San Francisco
San Francisco Civic Center
SF Public Library Main Branch to Reopen May 3
The SFPL reopening will only involve the first floor and a “browse and bounce” program, but the access to computers will also be part of the limited library operations. Read More
San Francisco Embarcadero
Anthony Strong's SuperStella Van, Red Bay Coffee and more new businesses arrive at the Ferry Building
A spate of high-profile closures at San Francisco's once-thriving Ferry Building is being followed by some more positive news, as four new businesses announce openings at the iconic shopping and dining complex. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Community provides feedback & criticism at Harvey Milk Plaza redesign town hall
Last week, the Friends of Harvey Milk Plaza (FHMP) held two virtual town halls seeking community feedback about its plans to redesign Harvey Milk Plaza, and the new design team offered multiple new conceptual approaches. Read More
San Francisco
H Mart opens ‘one-stop-shop for everything Asian’ at Ocean View Shopping Center this week
Beloved Korean grocery store H Mart has set an opening date for its first San Francisco location on April 21 — taking over a 42,000-square-foot space at 3995 Alemany Boulevard. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Castro cocktail bar Blackbird reopens after four-month hiatus with expanded outdoor seating
After a four-month hiatus, Castro cocktail bar Blackbird reopened Wednesday with expanded outdoor seating. Read More
San Francisco Glen Park
Glen Park’s adorably quaint Tyger’s Coffee Shop has permanently closed
The unpretentious, old-school omelette destination at Diamond and Chenery Streets closed April 1, though another cafe will apparently replace it. Read More
San Francisco Divisadero NoPa
Bay Area bagel boom continues with opening of Schlok's in NoPa
After months of operating a wildly popular bagel pop-up, Schlok's is getting set to open a brick-and-mortar shop at 1263 Fell Street, in a former laundromat off Divisadero in NoPa (in the same complex as RT Rotisserie and Nopalito). Read More
San Francisco SoMa
30-bed drug sobering center proposed for Howard Street office building
SF Mayor London Breed on Tuesday announced a proposal to lease an empty office building at 1076 Howard Street for use as a 30-bed drug sobering center, making good on a promise first made before the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The facility will focus on those living on the streets who are experiencing methamphetamine-induced psychosis. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
2100 Market Street, formerly Home, Church Street Station, and The Truck Stop, makes appearance in 'Doodler' podcast
The one-story, flatiron-shaped building that once lived at 2100 Market was home to multiple businesses over several decades. One of its brief incarnations in the 1970s, a 24-hour diner called The Truck Stop, figures into the unsolved case of "The Doodler," a serial killer who preyed on gay men in San Francisco, and about whom Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan has just done a new podcast. Read More
San Francisco Mission Bay
New Belgium Brewing opens first company flagship restaurant and taproom in Mission Bay
Sandwiched between Oracle Park and the Chase Center, New Belgium Brewing — one of the largest craft brewers in the country — officially opened its first company-owned and operated taproom and eatery, New Belgium, at 1000a 3rd Street in San Francisco on Friday. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Team with Saison ties set to open Mexican restaurant Comodo in the Castro
Hoodline has learned that two people who are part of the restaurant group behind two-Michelin-starred Saison are set to open a new Mexican restaurant at 2223 Market St., formerly Nomica and before that neighborhood favorite 2223 Restaurant. Read More
San Francisco Civic Center Mid-Market Tenderloin
New Tenderloin program aims to elevate youth voices and promote young leaders
The Tenderloin will see a boost in after-school and community activities for teens and older transitional-aged youth through a new program funded in part by a federal grant. Read More
San Francisco Ingleside
New Jersey-based Korean American grocery chain H Mart set to open at the edge of Oceanview
At long last, after about an 18-month delay, popular Korean American grocer H Mart is opening its first San Francisco location in OceanView Village at a near-term date still to be announced. Read More
San Francisco Excelsior
Neighborhood-serving COVID vaccine clinic opens in the Excelsior
A new neighborhood vaccination clinic at 20 Norton Street in the Excelsior District, similar to those that have opened in the Bayview and Mission in the last two months, just opened on Wednesday morning. Read More
San Francisco Outer Richmond
Balboa Theater reopening May 14 with Godzilla film festival
A three-day Godzillafest welcomes audiences back into the Balboa Theater on Friday, May 14, but only at 50% capacity. Read More
San Francisco Mission
The Lone Palm cocktail bar has lost it lone palm
The 30-year-old palm tree that served as the namesake for the Mission’s Lone Palm bar has met its demise, but a new palm tree is apparently in the works. Read More
San Francisco Cow Hollow Mission Russian Hill Tenderloin
News from the Bay 'hoods: Liholiho Yacht Club relocates, Cow Hollow gets a dispensary, and more
Liholiho is temporarily moving the Dear Inga space on 18th Street, a new Japanese fine dining spot from a former Californios chef is taking the La Folie space in Russian Hill, and Oakland is getting a new ghost kitchen food hall. Read More
San Francisco
Local cannabis chef Victor Aguilera to appear on Food Network's 'Chopped 420'
The Food Network’s TV show "Chopped" is debuting a spinoff this month "Chopped 420" on Discovery+, and you guessed it, it’s a cooking competition where chef contestants must use THC in their dishes. Featured in one of the episodes is San Francisco's own Victor Aguilera of Arepas en Bici. Read More
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San Francisco Presidio
Presidio Trust closes parts of popular trails to dog walking as coyote pupping season begins
Spring is in full force — which means coyote pupping season is here. And to thwart unwanted squabbles with domestic canines, large sections of the Presidio’s Park Trail and the Bay Area Ridge Trail will be off-limits to dog walking starting Monday, April 5. Read More
San Francisco Financial District
San Francisco's Tadich Grill is reopening Monday, April 5
It's Martini Time again at Tadich Grill this Monday, as the historic steak and seafood outlet reopens after being fully closed the last seven months. Read More
San Francisco Castro Duboce Triangle
Castro Business Briefs: Healing Cuts reopens, Academy expands, Harvey Milk Plaza survey, more
In this edition: a barbershop reopens, a social club expands, a hair salon temporarily moves, and a community group has launched an online survey about the redesign of Harvey Milk Plaza. Read More
San Francisco Bernal Heights
Bernal Rock stands up against violence toward Asian-Americans
The fresh coat of graffiti on the oft-painted Bernal Rock is a stone-cold declaration against recent attacks on the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Read More
San Francisco Portola
Century-old Portola District nursery might be reimagined as agricultural learning center
The neglected greenhouses at 770 Woolsey Street in the Portola District were once part of a thriving flower nursery over 100 years ago. However, they might be restored as an education center for urban farming after the land was offered to be sold to a local nonprofit. Read More
San Francisco Outer Richmond Outer Sunset
More than half of SF residents surveyed say the Upper Great Highway should remain car-free
A majority of respondents to a recent survey by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority say they think the Upper Great Highway along Ocean Beach ought to remain closed to vehicle traffic post-pandemic. 53 percent of residents, many of them living in the Sunset District, said the four-lane stretch between Sloat Boulevard and Lincoln Way should remain the pedestrian and bicycle promenade that it has been for the past year. Read More
San Francisco Ingleside Parkside
The Oceanview Target will permanently close on June 26
The pared-down ‘Target Express’ store on Ocean Avenue near City College just got its pink slip, and will close in late June. Read More