This Week in Noe Valley: Lehr’s Closes, Zuckberg’s Compound Sells for $31 Million, Tech Buses Are Back

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

• Mark Zuckerberg’s Noe Valley compound changes hands for $31 millon [SF Standard]
• The Southern Pacific Railroad used to run through our neighborhood [@DavidGallagher]
• SF’s German store Lehr’s German Specialties (or Speciailties as the sign says) is going away after 48 years [SFGate]
• Anyone want to work at Billingsgate? [SF Standard]
• Yes, the tech buses are back and theoretically they are “required to stick to larger arterial roads” [SF Examiner]

[Photo: Noe Valley color houses via alohapakalolo]

This Week in Noe Valley: Empty Million Dollar Condos, Tech Bus Stuck and Great Cakes in the Hood

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

• Wondering about empty million dollar condos [@skance]
• Tech buses – will they never learn? [@tessde]
• District 8 homeless action meeting on Oct 2 [All In]
• Whole Foods Noe Valley turns 10 [primrosewines]
• These people ran 3 stops signs along 24th St, with a toddler on the bike [@Real_Housebear]
• New SFPD assistant chief has a hit-and-run allegation in Noe Valley [SF Examiner]
• Noe Valley Bakery makes best cakes in SF list [Eater]
• What zillionaire home buyers in SF want (hint: Noe Valley) [Business Insider]
• Inside a Doggy Style board meeting [Wallace_puppy_chow]
• Knocking on fairy doors [rafael415]
• No one drinks wine at Vive la Tarte anymore [@NVSF]
• More empty storefronts: Toast on 24th St closing [@ewanmellor]

[Photo: California Dreaming via cleaver_sf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Tents in Noe Valley, Waterfall Fog and Fire Skies

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

• Tents in Noe Valley [@ErinMurray415]
• Video: Today’s Animal Fair in the Town Square featured kittens, bunnies, goats and pups [rentbuds]
• It’s August – here comes waterfall fog [kaz]
• These are fire skies [jrmuskie, ktpata, julimaorgach, bisignette]
• View of the downtown skyline from Noe Valley [@dasali]
• An interview with local author R.O. Kwon [SF Chronicle]
• Found: All the words [annieyanger]
• Beautiful house on the hill [sarvagabonds]
• Early AM tech bus traffic jam [adaecher]
• Slanted houses [miflatboy]

[Photo: Morning fire skies via natashaguupta] 

This Year in Noe Valley: The Big Stories of 2017

2017 - it’s time to GTFO. Nationally, this was the year of fake news, alternative facts, covfefe, rampant tribalism and #metoo to name just a few of the things that defined our zeitgeist. In California, 2017 is was a year of record-setting rains followed by devastating firestorms. In San Francisco, it was a year of the Warriors winning (again), Mayor Lee dying abruptly and #resist. In other words, this year was exhausting. Things in Noe Valley were a little happier closer to home (hey, it’s still Noe Valley and we are soooooooo lucky to live here), but there was still a lot going on. Here were the biggest stories of 2017 in Noe Valley that preoccupied us, made us smile and that sometimes drove us crazy.

Nature Is Wild
In 2017 Noe Valleyeons spotted coyotes in the hood (including a dead one at Douglass park) and a wayward mountain lion was captured and relocated. We also had some pretty insane rain, heatwaves (115+ degrees reported, but more likely only 106) and lots of spare-the-air fallout from the NorCal and SoCal fires including spectacular sunrises and sunsets. The high point this year for natural phenomenon was the super cool eclipse. Just a little reminder that we’re just all just animals on a hot rock, folks. (Photo via hugitosf) 

Monster Homes and the Ensuing Eviction Backlash
In case you missed it, it’s waaay expensive to live here. The new high mark was the record-setting T-House sold for $12.5 million (for reference, it sold for a record-setting $6.1 million in 2011). Many other $5 and $6 million dollar homes sold for all cash this year. And megahomes are still being built. The dark side of all this: David Talbot posited that the real estate madness in SF is killing off the elderly, including Carl Jensen on 26th Street. However, a Noe Valley woman was the first to beat an Ellis Act eviction in San Francisco - perhaps a sign that evicting the elderly is finally uncool.

