The second-floor shop attracts collectors from all over the world but is a well-kept secret, even in the Castro.

The shop has called the Castro home since 1989.

New developments are rising up and down Market, but this one has been significantly delayed. Here's why.

Despite the recent closure of its pop-up shop, the luxury consignment store says business is still strong at its original location.

As anticipated, the Planning Commission has rejected the AIDS Health Foundation's bid for conditional use authorization to relocate its pharmacy to join the AHF health clinic at 518 Castro St.

The BAR brings word that yesterday's Planning Commission meeting saw the AIDS Healthcare Foundation fail to win conditional use authorization to relocate its Castro pharmacy to 518 Castro St.

Previously noted as a possibility, the 16th Street café has closed for good after undergoing an earthquake retrofit.

The former Bar Vero is now the neighborhood's new sandwich shop.

A longtime customer, Steve Martel, has become the new owner of one of the Castro's oldest gay-owned and operated businesses.

Bite Me Sandwiches will take over the ground floor, with tentative plans for a tapas and wine bar upstairs.

For the last year Duboce Triangle neighborhood Association (DTNA) has been fighting to keep a new mega-chain store, CVS Pharmacy, at bay from moving a standard, suburban cookie-cutter, style store i

Get to know the unique new corner market at 21st & Douglass.

Less than a year after setting up shop at 506 Castro St., Artís Coffee Roasters is closing its doors in the neighborhood.

The bar is now officially an SF legacy business, but its owners say that there's no structure yet for obtaining or requesting funds.

After 20 years in the Castro, the burger joint's owner is stepping down.

Chipotle has been working hard to win over residents from the Castro for their planned Church and Market location at the old Home Restaurant.

Plus, timeline updates on Finn Town and the Castro Fountain, and two new businesses on the way.

Our friends over at the SFist reported that an organization called "Randy Rooster" is in escrow to purchase the old Diesel location (400 Castro St-- also former home to Bank of America) in order to

We get the details on the arcade bar coming to the Castro

A posting on Craigslist is seeking experienced front of house staff for the new Market Street restaurant and tequila bar, Bandidos.

The popular medical cannabis dispensary has officially completed its relocation down the street.

Refried Cycles, which specialized in restorations and rebuilds of steel-framed bicycles, has closed. Asked if they'll be opening another location, they responded, "Nope, we left Cali."

The owners of the tucked away sushi restaurant on 16th and Sanchez, Daimaru Sushi, have recently changed the format from sushi and Japanese cuisine to Chinese cuisine and rebranded as Makli Chinese

Everyone's heard a story from a friend (or a friend of a friend) getting a little something more than just a workout at Fitness SF in the Castro.

With another near-closure for Zapata, here's what the Castro's Supervisor has to say about constituents' gripes with landlord Les Natali.

As we posted last week Illy, the international coffee brewer, is set to bring its high-end product to the Castro (2349 Market Street).

Take a peek inside the medical cannabis dispensary's new, larger Market Street location.

While it's business as usual at Mekong Kitchen right now, the restaurant appears to be on the market.

What would you choose to display at the corner of Castro and Market, if the chair wasn't there?

The California State Supreme Court unanimously ruled on the 15th that marriages for LGBT people can continue despite an emergency request from Prop 8 supporters to halt them.

Our latest sweep of Castro area news on new  builds, great eats, and boozy celebrations you need to know: The Castro's newest big build over at 2200 Market Street, the first of three building sprou

Fisherman's Wharf staple and tourist favorite, See's Candies, is hoping to expand their empire into the Castro.

Bank of the West has applied for permits to install two lit signs outside their soon-to-be new location at the ground floor of the just-finished condominium, Icon (2299 Market Street).

Well this was interestingly timed.

Haighteration reported yesterday that Safeway (2020 Market Street) is evicting San Francisco Community Recyclers from the Southeast corner of the grocery store's parking lot.

Castro's French bistro and wine bar, Bisou, closed temporarily last Wednesday to give their staff a break and to also refresh the look of the interior.

Eater SF is playing a game of, "name that restaurant" due to a Craigslist posting that has one of Castro's Mexican restaurants up for sale.

Socket Site reported yesterday that plans for the burlesque club that was set to go in at the site of the old Diesel location have been nixed as investors withdrew from escrow earlier this summer.

