After less than one year in business, Castro seafood restaurant Fisch & Flore (2298 Market Street) has been listed for sale.

Castro residents and visitors in search of Shanghai-style dumplings will soon have another option to satisfy their appetite.

With January traditionally being a slower month for local businesses and restaurants, a handful of Castro area shops took advantage of the time to upgrade their storefronts.

After nearly six years, Il Casaro Pizzeria (235 Church Street) has temporarily closed its Castro restaurant and its future appears uncertain.

After less than two years, Castro's Sisters Coffee Shop (506 Castro Street) quietly closed last week.

We now know the home of San Francisco's first women's sports bar. Rikki's, a new sports bar celebrating women's sports will open in the Castro at 2223 Market Street, formerly Copas.

After two and half years in business, Castro cocktail lounge and restaurant Lobby Bar (4230 18th Street) has been sold to a new owner who plans to maintain the same name.

Castro residents and visitors searching for warm fun buns and dough boys will now have to find a new place to satisfy your appetite.

Castro dance club and bar Q Bar (456 Castro Street) is set to reopen next week, almost exactly five years since it was shuttered after being damaged in a 4-alarm fire.

A new restaurant is on the way at 4248 18th Street, formerly Italian restaurant Vico Cavone and longtime Castro staple Firewood Cafe.

Castro grocery store Mollie Stone's at 4201 18th Street (at Collingwood) has been closed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which placed a notice on the store's front door on Thursday citing a "vermin infestation."

The Castro's newest restaurant and bar from Hi Tops alum Colm O'Brien opens tonight (Tuesday, June 18) at the former Los Amigos / Bagdad Cafe space at 2295 Market Street (at Noe).

Castro's newest French restaurant Catch French Bistro opened last week in the space of former longtime seafood restaurant Catch at 2362 Market.