Endings, Beginnings and Coming Soon
Lots and lots of retail stores and restaurants closed this year and previously empty storefronts remained empty. Among the departures this year were Good News, Cliché Noe, Pasta Gina, Green11, Bom Dia, Radio Shack, Caskhouse (which is soon turning into a new burger joint)  and Cardio-Tone’s 24th St location. La Nebbia on Church closed but thankfully has been replaced by Ardiana pizzeria. Uma Casa replaced Incanto/Porcellino to rave reviews. Urban Remedy and LeCupboard opened as bougie TV dinner spots - with LeCupboard closing again in November. Overall, restaurants dominated the new business scene, with little pop-ups (like Rafe Mandelman’s campaign headquarters) and realtor offices filling in the rest. The oldest butcher shop in the West continued the tradition with the opening of Baron’s Quality Meats, in the old Drewe’s Meats space on Church. Also of note, Amazon ate Whole Foods this year, so we’ll see what that brings for our local grocery scene. Sadly, there are still around 15 empty storefronts and counting on 24th Street. But on a more upbeat note, the J Church turned 100 this year, Firefly turned 24, and Dorian D. Clair Clock Repair turned 30.

Real Foods Could Become Real Housing (Someday)
In August we got the good news that 14 years on, the Real Foods building has new owners who plan to sell it for housing. Of course, it still has to sell, there’s no clear path forward and it could take years for construction to start. But hey, at least it’s not locked down by the former absentee owners, Neutraceutical Corp. Here’s hoping it’s unblighted in our lifetime.

The Google Bus Is Here to Stay
Never mind that they’re too big for our little streets and very noisy (and this Noe Valley guy notwithstanding), San Francisco voted to make the tech commuter buses permanent. Get used to it. (Photo via photo_by_bill)

People Behaving Badly
Noe Valley was also home to some shenanigans this year like a massive meth bust (whaaa?!) and a racist White Supremacy note from a neighbor (no, it wasn’t on Nextdoor). Noe Valley was also ground zero for package thieves and car break-ins this year, judging from the volume of neighborhood police reports. One woman was so fed up with the package thief situation she wrapped her cat’s dirty kitty litter in boxes for the thieves to get back at them and made the national news for it (it’s come to this?!). The Raspberry of the Year for bad behavior, however, goes to Getzwell Pediatrics which covered up the historic Star Bakery sign with its own eyesore logo. Not cool. (Photo via @peephole) 

New and Notable 
This year we also saw some new stuff in Noe Valley - including duck art installations, lots of GoFord Bike stations and a regular pop-up sauna in the Noe Valley Town Square. Speaking of the Town Square, the space also hosted dozens of events this year including the amazing weekly Farmer’s Market, equinox drumming, dancing, movie nights, political rallies and more. Pretty amazing to see the space come to life so quickly. (Photo via leftcoastsauna)

Phew. We made it. Happy New Year, Noe Valley! Here's to a safe, fun and prosperous 2018.

Yearning for simpler times? Here were the top stories of 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

(Top photo via sam.a.miller)  

This Week in Noe Valley: Ardiana to Replace La Nebbia and Google Buses Are Now Forever

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

• Ardiana is taking over the old La Nebbia space and will serve kid-friendly Mediterranean Californian [Hoodline]
• SFMTA votes to make Google Buses permanent [KQED]
• Cornish yarg with nettles at Noe Valley Whole Foods – who knew? [@MikellTaylor]
• Philz hosts Coffee with a Cop [@SFPDMission]
• Mark Leno answers questions from “dainty” Noe Valley [SF Gate]
• Beauty Matters is for sale (again) for $70,000 [Craigslist]
• Gorgeous sunrise [@Donald_E_Heller]
• Eating your way down 24th St [Zagat]
• Revisiting the feral parrots of San Francisco (and Noe Valley) [SFWeekly]
• Bootcamp in the Noe Valley Town Square [NVMPA]
• Sign of the times [frankedsonsf]
• Old Noe [@sfphotogirl]

[Photo: mcnewmanphoto]

This Week in Noe Valley: Labor Day = Real Foods Day, Town Square Update and Noe Valley’s Google Bus Activist