The folks over at the B.

The sun has set on one of Castro's (maybe San Francisco's) most notorious "bridge and tunnel" bars, Lime, and is giving rise to Castro's first gay sports bar, Hi Tops.

After 11 years, the wine shop is changing hands, but the new owners will be familiar faces to regulars.

Tis the Season of Lists.

The Castro / Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association will be holding a public meeting tomorrow evening from 7 - 8:45PM at the Castro Community Room (above B of A) to discuss Espressamente Illy's  ent

It's taking over a vacant storefront that has been a magnet for homeless encampments.

The Top Chef alum's new "tavern with a twist" will make its debut on Friday, Dec. 2nd.

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

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

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.

Castro Street gets another retail vacancy.

“I’m glad that we found a place and that Photoworks gets to stay in the Castro," said owner David Handler.

December is officially upon us, so here are the best locally owned spots to snap up gifts for everyone on your list, as chosen by our editors.

After more than three decades, Lou Briasco has decided to close one of the Castro's longest-running retail establishments.

Castro area drivers should start saving their change.

In the Top Chef wars of San Francisco where winners are awarded coveted Michelin Stars and losers close doors and wander away licking their Yelp inflicted wounds the Castro's Frances (3870 17th Stre

We just received a media release for Gyro Xpress'  grand opening, the new casual Mediterranean restaurant at 18th and Castro. Check out the menu.

The Bay Area Reporter and Grub Street reported that George "Jorge" Maumer, owner of Superstar Video on Castro Street, will be opening a new restaurant called The Castro Sausage Grill below the Castr

On Friday, Jan.

Wondering why your favorite taqueria is suddenly without guacamole? There's a good reason.

UPDATE (5:49PM): We spoke with Andrea Aiello, the Executive Director of the Castro/ Upper Market Community Benefit District about the recent exodus of Diesel from their Market and Castro location so

UPDATE: Andrea Aiello over at the Castro / Upper Market CBD received a statement from Supervisor Wiener's office that owner Larry Metzger is committed to keeping the restaurant and is going to reope

It looks like Reveille Coffee is just about ready to open.

The 21-year-old jewelry shop's landlord helped to keep it in business with a move down the street.

Tonight is the annual Dining Out for Life fundraising event where local restaurants donate 25% of their sales to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

KTVU did a piece on the effect the Castro Streetscape construction is having on businesses in the neighborhood and the news isn't good.

After some relative success last Thursday with the inaugural Castro Cash Mob, we're going to do it again, as promised.

The Castro is losing one of its popular spots for buying and selling used clothing.

60 new apartments and two retail spaces will soon rise at the corner of Market, Church and 14th streets.

With the Castro's sidewalks now much wider and free of fencing (at least until construction picks up again after Pride), the Castro Merchants will be holding their annual sidewalk sale this Saturday

Look for superfood bowls, gluten-free toasts, wellness elixirs, cold-brew coffee, kombucha on tap ... and juice, of course.

The departing liquor store is spreading a little holiday goodwill with buy one, get one free hard liquor. As we reported last week, its neighbor, Photoworks, is also being forced to vacate.

The folks over at Eater SF have some great photos of the revamped interior of Canela Bistro Bar (2272 Market Street).

As we've posted, 38 Dolores, the multi-floored, box-like mega development with 82 newly minted condos sitting atop 30K square feet of Whole Foods has recently dropped onto the hot and available Cast

The Castro is its own micro-ecosystem within San Francisco's larger, ever-changing, and evolving metropolis.

If you didn't see the dust, then maybe you saw the sign taped on illy Caffè's window this morning. With changes in the works, we take pause to question what's lacking in Castro's coffee cluster.

The dry cleaner is popular in the neighborhood for its inexpensive services and friendly owner.

The small store specialized in comfortable and orthopedic shoes from Europe and New Zealand.

The Castro's market hall is expanding to offer entertainment options, starting with a VR room.

One day may not be enough time for visitors to see and do everything, but here's where to start.

The shop location which used to be the home of Mark Harrington Glassware (286 Sanchez Street) is undergoing a renovation.

The Castro coffee scene is about to get even more crowded.

Hoodline crunched the numbers, and found a significant spike in Castro retail vacancies over the past two years.

