This Week in Noe Valley: Hamano Gets a Lift, Chez Marius Is Open and the Holidays are Here

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

• Former Saison sushi chef goes back to his roots and buys Hamano (yay!) [Eater]
• Spotted in the Whole Foods parking lot [jboitnott]
• Chez Marius is open for lunch and dinner in the former Le Zinc space [Hoodline]
• “Noe Valley where no affordable housing projects ever get built” [Beyond Chron]
• Prancer spotted on 24th St [itshildap]
• Holiday lights [jezolo]

[Photo: anne_lcrx]

This Week In Noe Valley: Great Food News, Beware Of Santa, And Noe Valley’s Painted Ladies

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

• Baron’s Meats is taking over the old Drewe’s Meats space, opening in Feb (yay!) [@OmnivoreBooks]
• Phase 1: Open the shop Phase 2: Sandwiches Phase 3: Craft beer and wine (double yay!) [@BarronsonChurch]
• Uma Casa Portuguese restaurant opening very soon [Hoodline]
• The disappearance of SF’s middle class illustrated with maps [Nick Conway]
• Noe Valley residents evacuated after a gas main break near Noe and Hill Streets [Examiner]
• Coming soon to Whole Foods Noe Valley? [@newmike]
• Long time resident blogs about his favorites spots in Noe [DanielWPolk]
• Does your tap water taste weird? Here’s why [Hoodline]
• Worse than Santacon: Man in Santa hat caught on video burglarizing Noe Valley home [NBC]
• Changes at Le Zinc which will become a new bistro called Chez Marius [@rosewinegirl, Tablehopper]
• James Lick playground is a Christmas tree lot again [bibi_guansen]
• Tom and Jerry’s giant Christmas display is up ("All-American xmas, installed by Mexican workers") [ladiani]
• Did you feel the earthquake? [@iveyjannnette_207]
• We live here [joeychanrealtor]
• Noe Valley’s painted ladies [emdnyc]

[Photo: susannemsm]

NVV December/January 2016: 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.

December / January 2016

Front Page: A roundup of meal delivery services like Caviar, Sprig and Franny's Kitchen; a profile of retired local Kaiser doc Dr. Don Barole, co-medical director of Homeless Connect; the controversial Noe Courts makeover should be done in Jan/Feb.

Letters: Fan mail from a church St. resident who has been reading the Noe Valley Voice since it's first issue (May 1977); a call for tutors for James Lick Middle School; a Noe St resident who urges neighbors to consider giving disaster preparedness gifts (flashlights, emergency kits, NERT training) for the holidays.

Cost of Living in Noe: Three luxury home sales in Oct bumped the average price for a Noe home back up to $2.7 million - the most expensive of which sold for $4.3 million.

Features: A local teen disappointed by this year's election results is selling art to benefit Planned Parenthood.

Rumors and Tidbits: In Noe Valley this year, 89.1 percent of registered voters turned out and 90 percent voted for Clinton, 4.2 percent for Trump and 2.2 percent for Jill Stein. There's a rumor of a candlelight vigil planned for inauguration day, Jan 20, 2017. Laurent Legendre will open Chez Marius, a french bistro, in the former Le Zinc space this December. On Church St. chef Telmo Faria says he will open his new Portuguese restaurant, Uma Casa, in the old Incanto space on December 20.

[The Noe Valley Voice]