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

• It’s Labor Day in Noe Valley [@BMWalter]
• My Real Foods story [@mysticflavor]
• Permeable pavers arrive at the Town Square site – with photos [SF Rec & park]
• Car delivery bottoms out on Noe St. [@nickoneill]
• Biting local satire in the old Cradle of the Sun [@coreywilkerson]
• Top 5 neighborhoods in SF with a view – Noe Valley makes the list, natch [SF Hotlist]
• ICYMI: See Jane Run is closing for real [NVSF]
• Noe Valley resident Edward Mason has filed 69 of the 296 comments about the tech shuttle buses – from the Noe Valley library [The Guardian]
• The ongoing California wildfires make for some amazing summer sunsets [hotzntotz, mitali and ozyoztboy]

[Photo: Cotton candy skies via mayapburne]

This Week in Noe Valley: New Trees, Housing Crisis Workarounds, and the End of Google Buses?

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

• New trees! Saturday was a mass planting day by FUF [@mhjin]
• The high-end Vietnamese restaurant at 29th and Church suspends its campaign [@NoeValleySF]
• The beginning of the end of shuttle buses in Noe Valley? [SF Examiner]
• An interview with the founders of Townsquared who hatched their product in Noe Valley [PC Mag]
• Are your neighbors adding a 2 bedroom inlaw in their backyard to solve the housing crisis? [Atlantic]
• District 8 Supervisor Scott Wiener is launching his Senate campaign from an HQ in the Castro [Scott Wiener]
• Support Noe Valley Chamber Music at the 2016 Benefit Concert [NVCM]

[Photo: Spring day from Noeteca via kjchdimo]

This Week in Noe Valley: First Hamlet Review, An Airbnb Superhost Shows His Digs & Thanksgiving Turkey Torture

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

• A photo tour of Noe Valley Airbnb superhost Alex’s home [Apartment Therapy]
• The Christmas candy rush is on [@drroykim]
• Whole Foods tortures a neighbor on Elizabeth [@KristinHenry]
• Yep, this is happening [@anniefryman]
• An interview with Noe Valley resident and San Francisco Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Audrey Cooper [San Francisco Magazine]
• Just for Fun offers a big collection of Hannukah gear – including spring-loaded jumping dreidels (!) [JWeekly]
• First review of Hamlet, a relaxed Noe Valley addition [Eater]
• The Google (and Apple/Genentech/Facebook) commuter buses are here to stay [Wired]
• Found art: Pikachu [shabbacharge]

[Photo: Suddenly, the leaves are all falling via biocita]

NVV November 2015: 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.

November  2015

Front Page: Noe Valley Town Square plans were revised [PDF here] to address neighbors' concerns about noise and safety after hours; Neighbors complain that James Lick construction work is too loud; Dolores Park renovation is still underway and should be done in January; Long-time Noe Valley residents Ramon Sender and Judith Levy-Sender run a speaker series called Odd Mondays at Folio Books.

Letters: No love for realtor drones from one Noe neighbor; Complaints about the one-sided coverage of Prop F and I; Key Kraft on Church St is temporarily closed while the owner gets it ready "for a new fellow who wants to open it up soon."

Features: The Google Buses in the neighborhood will face more regulation soon thanks in part to 296 complaints the SFMTA received from Noe Valley residents from Oct 2014 to June 2015, including nearly one quarter of which (!) came from a single Noe Valley resident; Chuck's on Church Street was held up at gunpoint on Oct 8 - the suspect is still at large; During construction of the Noe Valley Town Square, the Farmer's Market is proposing to relocate to 24th St. in front of the park site and traffic will be re-rerouted from 6:30AM to 2PM on Saturdays.

Cost of Living in Noe: Only seven single family homes changed hands in September and the most expensive was $2.7 million. Average rent: $2500-$4095 for a one bedroom.

Store Trek: Tone of Music Audio (1303 Castro at 24th St.)