Steven Bracco reviews the Castro's newest Mediterranean restaurant Gyro Xpress.

We have bike share (coming soon to the Castro), car share, ride share, and now we have electric motorscooter share thanks to Scoot Networks, a San Francisco based transport-share startup.

The comic book store will expand into the online marketplace in 2017 to help make sure a community bailout isn’t necessary again.

We investigated a tip from readers who noticed moving trucks this past weekend out on Noe Street outside the ground floor retail space at the new Icon building.

We noticed there was scaffolding placed around Harvey's Restaurant and we wondered what was up.

Neighborhood institution Cafe Flore will be dropping the "Cafe," and simply be called "Flore."

If you can stand three minutes in a -220ºF tube, the spa's owner claims it can help with arthritis, psoriasis, sports recovery, and more.

A reminder to folks, the first Castro Cash Mob is tonight at 6:30PM.

After more than two years of waiting, Verve Coffee opens tomorrow.

The new gay arcade bar concept, Project 22, coming to the ground floor retail space in The Century condo build is having a community outreach event Sunday.

If you’re always dragging dates to the same table at the same bar, it’s time to shake things up.

As we posted earlier this week one of our local eateries in the Castro is for sale.

The popular Castro juice shop has just debuted another location inside Studiomix on Van Ness.

The new store also sells pieces by Snøhetta, the architecture firm behind the redesigned SFMOMA.

This neighborhood standby is known for its cozy vibe and rainy-day discounts.

“Our idea is catered to ... the typical modern casual gentleman you find in the neighborhood,” owner Nate Bourg told us.

After construction delays, the newest outpost of the bistro and bakery is expected to open this month.

The 10,000-square-foot pharmacy is set to close, and no new tenant has been found.

The popular craft beer and whiskey purveyor is opening up a Mission location.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is suing the City of San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors, and Supervisor Scott Wiener for discrimination.

It looks like the final retail space for the ICON building at the corner of Market, 16th, and Noe has been leased.

While some hoped the once-popular 14th & Market deli would soon return, the owners have finally confirmed its permanent closure.

A mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit forced the business to vacate its previous location.

A little-known fact about Cafe Flore (2298 Market Street) is that they operate an off-site kitchen across the street from their Noe and Market location in order to serve a full menu complete with br

Last year Under One Roof, the 21-year-old non-profit retail store that raises money for AIDS charities, shuttered its long-term Castro location (518 Castro St) citing changing economy, slumping sale

Over on 18th Street tucked between Eureka and Douglas sits Castro's newest Dim Sum style restaurant.

The new restaurant/bar Dante's Table (544 Castro Street), located in the old Dancing Pig location, softly opened late last week.

With new owners, the 18th and Eureka corner store is changing things up.

The new co-working space doesn't have a name, and doesn't appear to have filed for any necessary city permits.

A look behind the scenes of the Netflix series that took over parts of Haight Street last August.

The local coffee roaster will open up its newest location in the Castro next week.

Luna Cafe at (558 Castro Street) has been closed for some time now, but it looks like its new tenant is getting ready to open its doors.

The unpermitted business was found to be in violation of local zoning code.

The Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco's scion of LGBT newspapers and longtime Castro town crier, announced online that they've signed a letter of intent with growing media monolith, San Francisco News

Yesterday, while I was walking past the old Home location at Market and Church (2100 Market Street), a guy named Joe asked me if I wanted some free chips and guacamole in exchange for my signature on

A Castro retail veteran, ROLO continues to adapt with a new store in the works.

"This is my husband's project, but my Chinese is better than his," said former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan.

The Volvo Centrum is slated to be restored and converted by an architecture firm that purchased the building earlier this month.

Once an actual sausage factory, the ground-floor restaurant will be vacant after the property changes hands.

It's the final San Francisco Safeway to drop its 24-hour status.

An architecture firm has purchased the building, and plans to revamp the street-level space as an office.

We reported a few months back that Illy Coffee was going to be opening up one of their cafe locations (the second in San Francisco and ninth in the US) right here in the Castro.

The espresso bar was open for about 14 months before shuttering overnight.

San Francisco-grown coffee company, Réveille Coffee Co.

