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Months after rebranding, Valencia Street’s Nostra is for sale

March 25, 2016

The drama continues at 280 Valencia St. Roughly seven months after its predecessor Plin closed and was rebranded as Nostra Spaghetteria, the Italian restaurant is up for sale. A Craigslist ad posted this week lists a sale price of $550,000 with a monthly rent of $12,503.33. The ad also notes the “seller just spent $800,000 […]

Needled by competitor, acupuncture clinic is closing

March 9, 2016

UPDATE 11/18/16: The former Lotus Center space at 1085 Valencia St. is now home to Golden Gate Urgent Care. Here’s a recent photo of workers putting finishing touches on the space. ORIGINAL POST: After 20 years of helping patients in the Mission District, The Lotus Center is having a health crisis of its own. The […]

Beer here: Valencia Street brewpub opening this week

February 23, 2016

Reno based brewpub Brasserie Saint James is set to open on Valencia Street this week, bringing award-winning beer and, hopefully, filling the void of late-night food in the neighborhood. Owner Art Farley said the restaurant’s soft opening will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday. Hours will be limited — 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. — […]

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, […]

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 […]

Old Amnesia? Forget about it

December 15, 2015

Amnesia has undergone a not-so-subtle facelift. Closed for two-and-a-half weeks for renovations, the Valencia Street bar reopened late last week and spent Saturday and Sunday celebrating with two days of free music. A visit there Monday night found the bar feeling bigger and looking sleeker and brighter. The interior was also sparser, with its ceilings opened up to reveal wood beams. […]

BREAKING: The Elbo Room is sticking around for two more years

December 8, 2015

Was just alerted to this Facebook post by Elbo Room owner Matt Shapiro. Will update this post as more information becomes available.

Elbo Room set to close this fall

April 23, 2015

As much as San Francisco music fans were hoping for an intervention, sadly it looks like the Elbo Room will shut its doors by the beginning of November to make way for a condo project. According to SFGate, which cites a letter on the Mission venue’s Facebook page, the building’s owners decided not renew the club’s […]

Valencia Street bookstore calling it quits

February 2, 2015

UPDATE (2/24/15): Borderlands Books will be staying open for another year thanks to a new sponsorship drive. According to Mission Local, 300 sponsors stepped up, helping to raise $30,000 which will keep the store open until at least March 31, 2016. ORIGINAL POST: Citing the minimum wage increase approved by voters last year as a […]

Officer involved shooting on Valencia Street

January 5, 2015

SECOND UPDATE: 8:33 p.m., Jan. 5. Police have released a suicide note they said was found on the dead man’s phone. Beginning with “Dear officers,” it reads: You did nothing wrong. You ended the life of a man who was too much of a coward to do it himself. I provoked you. I threatened your […]