Mr. Bing’s gets Legacy Business recommendation, along with Love On Haight, the Blue Light, and others
Cheap booze haven Mr. Bing’s was one of seven long-loved local small businesses that got SF Legacy Business recommendations Wednesday from the SF Historical Preservation Committee, along with Love On Haight. The Blue Light, the Hing Lung Company, and others.
Hong Kong Lounge II reopens in SoMa, rebranded as HK Lounge Bistro, four years after devastating fire
It’s no longer called Hong Kong Lounge II and it’s no longer in Laurel Heights, but owner Annie Ho has rebranded the restaurant HK Lounge Bistro and it opened last week near Folsom and Seventh Streets.
11-acre Lake Merced park finally coming to former SF shooting range, after six-year delay
The plan to make the former Pacific Rod and Gun Club into an 11-acre Lake Merced public park was shot down in 2016, but the plans for the park are back on, promising boat decks, a skate park, and a ropes course.
City Hall inexplicably declares war on lovely Bernal Heights sidewalk benches
These lovely sidewalk benches are now being declared "unpermitted encroachments" on Mirabel Avenue in Bernal Heights, with the Public Works department now demanding $1,400 permits for benches that have been there as long as 20 years.