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.

A new vintage photo booth museum, where visitors can take their portraits in multiple antique photo booths, has opened in the Castro.

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

Here's a brief roundup of recent changes to Castro area businesses. In this edition, a Thai restaurant and an art gallery have shuttered, a convenience store has opened, and a new dental office is on the way.

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.

After years of delay, construction has finally begun on a new yoga studio at 227 Church Street (at Market), formerly Aardvark Books.

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

Castro specialty market Muuu Meat has backed out from its plans to open at 3998 18th Street, formerly 7-Eleven.

The Castro's GLBT Historical Society Museum will soon have a new home after the city announced it's purchasing the Market & Noe Center (2280 Market Street).

The Castro will soon launch its first night market on Friday, October 18 after the success of night markets in Chinatown, Sunset, and along the Great Highway.

Castro residents and visitors looking for a place to relax and be pampered now have another option.

A Castro neighborhood group has moved its officers, a long-troubled restaurant space has seen a liquor license transfer and a fitness studio and dog walking business have opened.

It's the end of the road for AIDS/LifeCycle, the 7-day, 545-mile bike ride fundraiser from San Francisco to Los Angeles.