SF News New Valencia Bike Barometer Already Defaced Perhaps predictably, someone who either hates bicyclists or hates the SFMTA or just plain hates the gentrification of Valencia Street has already vandalized the new bike counter that just went up a week
SF News [Update] Mayor Lee Attempts To Visit Hunger Strikers Ahead Of Planned Event, They Refuse While the five hunger strikers demanding that Mayor Lee fire Chief Suhr have been planning to visit City Hall tomorrow and demand parley with him according to 48 Hills, it appears that the
SF News Victim Of Valencia Street Throat Slashing Refuses To Cooperate With SFPD A man whose throat was cut during a Valencia Street altercation will survive, police say — but his unwillingness to cooperate with officers will certainly stymie their investigation into the crime. According to the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Upscale 'FoodHall' Approaches At 16th And Valencia In Former Val 16 Market Space Say goodbye to 10-for-a-dollar limes and hello to something new and gentrified in FoodHall, whose prices we do not know but whose chic logo and new paint job herald a different era at
Arts & Entertainment Video: 'Foolz ... Are Making Valencia Unchill' "F**k these foolz that are making Valencia Street unchill and destroying the Mission 4 every1 who lives there," sings Kevin Patrick, AKA Field Medic, in a scathing social critique that targets "these
SF News Man Stabbed By Pot-Smoking Pals Outside Mission Bar A Mission man learned — the hard way — yesterday afternoon that just because someone you met at a bar offers to smoke weed with you, their intentions are not necessarily benign. According to the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Smitten Expands Fresh-Made Ice Cream Empire To Valencia Valencia Street wants for little in terms of tasty treats, but who can say no to Smitten's flash-frozen ice cream? It's actually churned with liquid nitrogen before your eager eyes, creating unrivaled (in
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Brunch Spot Boogaloo's Is Closing Their Doors Because Of 'Whacked Out' Rent Everybody's favorite place to stand in line for hours to get brunch might soon be going out of business. Boogaloo's, known not just for the lines but also their famous vegetarian herb cream
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Proprietor Of Valencia Street Bar Calls Out 'Ugly' Entitled Millennials Longstanding Valencia Street bar Blondie's always seems to evoke mixed reactions from SFist's commenter community, from those who say things like "this place was over run by young bankers and dot.com 1.
SF News Super High-End Sports Car Showroom Attempts To Move Onto Valencia Two years after formula-retail protestors drove off a proposed Jack Spade store in the Mission's former Adobe Books space, another luxury goods dealer has applied for space in another former arts hub. This
SF News Lost Weekend Video To Expand, Not Close, With 1234Go! Records Partnership Lost Weekend isn't going anywhere — well, that's not true, it's staying put and, in a twist, also opening a new location in Oakland. Though the 18-year-old Valencia Street fixture of films and comedy
Arts & Entertainment Valencia's Clothes Contact Readies For Closure, Starts Half-Off Clearance Sale Many Burners' favorite Mission thrift spot Clothes Contact, which has been selling by-the-pound (sometimes musty) used clothing at Valencia and 16th since the wild days of 1986, is getting ready to close as
SF News The Mission's Borderlands Books Will Close Borderlands Books "will be closing very soon... no later than March 31st," according to a statement from the Valencia Street bookseller. For 18 years, the Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and Horror Fiction-focused store
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Hawker Fare Opens On Valencia James Shyabout of Oakland's Commis, The Dock at Linden Street, and Thai street-food-inspired Hawker Fare has quietly opened the doors to his new branch of Hawker Fare at 680 Valencia Street, in the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Did Valencia Street Already Hit Peak Restaurant Density? Two years ago, when the Valencia corridor saw a spate of new restaurant openings several in spaces that had not previously been home to restaurants retail merchants in the neighborhood started crying foul
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Burma Superstar's Valencia Spinoff, Burma Love, To Open Post-Xmas With Spicier, Seafood-Focused Fare The Burma Superstar empire, founded in 1992, planted a flag in the vacated Bodhi space at 211 Valencia Street (at Duboce) back in 2012. Now, at long last, they've nearly completed their new
SF News Driver Who Allegedly Hit Pedestrian On Valencia Kept Driving With Victim On Top Of Car The driver who struck a pedestrian and kept on going Sunday night has been arrested and booked on three offenses, a San Francisco Police Department spokesperson said Monday night. As previously reported, on
SF News Clown Protestors Block Google Shuttle With Colorful Dance Numbers This morning at the now-infamous corner of 24th and Valencia Streets, a group of colorful protestors dressed in clown suits again blocked a Google Shuttle bus on its morning commute. According to Chronicle
SF News Woman's Body Found In Valencia Street Hotel Garbage Chute Last night around 11:15 p.m., the body of 54-year-old Natalie Blaugh was found in a garbage chute at the Hotel Sunrise on Valencia Street in the Mission. According to San Francisco
SF News Victim Of Fatal Valencia Street Hit-Run Identified As Local Artist Kurt Dalen Early last Thursday morning a man was struck while walking on the side of the road on Valencia Street. The victim, who was taken to San Francisco General in critical condition, later died
SF News Two Pedestrians Seriously Injured In Separate Hit-Run Incidents Early Thursday morning around 2:45 a.m. a man was left in critical condition after being struck near the intersection of Valencia Street and Clinton Park. A second pedestrian was also seriously
SF News Valencia Street Driver Booked For Assaulting Cyclist With A Deadly Weapon (His Sedan) During yesterday's evening commute, a driver pulling out of a parking space on Valencia Street ended up getting hauled into SFPD's Mission Station and booked on one count of assault after allegedly hitting
SF News Bro Wanted For Assault Caught On Security Camera (Sort Of) Oh, Valencia Street. The fine folks over at Mission Mission have word (and imagery!) on an alleged assault that happened on Friday Wednesday night. A Valencia Street resident was reportedly attacked inside his
SF News Woman Sliced In The Neck While Looking For The Bus Stop A 55-year-old woman was slashed in the throat near the intersection of 19th and Valencia streets on Saturday evening after she asked a man on the street where she could find the nearest
SF News Valencia Street Condo Building Breaking Sales Records, Attracting Oldsters Units at a condo development in the (ahem) heart of the Mission at 19th and Valencia are flying off the market before the real estate company can even post them to the listing
