- Rabat is closing after 46 years in Noe Valley – 20% off all clothing [rabatshoes]
- Fire at 23rd and Church put out quickly thanks to SFFD [SFLocal798]
- A Victorian from June 2017 and what it looks like now [NVSF]
- Cool artist rendering [@dan_mchale1]
- Noted: “Noe Valley is the spoiled brat capital of San Francisco” [@mattmangels]
- If you own a house in SF, it’s earning an average of $60/hour – or $125K per year [NY Times]
- Noe Valley bakery makes a mean rye bread [KQED]
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A Hyper-Local Guide to Noe Valley
April 14, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: Rabat Closing, a Home Then and Now, and Spoiled Brats
April 7, 2018
NVV April 2018: We Read It So You Don't Have To

The Noe Valley Voice is published ten times a year and has been a neighborhood fixture since 1977. Here are notable highlights from the latest issue. Links are to stories we've covered here on NVSF or other resources. Follow the NVV link at the bottom for full articles and all the ads.
April 2018
Front Page: There's new sand in the giant sandbox and new gravel at the dog run at Upper Noe Rec Center, among other improvements; The owner of a local pre-school lost her Sonoma home in the wildfires and the community has rallied to help; Interview with Jennifer Katz, a local child speech therapist; Group drumming and dancing is on deck for the Town Square every second and fourth Sunday from 3-5pm.
Letters: An ActionSF member loved last month's ActionSF profile; Word Week was a success; An odd note from neighbor Sharon who wants another overly solicitous neighbor to leave her alone.
Feature: Two remodels, one at 79 28th Street [Ed.--permit application withdrawn 3/9/18] and another at 505 Grand View face hurdles from the city and planning commission.
Cost of Living in Noe Valley: Four super luxury homes sold in February, all between $4.9 and $5.5 million which pushed the average value of a Noe Valley home close to $3.6 million. Condo sales averaged $1.6 million.
Short takes: The Noe Valley Garden Tour is looking for volunteers [Ed.--website not updated]; Curry Without Worry is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a free party on April 14 in the Town Square from 3-5pm; Candidates for the mayor's race and the District 8 supervisor seat will speak on April 28 from 2-4pm at St. Aidan's Church.
Store Trek: Azil Boutique, 4010 24th St. at Noe
[The Noe Valley Voice]
April 1, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: Little Lambs at the Market and More Openings and Closings

- Lambs at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, because Noe Valley [@IndyMapper]
- Pete’s Cleaners on 24th St at Vicksburg priced out of the neighborhood and closes [NVSF]
- Beautiful spring sunrise [fogcityfitclub]
- NoVY one of the small businesses to win a VISA award [@cjmcginnis]
- New market called Douglas opening this spring on Sanchez in old Bom Dia space [Noe Valley SF]
- “It’s hard to believe now that in 1990 ... 1 percent worked in tech. Now it’s more than 11 percent, and in SoMa, Mission, Marina, and Noe Valley, it feels like 50.” [Modern Luxury]
- Sultan’s Kebab (in the old Lazeez spot) is now open [@PianoCarnie]
- The stained glass window in the Noe Valley Ministry [knucklesamwick]
- Inside Noe Valley’s “cheapest” apartments [Hoodline]
- An “unlivable” historically protected Noe Valley Victorian gets a makeover [Metropolis]
- Mark Leno gets the SF Democratic Club endorsement for mayor [SF Examiner]
- Yep, Burning Man was born in part in a Noe Valley basement [Wallpaper]
- Retail activism in Noe Valley [@Holo_its_Maris]
March 25, 2018
New Market Opening This Spring: Douglas on Sanchez
Update (3/29/18): We heard from Maggie Spicer that the maket will simply be called Douglas and that she is part of the team with Michael Molesky and his father Jim. Maggie describes her role as "a 'guest experience' designer and brand strategist as well as a clean eating enthusiast and editor for Ambrosia & Drift magazines, and a contributor to EdibleSF."
A happy surprise for those who miss the market at 1598 Sanchez St. at 29th St. (formerly Bom Dia, and before that St. Paul's Market): Mike Molesky posted on Instagram today that he and his father Jim and designer Maggie Spicer are opening a corner store and market in the space. Called Douglas on Sanchez, the website promises “delicious things are afoot” and that the space will serve caffeine, breakfast, delicious lunch, wine and “all the ingredients to cook the perfect roast chicken.” Opening date TBD sometime this Spring.
