Category: closings
Thrifty town no more. San Francisco’s beloved Thrift Town is gone
March 29, 2017
A victim of increased costs and slumping sales, Thrift Town has closed its doors after 45 years. On Tuesday, Mission Mission broke the news that the beloved Mission thrift store, 2101 Mission at 17th Street, was closing citing a tipster who said Thrift Town’s last day of business was Friday. However, the store ended up […]
Closure alert: Vintage furniture store The Touch is calling it quits
December 29, 2016
A move to escape soaring commercial rents on Valencia Street was apparently not enough to save neighborhood furniture store The Touch. The antique furniture store, which relocated to 2221 Mission St., near 18th, in 2013, is having a close-out sale today. An ad for the 75-percent-off sale says The Touch’s owner, David Chen, is closing […]
A chapter closed: Modern Times will shutter next month
October 11, 2016
Never quite able to regain its footing since it was forced from Valencia Street in 2011, Modern Times Bookstore Collective is set to close next month after 45 years in business. According to an announcement on the store’s Facebook page, the progressive book store will shut its doors at 2919 24th St. on Nov. 15. […]
Changing tastes: Valencia Street Thai restaurant shuttered
February 9, 2016
Four-year-old Thai House 530 appears to be the latest business exiting the revolving door that is Valencia Street these days. Local blogger Mr. Eric Sir spotted the below sign in the restaurant’s window over the weekend and saw staff “hauling away all the dishes and silverware” a few days later. Yelp also lists the restaurant, […]
Owner reflects on recently closed motorcycle shop
January 22, 2016
Werkstatt Motorcycles, one of the first woman-owned motorcycle repair shops in the country, closed its doors last month after 21 years in business. The shop’s old building, on 17th at Capp Street, will be leased by a construction company, which will have its headquarters there. Capp Street Crap chatted over email with Jennifer Bromme about the history […]
Valencia Street’s DEMA is closing (updated)
January 4, 2016
UPDATE 5:45 p.m.: In an email, Grim talked about her future plans and said that DEMA would be open until the end of the month. As for her decision to close the shop, she wrote that she wasn’t getting enough business anymore for reasons that are unclear: Maybe all my customers have moved to the East Bay? Maybe they all shop on […]