Some businesses on Valencia Street embrace SF’s opening — costs keep others tentative, or shut

Jun 17, 2020 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Inequality, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Twitter, Valencia Street

On June 15, the day indoor retail relaunched in the city, some stores on Valencia Street lit up...

Cannabis is coming to Valencia Street

Jun 13, 2020 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Valencia Street

The shops and restaurants on Valencia Street might be getting a new neighbor. A project, dubbed...

Valencia Street’s quirky, independent businesses hit hard by COVID-19

May 30, 2020 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Jobs, Newsletter, Valencia Street

The COVID-19 pandemic may now count Valencia Street’s quirkiness among its victims. After 22...

The Crepe House on Valencia Street to shutter: Coronavirus ‘the last nail in the coffin’

Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics, Valencia Street

Not everything can be blamed on the coronavirus — but it was, indeed, “the last nail in the...

SFPD investigating bizarre hit-and-run on 15th and Valencia — man dragged by truck is hit by car

Dec 4, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

In a troubling Tuesday rush-hour incident, a man being dragged by a speeding truck collided with...

Yasmin, new Middle Eastern eatery, set to open at former Ali Baba’s Cave site this month

Nov 12, 2019 | Business, Eating Now, Featured, Food, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Eltawil said he and his family prepare ingredients daily and aim to be as hospitable as possible to their patrons. Eltawil said he tries to keep customers happy, even if it slims down his profit.

State of Flux launches on Valencia — a new store from the creators of Faze

Nov 3, 2019 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Faze, the longtime men’s clothing store at 3236 21st St., closed its doors Oct. 1. But the same...

Once a police station, Valencia Street site will soon run early childhood education programs

Sep 3, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Newsletter, Today's Mission

Mission Neighborhood Centers has purchased a former police station on Valencia Street between 23rd...

Piri Pica on Valencia closes abruptly, gets evicted the next day

Aug 30, 2019 | Business, Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Valencia Street

Piri Pica, a Portuguese style restaurant at 590 Valencia St., closed its doors abruptly on Tuesday...

The story of Valencia Street’s longest boarded-up building

Aug 27, 2019 | Featured, Front Page, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

“I get more calls from people asking about that building than anything else,” said Mark Kaplan, the realtor whose name and number are posted on a sign on the building.