Valencia st business owner doubles down on selling copper

Posted by Andrea Valencia | Aug 16, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

When Andrea Paz Vargas arrived in the Bay Area almost 10 years ago, she worked three different...

Mission cannabis businesses set to more than double

Posted by Julian Mark | Aug 14, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Six proposed marijuana shops, some warehouse-sized, could be headed to the Mission At the Mission...

A Family legacy in the Mission: four generations of Stamper optometrists

Posted by Mallory Newman | Aug 1, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Video

Optometrists from the Stamper family have been serving San Francisco residents for more than a...

Notes from the underground: Basement art lair offers a glimpse of the Mission’s past — and, perhaps, its future

Posted by Joe Eskenazi | Jul 17, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Even if you’re looking at the ground while you walk — not a terrible idea here in the Mission —...

Mobile printing stations are popping up in local coffee shops

Posted by Mallory Newman | Jul 9, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

If you’ve recently felt the need to print out a document in a pinch — and you’re among the...

Mission Critter Pet Shop Pushed Out as Internet Shoppers Move In

Posted by Mallory Newman | Jun 25, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Mission Critter, which has helped the neighborhood hand pick the best pet foods and products for...

Wash Quarters laundromat will close after a $7,000 rent hike

Posted by Julian Mark | Jun 19, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Patrons of the Wash Quarters Laundromat, which has operated on Valencia Street for decades, will...

After 14 years, SF’s Little Paper Planes to close

Posted by Julian Mark | Jun 15, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Little Paper Planes, among the most “Instagrammable” boutiques on Valencia Street, will be closed...

Despite owner’s best efforts, SF’s Mission De Flores quietly shutters

Posted by Julian Mark | Jun 4, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission De Flores, a flower shop whose storefront at 22nd and Folsom is usually bursting with...

Mission Bernal neighborhood bar reopens as a weed dispensary

Posted by Mallory Newman | May 26, 2018 | Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s what former bar owner Jorge Esparza is doing by giving up...

So Long, Schmidt’s: Restaurant closing on high note amid rent hikes

Posted by Abraham Rodriguez | Apr 25, 2018 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, SNAPS, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

In little less than a month, Schmidt’s, the restaurant at the corner of Folsom and 20th streets...

City plans to limit restaurants, preserve industrial space in SF’s Mission

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 20, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

In an effort to curb gentrification in the Mission District, the San Francisco Planning Department...

Small businesses feel the squeeze on Mission Street

Posted by Abraham Rodriguez | Apr 18, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mission Street, Mobile, Newsletter, Photography, SNAPS, Today's Mission, Topics

Take a stroll along Mission Street and you’ll see two sides of the ever-changing city: the...

Permanent lemonade stand coming to Valencia St.

Posted by Julian Mark | Apr 11, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Young entrepreneurs, beware: by June, Valencia Street will be getting a permanent lemonade stand...

Calls to boycott Phoenix Pub after owner fires seven female employees

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 14, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Signs have gone up in the Mission urging patrons to boycott the Phoenix Irish Pub on Valencia...

Cleaner on Guerrero forced to close after $600 rent increase

Posted by Julian Mark | Mar 12, 2018 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Wayne’s Self-Service Laundry, housed in the charming baby-blue storefront on 22nd and Guerrero, is...

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