SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Sicilian Gelato Shop Hila Now Open In Valencia Street’s Former Xanath Ice Cream Store The Batman and Mr. Potato Head of Valencia Street ice cream shop Xanath are gone, but in their place is a new Sicilian gelateria called Hila, and the newlywed owner has a real sweet story.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Michelin-Starred AL’s Place Location Set To Reopen as Dosa Corner Chef Aaron London closed AL’s Place last August despite great reviews and big crowds, but now the location is slated to reopen as the Indian spot Dosa Corner.
SF News New Valencia Bike Lane Construction Underway, Parking on Valencia Street Currently Quite Restricted The new project to create “center bike lanes” in the middle of Valencia Street has started construction, and it may be tough to find parking on certain swaths of Valencia through the end of June.
SF News SFMTA Board Votes To Move Bike Lanes To the Middle Of Valencia Street, In Meeting Interrupted By Earthquake A literal earthquake struck Tuesday just before the SFMTA Board of Directors approved a one-year pilot program to move the grounds of the Valencia Street bike lane into the middle of the street instead of the side.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Valencia Street Irish Pub The Phoenix to Close Next Week, and a Six-Story Apartment Building Will Rise In Its Place The swan song of the 22-year-old Irish bar, The Phoenix, arrives on Super Bowl Sunday, and the owner has permits to demolish the single-story building and construct an 18-unit apartment building in its place.
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party Returns Saturday, But This Year Rocks A Different Block Block out your calendar Saturday for the return of Noise Pop’s 20th Street Block Party, but this year’s popping noise will be at a new Valencia Street location.The high-powered San
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Fine Dining Spot for Dogs on Valencia Has $75 Tasting Menu, Generates Gentrification Outrage People are dogpiling on a new fine dining restaurant for dogs, as San Francisco once again out-San Franciscos itself with a stunning new breed of income inequality.
SF News Mission District Father Brutally Attacked at 18th and Valencia Streets In Seemingly Random Violence We have a description of the suspect who is still at large, in a Tuesday night random attack that has reportedly left a man with a “half detached ear” and facial scars “for life.”
SF News Anti-Patagonia-Vest, Anti-Marina Flyers Popping Up in San Francisco “Stop wearing vests, you look like a Republican” warns a series of new flyers being spotted about town, and the flyers also have some choice words for the Marina.
SF News One of SF’s Biggest Cannabis Dispensaries is Poised to Hit Valencia Street The Planning Commission gave the green light for a sprawling dispensary with an on-site smoking lounge, over neighborhood concerns that it would be too big and upscale.
SF News Valencia Street Salvation Army Poised to Become Homeless Shelter, But Residents Remain Split A new Hummingbird Place homeless drop-in center could spring up at Valencia Street’s current Salvation Army Mission Corps Community Center, and while some neighbors are skeptical, the opposition is nowhere near as fierce as the Embarcadero Navigation Center's was.
SF News Car-Free Market Street Plan Could Spread to Valencia Street, Too The SFMTA chair gave a full-throated endorsement to banning cars on Valencia Street too, though other Muni honchos prefer to walk that back to just a few blocks of the corridor.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Update: Valencia Street Bar Amnesia Definitely Closing... Thanks for the Memories Amnesia’s owners have confirmed the 20-year-old bar’s closure, effective February 29, 2020.
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 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 Woman At Center Of Valencia Standoff: 'That Was Not A De-Escalation, That Was An Escalation' We're now learning more about the suspect who was at the center of the shelter-in-place emergency and seven-hour standoff at the Crown Hotel on Valencia Street Friday. 57-year-old Samantha Helstrom, a trans ex-Marine
Arts & Entertainment Photo Du Jour: A Butterfly On Valencia Street This shot comes to us from photographer Bhautik Joshi who was out wandering the extra sunny Sunday Streets kickoff event yesterday on Valencia Street. Sunday Streets is doing a Summer of Love theme
SF News Armed 60-Year-Old Woman Prompts Shelter-In-Place Drama In The Mission A bizarre and scary situation erupted in the heart of the Mission District Friday afternoon after a possibly mentally unstable woman allegedly pulled a gun on an exterminator, and the SFPD declared a
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Babu Ji Closes NYC Flagship Location Amid Wage Theft Lawsuit The owners of hit New York City Indian restaurant Babu Ji, which expanded in November to San Francisco, are closing their East Coast location amid a wage theft lawsuit, the second being faced
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 Valencia's Multikulti To Close, Bringing Heartbreak To Costume Community That handwritten sign in the window display of Frida Kahlo leggings, chunky Egyptian collar necklaces, and blingy ballcaps, sadly, is correct. After more than 16 years, popular Valencia Street costume boutique Multikulti has
SF News Man Brutally Stabbed While Dining At Valencia Street Burger King Guests at a San Francisco fast food joint were stunned Sunday, when a man entered the restaurant and started stabbing a patron. According to the San Francisco Police Department, the 36-year-old victim was
SF News Police Reportedly Search Hospital Garage After 13-Year-Old Boy Is Shot On Valencia Street A San Francisco Police Department Special Investigations Team is searching for suspects Monday, after a 13-year-old boy was shot Sunday night in the Mission District. SFPD spokesperson Sergeant Michael Andraychak says the shooting
SF News Five-Story, 50-Unit Residential Building Proposed For Valencia Near 14th Getting anything built in the Mission District is very challenging! For evidence of that, here's a fun example from last year, or the story of some more recent but long-delayed movement on the
Arts & Entertainment Video: New Valencia Street Cathedral Gets Its Cross, Via Helicopter Missionites have likely noticed the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of San Francisco taking shape over the last year at Valencia and 14th with is grand main dome, and it's novel enough that a
