This Week in Noe Valley: Real Foods Fate Is Nigh, Most Expensive House in the Hood and Firefly Does Lunch

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• One reason Noe Valley is so awesome today: FUF was started by concerned Noe Valleyeons who planted lots of trees [SF Weekly]
• City-owned tree in Noe chopped down by rogue building owner, neighbors livid [Curbed]
• Michael Bauer on Uma Casa [SF Chronicle]
• Noe Valley nuggets = buffalo Tater Tots with blue cheese crumbles [Bay Area Reporter]
• Interview with Jack Epstein, owner of Chocolate Covered [Candy Atlas]
• Noe Valley is about to have TWO bougie TV dinner shops [NVSF]
• Firefly now does lunch! [Firefly]
• The most expensive house in Noe Valley (again) [Curbed]
• Real Foods fate could be determined as soon as August [NVMPA]
• Growing up in Noe Valley in the 50s [Kate Campbell]
• The Dubliner the night of the Warriors title win #gowarriors [thedubliner]
• The cost to buy in Noe Valley right now: $1155 per square foot [Curbed]

[Photo: Castro St via simon_schleicher]

This Week in Noe Valley: Street Art, RIP Bom Dia and the Way We Live Now

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Bright young tech workers are drawn to Noe Valley’s “shabby-chic credentials” – wut? [Financial Times]
• Found: Street art [hollygilliankindel]
• Aster goes to prix fixe menu :( [InsideScoopSF]
• Sign of the times? [SocketSite]
• The long goodbye: For lease sign goes up on Bom Dia Market space [@SuperDee75]
• La Ciccia – yum [aprildstorm]
• The way we live now [eyeofted]

[Photo: Fixer on Church via eyeofted]

NVV June 2017: 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.

May 2017

Front Page: Noe Valley lawmaker Mark Leno wants to be mayor; Noe Courts is open; BofA security guard James Grant moonlights as a singer and appeared at the Town Square; local filmmaker Jeffrey Braverman will have a short film called David in Brief at Frameline, the SF LGBTQ Film Festival.

Letters: Letter from a neighbor lamenting the loss of Good News newsstand on 24th St; a response to last month's Trump supporter; and a clarification on Karen Oliveto, pastor of Bethany United Methodist Church.

Features: RIP local filmmaker Dan Halas; Julia Ready closing her local daycare business after 27 years.

Cost of Living in Noe: The average cost of a Noe Valley home in April was $2.4 million as more homes came to market; the most expensive sale was a $4.1 million home on the 4300 block of 25th St. which went for 4.7 percent below asking.

Short Takes: SummerFEST is on June 11 this year; the free evening movies in Dolores Park this year are posted; garbage rates are going to rise this year.

Store Trek: The Rabbit Hole Theater Company, 800 Diamond St

Rumors and Tidbits: Urban Remedy, a local chain and purveyor of plant-based foods is taking over the old DavidsTea space and the grand opening is June 24; Cotton Basics is opening up a new annex in the old Green 11 space next to just for fun which will specialize in posters and cotton logo wear. Honeycomb Salon now offers 7AM hair cuts for regulars. The former Good News space is renting for $3,000 a month - owners of a barber, a store selling art stuff and a yogurt shop have so far expressed interest. Savor is undergoing a change of ownership. La PanotiQ abruptly closed last month. Wise Sons Deli in the Mission is selling bread at Whole Foods. Neighbor's Corner at 21st and Douglass has applied to be a restaurant so it can keep its seats. Neutraceutical is being bought by a private equity firm and the Real Foods store is reportedly slated to be sold in the transaction (here's hoping).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: More Housing, Green Streets and What to Do About Old People and Their Valuable Homes

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Giant ficus falls on a home on Dolores at Clipper and only the railing is hurt [SF Examiner]
• Noe Valley Garden Tour starts June 3, tickets on sale now [Friends of Noe Valley]
• The rare rotting rodent blooms of spring [@KristinHenry]
• Greening the neighborhood, one nook at a time [@Tint]
• Spotted: Star Wars street art [@adamephoto]
• Think parking protectionists are the worst? There’s a petition for that [@NeverSassyLaura]
• Noe Valley. Presented without comment. [@nickshearer]
• David Talbot: Old people of SF, your time is up [SF Chronicle]

[Photo: Alley via cmason4]

This Week in Noe Valley: New Mural, J Church Turns 100 and Another Senior Dies Facing Eviction

