On today’s menu at Mission Pie: Existential thoughts and sadness, with a side of empathy
It’s warm and a bit gamey down here in the basement of Mission Pie; it feels a tad like a locker...
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Barbers from the recently shuttered Willy’s describe chaos, unpaid bills and a demanding owner hounding them for money
When she started cutting hair at Willy’s Barber Shop in 1999, Gladys Cañas enjoyed working at a...
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Casa Bonampak on Valencia Street to close at month’s end
Casa Bonampak will officially close its doors to customers on July 31. And, after 23 years spent...
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Ali Baba’s Cave closing after 36 years on Valencia
“The newcomers to the neighborhood, they’re young, high-tech, making a lot of money. They need...
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Mission vape shops bracing for San Francisco e-cigarette ban
A walk down Mission street is a tour of nearly a dozen smoke and vape shops, mostly...
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Willy’s Barber Shop evicted from longtime home — future uncertain for Mission institution
The pink cabinets and loud salsa music at Javier Rodriguez’s booth were all new to the veteran...
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Last meal: Mission Pie will soon close its doors
Mission Pie, the 12-year-old restaurant and bakery at Mission and 25th, deploys the clever slogan,...
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Paxton Gate’s shuttered Valencia Street toy store to be replaced by knife shop
The former space of Paxton Gate’s Curiosities for Kids will be taking a sharp u-turn come summer....
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Mission Street’s distinctive ‘Red Building’ up for sale
The bright red building at 2567 Mission St., known as the Red Building, has hit the market for...
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Custard’s Last Stand: Mission Pie vs. the gig economy
Making pie isn’t like operating an app-based business in San Francisco. There are rules. If you...
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Sexual harassment, bounced checks, unpaid bills: Former employees level bevy of allegations against owner of shuttered Mission de Flores
After Steve Rubenfaer, the former owner of Mission de Flores, quietly closed the company last...
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‘Barbell Club’ opens in former BodyFi site on Mission Street
In the Mission’s Darwinian economy, survival is a reward for the fittest. Ergo, a gym membership...
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Casa Bonampak stays alive: Mexican and indigenous crafts store to stay open ‘week by week’
Casa Bonampak, the Mexican and indigenous crafts store at 22nd and Valencia, is not closing as...
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Lucca bids San Francisco adieu
The line at Lucca Ravioli Co. at 9:30 this morning wasn’t all that long. But, then again, there...
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Lucca’s last day: Interviews with the bereaved
Lucca Ravioli Company, a Valencia Street fixture since 1925, will close its doors today. This was...
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After 10 years, Valencia Street’s Borderlands Cafe to shutter
After 10 years on Valencia Street, Borderlands Cafe will pour its final cup of coffee on Tuesday....
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