Mason-McDuffie, a Better Home's and Gardens real estate broker, has packed up shop and moved out of their location at 2241 Market Street.

We're sad to report that The Bead Store, one of the anchors of the Castro's unique, small town flavored businesses, has closed up and relocated to the Lower Haight due to escalating store rents and

Castro's newest (and first) Korean restaurant, K*Pop, will be opening it's doors this Wednesday.

It appears the grand opening of Hi Tops is imminent.

The BAR is reporting that Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is seeking the required permits and approval to put a location in under Fitness SF (formerly Gold's Gym) where the old Vibrant Health Vitamin C

GrubStreet reported that the new SliderBar Cafe in the Castro at 16th and Market has soft-opened and will be having their grand opening this Thursday.

I stopped by SliderBar Cafe as it was to be open for business starting today, however it's actually only open for a private, "invitation only" event.

The old Tangerine location (3499 16th Street at Sanchez) has a fresh coat of paint on it and is getting remodeled inside in preparation for it's new tenant, Kitchen Story, which is billing itself as

Back in 2010, the family that owns the local Gold's Gym franchises in SOMA, Castro, Marin and Oakland vowed to sever it's franchise agreement with Gold's Gym International corporation because of signi

UPDATE: Restaurant will be opening the week of October 1st.

A reader tipped us off that the 7-11 (3998 18th St) at Noe and 18th is up for sale.

[gallery link="file"] I'm going to say it.

A new bar is on its way to 2349 Market Street between Noe and Castro.