The brothers Newbury, owners of Réveille Coffee Company, the new coffee shop we reported is coming to the Castro this Winter, got back to us with some of the questions we asked about the new facilit

We reported last week that the Pilsner Inn, one of the oldest gay bars in the Castro, was closed for renovations for the past few weeks.

The Ice Cream Bar's Castro sequel is finally up and running, with housemade ice cream and baked goods.

A new gay bar is headed to the Castro, this one with a fun spin.

“The owner of the building said to stop collecting signatures," said an employee.

After less than four months, the Korean restaurant is closing its doors.

Today we preview Hearth Coffee Roasters, opening in October near Jane Warner Plaza at 17th and Castro.

A posting went up on Craigslist yesterday listing La Taza for sale.

If you want to alert us to something going on in your neighborhood, text us at (415)200-3233, email us at [email protected] or tweet us @Hoodline.

The social club has a barbershop, clothing retail, a TV lounge and a self-serve bar with a custom-made blackjack table.

Positions range from hairdressers and baristas to social workers and certified nursing assistants.

Owner Gary Weiss hopes to sell the shop, which he's run since 1983, and focus on other ventures.

What better way to wrap up Castro's Small Business Week coverage than with California's 2016 Small Business of the Year: 80-Year-Old Cliff's Variety.

Meet the Joe behind Joe's Barbershop and find out why he loves cutting hair in the Castro.

Meet the man behind 19th Street's popular barbershop.

We broke the news over a month ago that Hi Tops owners, Jesse Woodward and Dana Gleim, would be opening up a new Mexican-style restaurant located nearly right across the street from their popular ga

The fitness studio plans a soft opening by the end of the month.

We've rounded up all the Castro businesses and restaurants saying goodbye, most of whose spaces don't have new tenants lined up.

After three decades, the local coffee shop is staying true to its community focus.

CorePower Yoga's 7th San Francisco studio is now open.

Many people are confused when it comes to defining what "formula retail" really is.

After losing his Divisadero location to a controversial Chase bank, Santos Euan's truffle business is going strong in the Castro.

OPENING: At the furthest borders of our Gayborhood, near the SF LGBT Center between Octavia and Gough, Proposition Chicken is set to open in early October at 1750 Market Street in the former Yum Foods

Urban Picnic should be opening anytime now...

Ten Tigers is focused on being a specialty piercing shop geared toward the gay men's community.

After a brief going out of business sale, The Body Shop on Castro closes its doors.

The coffee shop opened its larger location this morning, along with an expanded menu and outdoor seating on the way.

This week is your last chance to grab a discounted book and say farewell to Owen, the bookstore cat.

District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener recently announced via his online newsletter that the neighborhood is looking for some special volunteers to act as Castro Street Ambassadors.

In a recent post about Frances, the Castro's highly revered and only Michelin Star earning restaurant, a Biscuit reader bemoaned in our comment section, "This is no surprise (about Frances accolades

Reader Andy Moran tipped us off to who the next tenant will be in the short-lived Soup Freaks location at 18th and Castro.

I forgot to add this little bit to today's business briefs, but it looks as if Réveille Coffee (between the Mix Bar and Poesia) will be opening soon.

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

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

A notice of public hearing went up in the window of the Industrialists space (2201 Market Street) where Starbucks has its eyes on a 4th coffee location for the Castro.

San Francisco's (D) State Senator,  Mark Leno, has introduced a new bill, SB 635, that would allow bars and clubs to serve alcohol until 4AM.

Formerly Criolla Kitchen and Bagdad Cafe, the building at 16th and Market is getting a new restaurant called SliderBar Cafe.

[gallery link="file"] Construction seems to be kicking off at Hi Tops, the new gay sports bar in the Castro.

The Bay Area Reporter reported that the Starbucks that has been planned for Market and Sanchez received approval from the Merchants of Upper Market and Castro (MUMC).

NEW BEAR BUCKS IS OPEN.

According to Grub Street, the popular Saturday/Sunday recovery/brunch location at 16th and Sanchez called Tangerine will be closing and relocating, but to where and when no one knows as of yet.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

It appears the grand opening of Hi Tops is imminent.

After 35 years in the cookie business, Hot Cookie owner Dan Glazer has handed the reins over to friends.

