This Week In Noe Valley: New Mystery Restaurant Announced, Neighbors Thwart Penthouse, And SF Progressives Against Progress

News from, about and for Noe Valley from around the interwebs:

• A new 15-table mystery restaurant called Charin is coming to Noe/Bernal in Sept from a chef who’s logged time at SPQR, Manresa and Benu [Tablehopper]
• Want a tree? The deadline for an upcoming Noe Valley tree planting is Aug 20 [FUF]
• 12 SF Breweries You Didn’t Know Existed: Noe Valley’s Elizabeth St. Brewery gets a shout out [CBS Local]
• Tacolicious corporate offices move into former Sirena Botanica space on Church St. [@F6x]
• Noe Valley “has the most sun, babies, Golden Retrievers, and yoga mats” - local blogger Caroline of Perfect 10 SF offers a tour of SF [ModCloth]
• A before and after neighborhood Edwardian remodel [Houzz]
• RIP local artist and technology pioneer Eleanor Kent [SF Gate]
• NVFM vendor Le Dix-Sept Pâtisserie's nougat goes national [WSJ]
• Planning Commission and neighbors to Noe Valley penthouse on Duncan Street: You shall not pass [SocketSite]
• Are SF progressives anti-progress? [The Nation]
• Behind the scenes with a storied Noe Valley gay activist book club [SF Gate]

[Photo: Hangin' BBQin' via thenorthsouth]