Hayes Valley

It may be hard to look ahead to outdoor movies right now, but SF remains a town that loves an outdoor film screening, and the season for those is around the corner.

Hayes Valley has a new establishment in which to grab a drink and a bite and unwind, from a pair of industry vets.

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.

The fine dining restaurant that went from a constantly sold-out pop-up in an apartment to a brick-and-mortar location in uptown Oakland appeared to be expanding this week, but the deal for a space in San Francisco has fallen through and that announcement was premature.

Brooklinen, a growing retail chain that promises to “deliver simple, beautiful, high-quality home essentials at a fair price” has opened up a brand new store in Hayes Valley.

Prolific restaurateur Adriano Paganini is opening a fast-casual version of Wildseed called Rad Radish in the former Grove space at Hayes and Franklin.

The chic menswear designer Todd Snyder New York will be taking over the space at Laguna and Hayes streets vacated last year by b8ta.

As Hoodline reported back in June 2021, the former Stacks location in Hayes Valley (501 Hayes St.), which quietly closed a year earlier, will be going from a once-beloved brunch spot to a new restaurant called Hazie's that could turn out to be a nightlife destination.

Both Happy Hours and formal dinners are accompanied by live jazz, classical, and chamber music at Uccello Lounge, a new upscale restaurant and bar at the SF Conservatory of Music.

After five years in Hayes Valley, Johnny Doughnuts has closed at 392 Fulton Street, but a new SF location appears in the works and they're making Off the Grid appearances.

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.

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.

Hoodline has curated a sampling of local Bay Area wine sellers to try out, from large retailers with multiple locations to small specialty companies, each offering its own unique experience.

We have another cherished San Francisco movie theater reopening Friday, and the Landmark Opera Plaza’s four screens and facilities are embellished with a million-dollar upgrade.

The Falun Gong dance and propaganda spectacle returns for one-week engagement in early 2022, so you might see a billboard or two.

Five more Walgreens locations are biting the dust across the city, and corporate headquarters is claiming it’s because of “organized retail crime.”

The sushi rolls, sashimi bowls, and flaming fish fillets of Elephant Sushi are on their way to Hayes Valley, as the cult-hit sushi spot hopes to open this October at the former home of shuttered Little Gem.

Construction on the final phase of the Upper Market Street Safety Project is set to begin Thursday, July 1. The project aims to increase safety and comfort for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike on Upper Market Street between Octavia Boulevard and Castro Street. 

We all knew that the Stacks space (501 Hayes St.) at the corner of Octavia and Hayes likely wouldn't stay empty for long, and as the pandemic wanes we learn that the owners of Cow Hollow's The Brixton (2140 Union St.) are set to open a new location — their third — there in the coming months.

Two new murals from queer, Black and Latinx artists will be completed soon at prominent locations in the Castro and Duboce Triangle neighborhoods.

The Hayes Valley/Mid-Market environs are about to get a new and unique sounding restaurant/wine bar called Le Fantastique, from the team behind Bird Dog in downtown Palo Alto.

When the James Beard Award-winning Zuni Cafe reopens for indoor dining, they’ll be closing the gap between front-of the-house and back-of-the-house wages by eliminating tips and adding a 20% service fee.

Get your ten-layer Russian honey cake while you can. After eight years on Gough Street, pastry chef Michelle Polzine's ode to the cafe culture of Vienna and Prague, 20th Century Cafe, is calling it quits.

Trader Joe’s will host a virtual community meeting on Tuesday night ahead of filing its application to open its seventh San Francisco location in the ground floor of a new condo building at 555 Fulton St.

The District 5 supervisor is lobbying the SFMTA to eliminate fare until COVID-19 blows over, “to restore ridership and put money into struggling San Franciscan’s pockets when they need it most.”