Marie Edinger
San Francisco Hayes Valley
High-end tech store B8ta closes for good after several crime-troubled years
B8ta's CEO, Vibhu Norby, said his employees were repeatedly subjected to harassment, while the stores themselves were vandalized and broken into, and after some temporary closures, the business is calling it quits in the U.S. entirely.
San Francisco Hayes Valley
Huge (And Expensive) Lengths Some Retailers Go To For Security In SF
Though high-end stores like this may resort to taking matters into their own hands, hiring one of San Francisco's Top Security Companies can mean the difference between staying in business or closing your doors for good.
Oakland
The Montclair Beer, Wine & Music Festival returns to Oakland after pandemic hiatus
A favorite event among the denizens of the Oakland hills is starting up again this weekend for the first time since 2019. The Montclair Beer, Wine, & Music Festival runs from noon to 6:00 p.m. Saturday. Attendees get unlimited samples of beer and wine from over forty different vendors.
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Former Café Flore customer takes over the famed Castro cafe and will reopen it as something new
Café Flore was an LGBTQ+ haven in the Castro neighborhood for over 45 years. Now, the space will finally come alive again later this year under a new owner, who was a former customer.
San Jose
'Micro food hall' startup Local Kitchens is opening four more Bay Area locations including Los Gatos and Santa Clara
The San Francisco startup Local Kitchens, which is basically a ghost kitchen that you can visit in person and functions as a "digital food hall," is opening a new location in Los Gatos this June, one in Campbell and one in Mill Valley this July, as the Business Times is reporting.
San Francisco Hayes Valley
Restaurateur Adriano Paganini opening new plant-based fast-casual restaurant in Hayes Valley
A prolific SF restaurateur with restaurants all over the Bay has just announced his newest project: a vegan spot with a fast-casual atmosphere, coming soon to the former Grove space at Hayes and Franklin.
San Francisco Fillmore Japantown
New upscale Indian restaurant coming to Lower Fillmore
A new, still nameless, high-end Indian concept from Taj Campton Place chef Srijith Gopinathan and business partner Ayesha Thapar — who also opened the acclaimed Ettan in Palo Alto together — is coming to the former Dosa space.
San Francisco Union Square
Pacific Cocktail Haven reopens a few doors down from the original, one year after fire
It’s been just over a year since a fire nearly took down the building that housed Pacific Cocktail Haven, and now the bar is opening back up a stone's throw away from its original location.