This Week In Noe Valley: Growing Up Here, Weird Burglaries, And Other Signs of the Times

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

• A Sacramento transplant remembers growing up in Noe [Adrift in the Sound]
• La Ciccia wins reader’s choice best Italian restaurant [7x7]
• Chris Cosentino of Incanto taking over the old Zuppa space in SOMA [Eater]
• Sign of the times on 24th St [Can It Happen Here]
• Tensions rising at the Google Bus stops [Here Is the City]
• Some ideas for stopping the Google Bus protests: tech CEOs need to pay their taxes says Noe resident Kathy Lipscomb [TechCrunch]
• If you ride Muni downtown, be prepared to help clear the tracks [Haigheration]
• Weird garage burglaries in Noe and Glen Park [SF Gate]
• Bay Area Reporter sports columnist attacked on 30th Street [BAR]
• Horner’s Corner is now serving brunch [Horner’s Corner]
• RIP Josh Epple Of Drewes Brothers Meats [NVSF]

[Photo: Cool Sky Over Noe Valley SF via Peg Wolfe]

For Sale: Joe's 24th Street Cafe

Per Craigslist:

Fully Equipped Restaurant For Sale.

LOCATION : 3853 24TH STREET Cross St: Vicksburg Street - Lots of Foot Traffic

Cozy, Euro style, corner, 22 years established in great location for upscale restaurants! Prime Location for your business. Serves American Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner. Ready for any Menu. Good Lease could be negotiated. Seat 30+15(outside) Open 7 days/week.

FEATURES : 800 SQ FEET APPROX. -- WELL ESTABLISHED RESTUARANT
LEASE : $4,000.00 PER MONTH (APPX.)
TERM : NEGOTIABLE
HOURS : MON - SUN
9:00AM -- 8:00 PM

Please do not disturb employees. Any questions call the agent.

Call Laurel Realty
(415) 641-1500

And no...it's not the mystery restaurant for sale.

Open: The Little Chihuahua

The Little Chihuahua tweeted the opening of its second location today at 11AM - 4123 24th St at Castro (in the old Bistro 24 and Miss Millie's space). No firm hours appear to be posted yet, though Tablehopper reports hours through this Thursday are 11am-3pm; regular hours of 11am-10pm start Friday. Brunch will (of course) be on the menu soon. Phone: 415-648-4157

Incanto: Elevating The Brunch Conversation In Noe Valley

Sure ... Chloe's, Savor, Toast and now City Grill attract hoards of people looking for classic brunch for a value. But now Incanto is raising the bar -- according to Mark Pastore in his periodic Letters from Incanto:

The menu will showcase the best of Incanto and will prominently feature Boccalone meats including all of Boccalone's fresh sausages, guanciale, pancetta, and sanguinaccio.

This Sunday's menu will include a black truffle mortadella panino with potato-leek salad, house-milled whole wheat polenta with poached farm egg, and a brunch version of our legendary handkerchief pasta. We will also feature Incanto's award-winning Italian wine program and a not-to-be-missed Roman Bloody Maria.

Expect stretch Priuses to drop off savvy foodies this and every Sunday between 10am and 2pm.

Incanto
1550 Church St
(415) 641-4500

[Incanto]
[NVSF: Tweeting Offal]

Chloe's Cafe Removes Its Wrappings

No more worries of lead chips in Chloe's Eggs (which were probably fine anyway) - the scaffolding came off the building yesterday and revealed a pretty new paint job. Assuming it's not raining this weekend, expect crowds to once again descend on this popular Noe Valley brunch spot.

[Chloe’s Eggs: Leaded or Unleaded?]

Chloe’s Eggs: Leaded or Unleaded?

Chloe’s only makes eggs one way, but for a limited time only you can now get them with lead-based paint chips added. Diners who crossed town for their weekend brunch have been undeterred by the “Lead Work in Progress” signs, the dark drapes or the noise of the grinders overhead. Sometimes you just need your fix, no?