Tag: valencia street
Look who’s back. Sunflower’s Valencia side reopened
April 17, 2017
Closed for more than three years, Sunflower’s Valencia Street space is finally back. A walk by the restaurant Friday night found 506 Valencia’s Street’s neon sign lit once again and the Vietnamese restaurant full of customers. One of the servers told me the restaurant reopened more than a week ago. Sunflower shut its doors in September 2014 […]
Man, 38, killed in Valencia Street shooting (updated)
December 30, 2016
# yellowtape scene 14 Valencia & Duboce & Valencia street pic.twitter.com/C5OeFcJT2Q — Balance (@s_bridgid) December 30, 2016 UPDATE 11 a.m.: Capp Street Crap reader Josh tells me he was on his way to eat at Burma Love when police stopped him outside the police tape. He said he counted 10 police cars and six officers near the […]
Pizza our hearts: Pauline’s is for sale
December 5, 2016
‘ UPDATE 12/8/16: Friend of Capp Street Crap and volunteer editor Jeff spoke with Pauline’s owner this week who told him that it’s been tough to find affordable employees who care about the craft. She also noted that she is 70 years old and is done after running Pauline’s for 34 years. The good news? She […]
Activists take traffic safety campaign to Valencia Street (updated)
October 24, 2016
UPDATE 10/16: SF Transformation tells me the Valencia Street barriers have been removed but that the group will continue its efforts at that location and others. “We and our members demand immediate action from the SFMTA to replace the protected bike lanes they removed with infrastructure as good or better,” SF Transformation wrote in an email. “People […]
Teen injured in weekend shooting
October 10, 2016
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the Mission District early Sunday evening but is expected to recover from his injuries, authorities said. The shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. near the corner of 26th and Valencia streets, said San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Andraychak. The teen was taken to an area hospital with injuries that […]
Going with the flow: Former Clothes Contact becoming an upscale yoga studio
September 9, 2016
The former Clothes Contact, which used to sell clothes by the pound, is changing into something skimpier. After sitting vacant for at least a year, 473 Valencia St. is under construction and poised to become an upscale yoga studio called Love Story Yoga. Mehrad Eslami, vice president of Cocore Development Group, the construction management/general contractors for […]
Bottomless mimosas hit bottom: Radish and Grub have closed
August 31, 2016
Your brunch options in the Mission just got significantly slimmer. Two local spots, Radish and Grub, have recently shut their doors. It’s unclear when either of the restaurants closed exactly. A walk by both locations over the weekend found the doors of both spaces locked but no signs posted announcing their closure. Capp Street Crap […]
Valencia drama continues: Osha is for sale
July 21, 2016
Suggesting that the life span of pretty much everything on Valencia Street is limited, longtime restaurant Osha Thai is on the market. Opened 13 years ago, the Mission outpost of the popular San Francisco chain is listed for $300,000. It is unclear what is prompting the sale. Efforts to reach the owners via email and […]
Singer laments the unchillness of Valencia Street
March 30, 2016
Here’s what one guy, Kevin Patrick, AKA Field Medic, has to say about the state of the Mission – in musical form. [Via The Bay Bridged/ Reddit]