Bank of the West has been given the go ahead by the Planning Commission to build a 3300 square foot bank on the first floor of the new mixed use/condo build going in at 2299 Market Street.

Hi Tops, the Castro's newest gay bar, will be opening its doors this Thursday Saturday at 6PM!

It's the latest vermin infestation in an ongoing string of Castro-area shut-downs.

Jake's on MarketAnother business in the Castro has closed it's doors.

Store employees at Cliff's Variety had a heck of a time kicking out protestors December 24th according to a video recorded by YouTuber and local videographer Peter Menchini.

A coalition of local Castro merchants have taken up the fight to stop a proposed mega-Starbucks on Market at Sanchez Street.

Happy New Years Eve to all our readers!

Every January as a new year starts so do many new California laws or proposed increases in services that effect everyone in the neighborhood throughout the year.

As we posted on December 26th, a small protest inside Cliff's Variety Store on Christmas eve around the sale of SodaStream Soda Maker, a carbonating water system  manufactured in the disputed Israel

Hi Tops, the Castro's first Gay sports bar, opened to great fan fare not too long ago.

Newly re-elected Board of Supervisor's president, David Chui, handed the Castro's Scott Wiener the reins to one of the City's most plum appointments: Chair of the Land Use & Economic Development C

The Tibet Shop (4100 19th Street), a San Francisco fixture for nearly 40 years, will be closing its doors at the end of March.

Merchants of Upper Market and Castro (MUMC) member Emery Bushong of Herth Real Estate has compiled an informative list of 10 major new development projects now underway in the Castro.

UPDATE: Tablehopper has confirmed with Poesia owner, Francesco d’Ippolito, that he will be opening a second Italian concept in the now-closed Dancing Pig space.

Supervisor Scott Wiener, not exactly known for his 'Hey Mr.

Our friends over at Haighteration were going through the newest liquor licenses posted on the ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) website and found details on new life coming to Castro's infamous Trigger

Supervisor Scott Wiener's long road to a brokered peace between brick and mortar SF eateries and the City's ever-growing, mobile gastronomic canteen operators and defining new, more complete and clear

Reader Tim tipped us off to news about a possible new owner for the former Jake's on Market Restaurant (2223 Market Street).

About two weeks ago a chain-linked fence was placed around the parking lot adjacent to the Industrialists' stainless steel furniture shop at Market and Sanchez (the future location of the Castro's f

The pie, salad, and stew joint, Chile Pies (314 Church Street), will now be featuring an expanded Mexican food menu from their sister restaurant, Green Chile Kitchen in NOPA.

As we've posted in the past-it seems a universal complaint from both visitors and Castro denizens-that food choices in the neighborhood can be, um, problematic when it comes to consistency and great

Last year Grub Street broke the story that Chipotle, the Mexican formula fast food chain, had inked a lease for the space that had been Home Restaurant, empty since 2011, at the corner of Market/Churc

We reported via GrubStreet in February that the closed Dancing Pig location's lease (544 Castro Street) was being purchased by Poesia's owner, Francesco D’Ippolito, for a new casual Italian-style re

I walked down to La Fajita Mexican Grill (2312 Market Street) for one of their famous burritos on Monday only to be heartbroken when I saw the windows covered up, the doors locked, and a notice posted

UPDATE (4/17/2013): The amendment unanimously passed the Land Use Committee with a positive recommendation.

Our pals over at Smell The Truth have reported that the Castro's legally licensed, voter approved, medical marijuana dispensary, Apothecarium (2095 Market St.

It's official!

Thursday the hotly contested proposal for a new, approximately 2100 sq.

Tuesday, May 14th the Planning Commission and pharmacy giant CVS revealed their formula retail remodel plans for the former Tower Records/Market & Noe (2280 Market Street) space and frankly they

Grubstreet reports that the popular Russian Hill Italian seafood restaurant Pesce (Italian for "fish") will be coming to the Castro in the former Jake's on Market location (2223 Market Street).

Castro Biscuit reader Denny Garbuio tipped us that he had noticed some activity over at the old Kard Zone store located in between Radio Shack and the empty store front soon to be remodeled into the

Word came down Friday, June 14th from SF Planning Department that Chipotle's application to put a new restaurant in the old Home local, 2100 Market Street, at the intersection of Church and 14th Stree