Pacific Heights

Longtime SPQR executive chef Matt Accarrino appears to have a new venture in the works, and it is set to open around the corner from SPQR in Pacific Heights.

People who love the creative and technical cuisine from the fine dining pop-up Anomaly will be happy to know that the owner, chef Mike Lanham, is about to open a permanent location.

Johnny Doughnuts is coming back to life again in SF about a mile away from their shuttered Gough Street shop at California and Fillmore streets. The doughnuts will start coming out of the fryer on Saturday, October 29, with the public grand opening starting at 7 a.m.

By the end of summer, Johnny Doughnuts plans to be open in the former Smitten Ice Cream space at California and Fillmore, next to Pizzeria Delfina.

The SF Board of Supervisors granted Fillmore Street’s 109-year-old Clay Theatre a historical landmark designation Tuesday, though it remains unclear if the place will ever operate as a movie theater again.

The SF Historic Preservation Commission has given the OK for the 109-year-old Clay Theatre to become an official landmark, but debunked a few rumors — and no, John Waters’ ‘Pink Flamingos’ did not premiere there.

Following the breadcrumbs in Dr. Anthony Faci’s financial disclosures yields a delicious discovery — Fauci is a minor investor in SF’s Pacific Heights Italian restaurant Jackson Fillmore Trattoria.

A private high school on the border of Pacific Heights and Laurel Heights is planning for a big addition to the already scattered campus, and that means a strip mall will have to be bulldozed.

The new owner of the Pacific Heights True Value Hardware made an unusual discovery when he took over — a 50-foot avocado tree that’s pummeling the shop’s backyard with the delicious fruit.

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.

The Landmark Clay Theatre took a big step toward historical landmark status on Monday, but oddly, the owner does not want the theater saved or given historical designation.

The Pacific Heights purveyor of jade vagina eggs and quack-science ‘calming mists’ was open for but four months, and could not muster up the wellness to survive the pandemic.

It's been a long 14 months of total closure for a pair of acclaimed neighborhood restaurants, Octavia and Frances, both of which were opened by chef Melissa Perello in the last decade. And she says that the team is taking the task of reopening them one step at a time, with Octavia happening first.

Parklet problems in Pacific Heights, as an adjacent building owner is demanding the removal of a parklet, which could mean the end for Harry’s Bar.

Two kids were found safe in the Bayview after a carjacking/kidnapping in Pacific Heights on Saturday, Oakland swears in a new police chief, and San Jose police de-escalate two standoffs in one morning.

A random, unprovoked pellet gun shooting Friday night in the California Street Whole Foods parking lot left a 28-year-old woman hospitalized.

With construction now two years behind schedule, area businesses say the grants won't make a dent in their six-figure revenue losses.

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San Francisco now has a total of 749 social-distancing circles across its city parks.

The space is officially on the market, but a representative says it's not permanently closing.

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"It's incredible how much the landscape of cinemas has changed in the last two weeks," said the executive director of the Roxie Theater.

After turning 40 last year, the popular trio of Mediterranean restaurants is making a few changes to stay relevant.

Get your wine and house plant fix, soak up some Russian and pre-Columbian culture, get your teddy bear repaired and more with this weekend's top events in San Francisco.

Need an affordable new spot? Apartment hunting is hard, but there are deals to be had. So what do low-end rentals in Pacific Heights look like these days?