According to their various online bios, Michael is a nomvivant and the creator of Placemarker, an app that turns your photos into a travel guide for friends as well as the former COO of video ad platform LiveRail which was acquired by Facebook for $400-$500 million; Maggie is a guest experience designer, interior designer and brand strategist as well as a clean eating enthusiast and contributor to EdibleSF. Both Mark and Maggie divide their time between San Francisco and Copenhagen, which sounds like a good mix for an interestingly curated corner market. A quick fly-by today shows there's already activity underway to ready the space for opening.
Welcome!
Photo via Douglassf.com
March 17, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: New J Trains Coming, New Mural and Happy St. Patrick’s Day
- The new quieter MUNI trains are starting to role on the J Church line [SFGate]
- Noe Valley’s cool new mural at the 22nd St jungle stairs [fnnnch]
- Memories of Noe Valley Cyclery’s heyday [@jdowdell]
- Web of fog [merridethj]
- Jane Kim surging in the mayor’s race? [SF Chronicle]
- Intimate profile of Mark Leno, mayoral candidate and Noe Valley resident [SF Chronicle]
- A controversial clothes recycling bin coming soon to Noe Valley [SF Examiner]
- A very odd list that includes um, Video Wave of Noe Valley?! [@SarahNEmerson]
- Sultan’s Kebab (also of Pleasanton and Danville) replacing the ailing Lazeez [@CourtneySF]
- Hello, rainbows and double rainbows [thread]
- Photo of Noe Valley 80 years ago [dreamhomes_with_francesco]
- California #vanlife in Noe Valley [gonecoastal]
- Spectacular sunrise [dimeilushana]
March 11, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: Insider’s Guide to Noe Valley and Our Photogenic Hood
- Insider’s Guide to Noe Valley from SF Chronicle reporter J.K. Dineen [Curbed]
- Free Charles Mingus documentary at the Noe Valley Public Library 3/13 [@HellOnFriscoBay]
- A view of the rainbow tower from Noe Valley [@nbcjanelle]
- SF Chronicle endorses Mandelman for District 8 Supervisor [SF Chronicle]
- Telmo Faria of Uma Casa opens another restaurant on Valencia [SF Weekly]
- Found art: Illustration of the corner of 26th and Church for an upcoming book [matt_jonesart]
- Hill by Derek Lynch [lynchart5]
- The Land of Rohan in Noe Valley [juliegeb]
- Masterclass in Fig Bread with Michael Gassen of Noe Valley Bakery [Les Dames d’Escoffier]
- Noe Hill [lynchart5]
- KRON tower? [steve_ouimet]
- It’s pink season [heartsymomma]
- Beautiful cogs of Dorian D. Clair [may.amoibe]
- The view of downtown from Noe Valley [glen.newman.12]
- We live here #lucky [lisacly]
- Gorgeous colorful doorway [mariematheson]
- Oh, magnolias [ilyatsay]
February 24, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: Students Sick on Marijuana Edibles, Magnolias Blooming, New Korean Restaurant
- 10 students at James Lick sick over marijuana edibles [SF Chronicle]
- Magnolia trees are going off right now – and it’s magnificent [orlyreine]
- On a clear day you can see forever [dpjutte]
- New Korean Japanese spot, Seokyo, opens on Church [Hoodline]
- Michael Bauer revisits La Ciccia’s warm embrace [SF Chronicle]
- A very incomplete and uninspired list of restaurants in Noe Valley [SF Gate]
- A wish for all the empty retail on 24th St [wrusteen]
- $19,500/month to rent a house on 26th St – who does this? [NVSF]
- This house on the edge of Noe Valley [Curbed]
February 10, 2018
This Week in Noe Valley: Fire Box Mystery Revealed, Plum Trees Blooming and YIMBY Was Born Here
- SoCal based HealthySpot looks to open 13th location in old RadioShack – here’s how to support or oppose [NVSF]
- There are 3,448 vacant or abandoned commercial and residential properties in the city – including lots of vacant storefronts [SF Chronicle]
- The mystery of towels around San Francisco fire call boxes revealed: They need maintenance [ABC7]
- Noe Valley plum trees are already in bloom #warmwinter [nicholaspaul26]
- YIMBY action was born in Noe Valley [SF Streetsblog]
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