisco Union Square Flagship, In Huge Blow to City Retail Macy's announced plans today to close 150 of its "underproductive" stores nationwide, with 50 of them to close this year. And now we have confirmation that San Francisco's enormous — and often empty — store is among them.
SF News Hazmat Incident Near Union Square Prompts Evacuation, Traffic Delays Three people were treated for exposure to leaked, potentially poisonous refrigerant chemicals. Authorities say it was an isolated incident.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink SF’s Phenomenally French Restaurant Jeanne d'Arc In Union Square Has Reopened After a Four-Year Closure The very authentic French restaurant Jeanne d'Arc inside Cornell Hotel de France has been closed since 2020, but has reopened under new ownership, and its Old France interior and art serve a feast for your eyes while you feast on French cuisine.
SF News Police Arrest 4 People After Union Square Pro-Palestine Protest Saturday SFPD arrested 3 adults and 1 minor in the aftermath of Saturday afternoon's protest in San Francisco’s downtown shopping district, in which one man with a "Free Palestine" sign climbed the giant Union Square Christmas tree.
SF News Pro-Palestine Protester Climbs Union Square Christmas Tree In SF A protest in SF's Union Square Saturday seeking to disrupt the holiday shopping rush and call attention to the war in Gaza led to one protester climbing the Union Square Christmas tree.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink That New Jollibee Is Indeed Coming to the Former Payless Shoe Store at Market and Fifth Streets Jolly good news for fans of Chickenjoy meals and coconut pineapple pies, as after years of starts and stops, that long-stalled Jollibee at the former Payless ShoeSource at Union Square is getting close to opening.
Arts & Entertainment Stockton Street 'Winter Walk' Returns For First Holiday Season Since 2018 The pop-up event that turned part of Stockton Street near Union Square into a traffic-free, pedestrian-only zone in December during five years of Central Subway construction is coming back, and ten days of holiday fun and events kick off on Friday.
SF News Mayor Breed Pledges Major Police, Ambassador Presence to Keep Union Square Safe for Holiday Shopping City leaders held a press conference Tuesday to jointly discuss safety measures being taken for the upcoming APEC summit in San Francisco, and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season in Union Square.
SF News Two Suspects Charged In Smash-and-Grab Involving Car at Union Square Dior Store The pair of suspects arrested in connection with last week's brazen smash-and-grab robbery at the Christian Dior store in Union Square — a robbery that involved ramming through the front gates and door of the store with a car — have now been charged.
SF News Union Square Dior Store Rammed With Car In Burglary Heist, at Least Two Arrested A brazen Thursday morning smash-and-grab at the Union Square Dior store was heavy on the smash, as burglars rammed a car into the store and stole a reported $270,000 in merchandise — but one of the getaway cars then crashed and the suspects in it were arrested.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Chef Tyler Florence Will Be Reviving Those Two Cafes On Either Side of Union Square The cafe spaces on either side of Union Square will almost surely be seeing some new life soon, and celebrity chef Tyler Florence is behind the project.
SF News Meet the First 17 Pop-Ups That the City Will Pay to Live Rent-Free Downtown In Revitalization Effort We learned in April that the city was offering to pay pop-ups as much as $8,000 to occupy vacant retail spaces downtown. We now know the first batch will include Devil’s Teeth Bakery, KALW, and a flea market called Sucka Flea.
