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All CitiesSan FranciscoMissionPotrero HillBayviewBernal HeightsWidening, rebuilding work shuts down "Hairball" bike path until May
The path, one of only a few connecting southeastern neighborhoods to downtown, is getting an upgrade.
The hardest easy solution to SF's small business crisis: Buying the building
For SF businesses, becoming their own landlords can be the solution to rising rents — and while it's not easy, it's not as hard as some may think.
Bernal Star owners hit with massive surprise bill for unpaid rent as re-opening rolls back
Adding to the financial struggles of shelter-in-place, the owners of Bernal Star are fighting back against their landlord, who is demanding $24,867.50 in unpaid rent by the end of the month.
Blue Plate, Emmy's Spaghetti Shack, El Buen Comer, Royal Cuckoo all open for outdoor delights in Bernal/La Lengua
Like all neighborhood restaurants and bars around the city, the businesses of Bernal Heights/La Lengua need your support — and there's no better time to go check out the scene again than this sunny weekend in SF.
Virgil's Sea Room closes permanently while next door El Rio reopens for to-go drinks
Two bars, two different fates. Over in Bernal Heights/La Lengua, next-door bars El Rio and Virgil's Sea Room, which almost share a backyard were it not for a fence, have arrived at diverging moments in this COVID year.
Sad scenes from inside an SF Walgreens on its last days before closing permanently
The great Walgreens closures are underway, and signs in the stores claim “90% Off” sales, but the shelves are nearly 100% empty and draped in caution tape.
Mendocino Farms opens new delivery- and takeout-only location near Bernal
The healthy takeout concept Mendocino Farms is opening up a new, tenth Bay Area location at the edge of San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood, at 90 Charter Oak Avenue.
Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack celebrates its 20th (and 21st) anniversary this Saturday
Saturday marks the 21st anniversary of Mission-Bernal home-cooking favorite Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, but COVID wrecked the 20th anniversary, so they’re celebrating both with DJs and a new Entertainment License.
Bernal Heights’ St. Kevin Catholic Church celebrates 100th anniversary Saturday with International Food Fest
St. Kevin’s parish on Cortland Avenue turns 100 years old Saturday, and their Centennial Celebration will serve up the dishes of the Latin American, Filipino, and Pakistani heritages that make up the congregation.
Secession Art & Design marks 15-year anniversary with special pop-up gallery
While Secession Art & Design went mostly virtual during the pandemic and closed its Mission-Bernal storefront earlier this year, it is having a 15th anniversary party in the neighborhood this week with a pop-up gallery.
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema announces 2022 lineup, covering three nights in September
San Francisco's most homegrown “outdoor movie in the park” series is back next month, and Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema has posted all three nights’ schedules and locations.
The former Good Frikin’ Chicken spot to become new Iranian restaurant from Calabash co-owner
The current pop-up restaurant Komaaj has posted signage that they’re taking over the former Good Frikin’ Chicken space at Mission and 29th Streets, so the location’s Middle Eastern food tradition will remain intact.
City Hall inexplicably declares war on lovely Bernal Heights sidewalk benches
These lovely sidewalk benches are now being declared "unpermitted encroachments" on Mirabel Avenue in Bernal Heights, with the Public Works department now demanding $1,400 permits for benches that have been there as long as 20 years.
Northern Iranian restaurant Komaaj now open in former Good Frikin’ Chicken space
One-time northern Iranian pop-up Komaaj is now a full-fledged brick-and-mortar restaurant at the former home of Good Frikin’ Chicken, and their pomegranate chicken (and sumac beef and smoked salmon belly) are still pretty frikin’ good.



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