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Everyone in SF lives within 10 minutes of a park – the best for any city in the U.S. [KRON]
• Then and now – the J Church turns 100 this year [@SFMTAPhoto]
• New mural near Omnivore (yes!) [@omnivorebooks]
• Big fines proposed for dumping trash in Dolores [SFist]
• New sidewalk gardens headed for Noe Valley – volunteers wanted May 27 [@SFUrbanForester]
• Noe Valley tech execs moonlight as truffle farmers in Wine Country [SF Chronicle]
• In 2014, 310 Duncan Street was a 2 unit fixer that sold for $1.6 million. Today: Questionable permitting to create a single family home for $5M [insidesfrealestate]
• The T House (formerly the Google House) at 526 Duncan is for sale again - looks to reclaim the dubious title of most expensive home in Noe Valley at $12.5 million [SocketSite]
• Wyse Sons breads are now available at Whole Foods [Eater]
• This is really sad: Another senior dies in Noe Valley facing eviction [The Guardian]
• It’s not your imagination: SF streets are jammed with Uber and Lyft vehicles [SF Chronicle]
• City is looking for greater ways to control how ride-sharing companies operate in the city [SF Examiner]

[Photo: Hill via itsmeviv28]

This Week in Noe Valley: Savor Changes Owners, La PanotiQ and Good News Are Gone

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• LaPanotiQ closes "due to delays caused by extensive building repairs." Um, yeah. [Hoodline]
• NY Times technology reporter John Markoff: RIP Good News [@markoff]
• Savor posts a change of owner sign after many months of sad, slow decline [@rosewinegirl]
• Baron’s clears an inspection hurdle. Here’s hoping for sandwiches soon [@BaronsonChurch]
• Brunch with oysters, egg dishes and bubbles (yum) [Uma Casa]
• What happens when SF adds housing (your neighbors are in this) [@SFyimby]
• You can get a Noe Valley cocktail at Cityscape in the Hilton downtown – who knew? [Paste Magazine]
• Evil Noe Valley landlord fined millions by the city for bad evictions [SFGate]
• The new villain: “He is a finance guy living in a big house in Noe Valley.” [SF Examiner]
• #Vanlife Noe Valley-style [allenapplegate]

[Photo: Goodby Good News from NVSF]

NVV May 2017: 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.

May 2017

Front Page: Local family commemorates their family in a mural on Comerford Alley; local stylist organizes free services for hospitalized kids; rat poison kills coyote in Douglass Park.

Letters: Letter from a Trump supporter from New York about the "arrogant residents of San Franny."

Features: Noe Valley's lone indie newsstand, Good News, is closing after 22 years; the reasons are the Internet and a key magazine distributor shut down.

Cost of Living in Noe: The average cost of a Noe Valley home in March was $3.1 million; the most expensive home sold that month was a $6.2 million home on a double lot on Fair Oaks.

Store Trek: Baron's Quality Meats, 1706 Church St at 29th; Mabuhay, 1195 Church St at 24th 

Rumors and Tidbits: The Town Square finally has power - look for more events like the Square Dance soon. The Noe Valley Association got a grant for parklet furniture and new benches on 24th St. and sun umbrellas for the Town Square. The Farmer's Market's Happy Boy Farms vendor has a GoFundMe campaign for flood damage from this year's rains. The plant-based food service and restaurant Le Cupboard is opening soon. A pizza oven was moved into the soon-to-be Sasa's Pizzeria (nee Fattoush). Radio Shack will be gone by the end of May. The shops next to St. Clair's have been demolished to make way for new retail and housing; construction should take 14 months. Noe Valley activists created a project that spurred 1 million calls to Congress on issues people are concerned about - while they were also facing an owner move-in eviction (!).

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week in Noe Valley: Church St Mystery Restaurant Revealed and Noe's Sky-High Housing Costs Splained

The latest news from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• Coming soon to the mysterious never-ending restaurant project at 1298 Church St [@NVSF]
• Pasta Gina limits hours as it looks for help [@emiliecole]
• Fun photo of the “famous” Jungle House [tttttommyyy]
• Rafe Mandelman says he’s run for District 8 Supevisor next year [SF Chronicle]
• D8 Supe Jeff Sheehy proposed legislation to ban SF police from removing passengers [SF Weekly]
• Clipper St the poster child for hazardous tree roots on a sidewalk [SF Examiner]
• April NVMPA newsletter [NVMPA]
• Scott Wiener: A building moratorium equals sky-high housing prices in Noe Valley [Beyond Chron]
• Average home price in Cow Hollow: $3.3 million; Noe Valley: $2.2 million [Curbed]

[Photo: Somewhere in Noe Valley via michelamusolino]