Some 200 yards from the Great Highway, a cannabis dispensary is coming to what is currently Black Bird Bookstore. Meanwhile, Black Bird is just moving just a couple blocks up the street.
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For V-Day: Hoodline has curated a list of hyper-local chocolatiers in San Francisco and the East Bay who offer fascinatingly unique flavors and gorgeous presentations.
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The Palabok Fiesta is still on, though delayed until 2023, a Jollibee says they’re still going to open the Powell Street restaurant in the former Payless ShoeSource.
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Privacy concerns raised by hotel guests and Castro residents have resulted in policy changes at the newly open 12-room boutique lodge The Hotel Castro (4230 18th St.).
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In this edition: a hot chicken and ramen restaurant and pet grooming store open in the Castro, a designer clothing store extends its stay, and a longtime Thai restaurant closes its doors.
After being closed for almost two years because of the pandemic, a well-known and intimate live jazz music venue in San Jose’s SoFA District has now decided not to reopen and will be ending its operations permanently.
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After a $10 million upgrade four years ago, the Helen Diller Civic Center Playgrounds in front of City Hall are now apparently crawling with rats.
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Boutique natural wine shop Bottle Bacchanal is now open in the space formerly occupied by Specs in the City at 4126 18th Street (between Castro and Collingwood streets).
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Established in 1858, 7 Mile House at the SF-Brisbane border turns 164 years old on Saturday, and hosting a party to celebrate its rich — and often outlaw — history.
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BART riders who get on and off at the Warm Springs/South Fremont station will no longer have to make take an arduous, indirect trek around the nearby Union Pacific railroad tracks.
Following the breadcrumbs in Dr. Anthony Faci’s financial disclosures yields a delicious discovery — Fauci is a minor investor in SF’s Pacific Heights Italian restaurant Jackson Fillmore Trattoria.
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Construction is now underway on a massive new building dedicated entirely to housing transfer students on the campus of UC Berkeley. The school broke ground at the building site this week at the corner of University Avenue and Oxford Street.
The Turk and Franklin Street hotel Vantaggio Suites will serve as the fourth hotel converted to housing for the formerly homeless, a replacement after the proposed purchase of the Kimpton Buchanan Hotel in Japantown was met with pushback.
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The popular Washington Street pho and noodles lunch spot Sai’s Vietnamese Restaurant is being booted from their location at the end of February, a sudden notice that leaves them little time to relocate.
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Amusingly named Meta Park, a 2.2-acre new bit of green space at the end of Chilco Street in Menlo Park debuted this past weekend to the public, featuring a sloped grass lawn and access to the 350-mile-long San Francisco Bay Trail.
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Cafe du Soleil, the well-loved and worn-in Lower Haight Cafe at the corner of Fillmore and Waller streets, is making a surprise comeback, a little less than two years after it closed permanently at 200 Fillmore Street.
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Fast-casual chicken and rice restaurant Gai has opened its second location at 1001 Market Street (at Sixth), formerly Homeskillet.
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Van Cleef & Arpels — a centuries-old jewelry chain founded in Paris — and the luxury fashion company Chanel recently acquired new retail store locations in Union Square that are set to debut this year.
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Once a freelancer, Jordan Jimenez () become a top photographer in SF sports after a serendipitous meeting with Warriors guard Jordan Poole. Jimenez is now a Chase Center regular.
Following last week's announcement about Another Planet Entertainment (APE) taking over operations at the Castro Theatre, there's been a lot of public outcry, and APE's CEO says "there were a lot of assumptions made."
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Welcome the Year of the Tiger with these 2022 Lunar New Year festivities in the Bay Area, or attend a virtual celebration.
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A developer is seeking approval to demolish the building at 2051 Market Street that previously housed Castro's sex club and sauna Eros.
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Another local restaurant that had a mid-pandemic opening is calling quits already, and that is Daughter's Diner in Oakland.
We all love the Hearts in SF tradition that’s returning for another Valentine's Day, and this year, one of them is from Banksy collaborator Mr. Brainwash.
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The owners have turned the temporary Liholiho space on 18th into an entirely new restaurant called Good Good Culture Club, under the helm of some up-and-coming chefs.
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The Castro's 13-year-old Italian restaurant Poesia Osteria Italiana (4072 18th St.) is set to expand with a cafe and wine bar inside the space formerly occupied by Réveille Coffee at 4076 18th St.
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It appears the often-overlooked city of Menlo Park is about to get a new dining destination, and it is sure to attract interest from foodies in Silicon Valley, with SF restaurants planning spinoffs like Che Fico and Burma Love.
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The Bay Area is home to all kinds of exciting sports venues, but it appears it’s about to get one type that it's never had before.
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A makeshift, community-built park in the Sunset is set to be bulldozed in May, but at least will be replaced with 135 units of affordable teacher housing.
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A secret South Bay hideaway that pays tribute to Captain Hook, Blackbeard, and all the other famous pirates is about to get unearthed like a treasure chest and revealed to the entire world thanks to Jeff Goldblum and his Disney+ show.
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Berkeley Fourth Street landmark Bette’s Oceanview Diner has shuttered its doors permanently.
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Castro residents and visitors looking for their daily fix of Starbucks coffee, lattes, frappucinos, and more will soon be able to order drinks again on 18th Street starting next week.
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The nearly 100-year-old Castro Theatre is set to get a major overhaul after announcing it has partnered with Another Planet Entertainment (APE) to take over programming.
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The latest retail casualty in the ongoing shutter parade around Union Square — and in the ongoing retail decline nationwide — is the Market Street/Westfield Mall location of Abercrombie & Fitch.
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Looking for a change of scene? Hoodline's rounded up some day trips where you can avoid the crowds but enjoy some of the best of winter in the Bay Area.
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A new law took effect January 1 allowing streets with dining and retail to lower their speed limits, and San Francisco wasted no time implementing this on seven retail-heavy streets.
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Kids can get down and dirty while connecting with nature at a new, outdoor play area that just opened at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park.
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Fried chicken fans have a mouth-watering new option in Oakland as rising star barbeque chef Matt Horn expands his footprint with a comfort-food favorite.
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The SF Planning Commission approved a plan Thursday to beautify Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square, and the most popular part of the plan is getting rid of that ugly pedestrian bridge above Kearny Street.
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