by Jessie Allen-Young At 203 Octavia, a neighborhood restaurant space under new ownership has a remod- eled look with new festive food. Naomi Beck (executive chef), Ari Feingold (restaurant consultant) and Greg Kaye (marketing guru) co-own Straw, a restaurant that … Read More
by Laura Surma 501 Fell Street, formerly Apollo Market & Deli, has been reborn as Mazzat, a restaurant that sheds its dual convenience store/restaurant identity for contemporary foodie appeal at affordable prices. The cafe retains its unassuming charm but invites … Read More
By Karen Mauney-Brodek Over the next year, our neighborhood will continue to see proposals for new development. We will see pop-up retail and temporary uses of land and buildings that otherwise would stand empty. We will also see some long-term … Read More
By Nora Brereton In October 2010 CommunityGrows began a year-long Seed-to-Mouth cooking program at Margaret Hayward Recreation Center at Golden Gate and Laguna on Monday afternoons. The students who come for the after-school programs have been making great food every … Read More
By Bob Barnwell The Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association’s Public Safety Committee met on January 3rd to discuss difficult encounters with homeless in Hayes Valley, Western Addition and the Lower Haight. Dariush Kayhan, the Director of Homeless Policy for the Mayor, … Read More
By Joseph Sargent For a rare chance to hear some free opera right in your own backyard, don’t miss the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s upcoming production of Handel’s Alcina! A concert version of this treasured opera will be performed … Read More