Lower Haight

Taking over the taproom once occupied by Fort Point Beer Company at 701 Haight Street, the owners and operators of Nopalito will debut a new cocktail bar inside the space in the spring of 2023.

The Lower Haight’s favorite sports bar is now the Upper Haight’s favorite sports bar, as Mad Dog in the Fog has quietly reopened at Haight and Clayton Streets, in the former Martin Macks space.

After more than four decades in business, a renowned restaurant in San Francisco’s Lower Haight which was granted legacy business status by the city is about to close its doors.

Business for Fort Point Beer Co. doesn’t appear to be slowing down, making their latest company announcement somewhat hard to swallow.

Cafe du Soleil, the well-loved and worn-in Lower Haight Cafe at the corner of Fillmore and Waller streets, is making a surprise comeback, a little less than two years after it closed permanently at 200 Fillmore Street.

The Mad Dog is chasing a liquor license for their apparent newfound home, after the popular sports bar closed its old location just before the pandemic shutdowns.

While initial reports described “no reported injuries” in a shooting that also hit Ritual Roasters and several cars, SFPD announced Sunday that one victim has been shot and suffered “life-threatening injuries.”

Queer Black twin sisters Melonie Green and Melorra Green named community Grand Marshals for SF Pride 51, with more Grand Marshals to be named next week.

The Bay Area Tigray Community is hosting a virtual event this afternoon to raise awareness of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia.

The former Coloso Coffee at Swan’s Market will reopen as a new Souvenir Coffee in March, hot on heels of Souvenir’s new San Francisco location whose grand opening was last week.

Today is the last day in business for Fey Chao's sandwich shop, after serving the Lower Haight since 1999.

This weekend saw the installation of a series of new murals around the Haight and Fillmore intersection.

The program, administered by the SF District Attorney's office, will reimburse merchants up to $1,000 for replacing broken windows.

One driver flipped their car, while the other driver collided with a light pole in front of the Oak Gourmet corner store.

The signs protecting the city's new network of car-free streets have been repeatedly vandalized, graffitied and hit by cars.

The new round of work, fixing a problem discovered during the last excavation of Haight Street, should take about three months to complete.

The site was approved as a navigation center in March, but the city has scrapped those plans, and is now evaluating it for a potential tent village.

A Lower Haight fixture since the 1940s, Nickie's has revamped its menu and added a huge parklet.

Prairie, the Mission's restaurant-turned-general-store, is also set to shutter.

The fire, which took place in the early hours of Sunday morning, damaged two residential buildings.

As the city responds to the Tenderloin lawsuit by clearing camps there, homeless people are flooding into Hayes Valley, neighbors say.

The new outpost is currently just a takeout window, but may eventually have sit-down dining as well.

Plus, Parkside has a new spot specializing in Hong Kong-style desserts.

A new nautical-themed restaurant opens in the Mission, a coffee and pastry-focused cafe debuts soon in Potrero Hill, a barbecue joint closes for good in SoMa, and a popular beer bar reopens with plans

Here's an all-Lower Haight edition of SF Eats, with the latest in neighborhood food news.