Rumors and Tid Bits: La Bou is back - soon; Cradle of the Sun has moved to West Portal; TC Salon is open in the old Noe Valley Music space; There's nothing to report on Real Foods; St. Clair's is developing the retail spaces next door; The new luxury condos on 24th Street near Church are expected to list for $2.1 to $2.3 million and the developer hints that a tenant in the retail space downstairs is imminent; Lazeez is open next to Savor (same owner); La PanotiQ still hasn't started construction on the old Global Exchange space; Hahn's Hibachi renewed it's lease for 3 years; Tejido and Somi popped up the old Martin Mattox garage space; Bill Yenne will be speaking at Folio books on Nov 19 at 7pm; Charlie's Corner children's bookstore is now open on 24th at Castro.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week In Noe Valley: Summer Pop-Ups, SF Unreality TV And Other Summer Fun

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

• New game: Spot the family on vacation and staying at Airbnb in Noe Valley (there are alot of them) [@juandelreal]
• Is Noe Valley a suburb now? [@brkwtz]
• This Sunday: Puppy Pop Up Adoption event at Whole Foods [@RocketDogRescue]
• Will this mini mosaic on 24th Street survive the buildout of La PanotiQ? [@k_stastny]
• Bright Lab Lights is having a pop-up in Mapamundi [SF Chronicle]
• Million Dollar Listing SF (which includes Noe Valley) is fun unreality TV [InsideSFRE]
• But reality is stranger than TV: 2 bedroom Noe Valley fixer sells for $2.8 million [Socketsite]
• Recruiting at tech bus stops [@jack_womack]
• Secret garden in the heart of Noe Valley [nattyicecubes]

[Photo: Summer sunset via wannabefashionblogger]

NVV Oct 2014: 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.

October 2014

Front Page: Noe Valley Ministry will reopen in November; A must-read piece about the tech shuttle buses and the new routes that are outraging residents of 26th St and Duncan (other streets could be next); Harvest Fest (coming on Sat Oct. 18) turns 10 this year.

Letters: The mystery Alvarado tree pruner fesses up and defends his pruning of YOUR trees; A plug for Prop F and against Prop I; RIP Bruno, "a dog who loved food."

Cost of Living in Noe: A house on Fountain sells for $5.15 million; condos are moving briskly and average $1.1 million.

Rumors: 24 HoliDAYS celebration starts this year on Dec 1 with events through Christmas; The SFMTA has agreed to postpone bulbouts on 24th St until after the holidays; The former Joshua Simon spot will become Lazeez, a Middle-Eastern food spot that will serve shawarma, falafel, hummus and sandwiches - it will be operated by the owners of Savor and expects to open this spring; Shufat got a health score of 100 for its deli; Real Foods is still stalled; Whole Foods named James Lick Middle School the beneficiary of its Nickels for Non-Profits Program; Valley Tavern's limited entertainment license was approved for live music - and you can also catch buses to the 49ers games there; Elizabeth Street Brewery donated beer to this year's St. Philip Parish Festival; The steam-cleaning of streets on 24th St has some residents worried about water use during the drought (the NV CDA has an exception for water use); The Noe Valley Ministry is re-opening and throwing a party with local chefs; The construction on Mark Zuckerberg's $10 million house at 21st St and Fair Oaks is annoying neighbors - and just outside the Liberty Hill Historic District designation; The fortress-like home at 801 Sanchez which hasn't been occupied for 40 years has reportedly been sold for $10 million.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

Five Years Later - Are Shuttle Buses Useful Or A Menace?

Since we first wrote about the controversial "Google bus" in 2009, the commuter lines have become a lightning rod around the Bay Area. The obvious benefit of the buses is fewer cars on the roads everyday. While there are no hard numbers that tells us just how many people would live so far from work if the bus wasn't an option, we're going to say less cars is a good thing. The negatives include disrupting existing public transit, bus traffic on roads not designated for their size, increased numbers of noisy diesel vehicles idling in the neighborhoods, an alarming number of them stuck on our hills... and the list goes on. For many they've also become a symbol of the haves and have nots.

Basically, those who ride them love them and those who don't ... don't.

Case in point: We received the video above from Scott Maddux showing a "typical morning in Noe Valley." It was taken this morning around the intersection of 26th and Noe Streets.

He writes, "I support the idea of the buses and efficient commuting but pick-ups and routing should be limited to major streets. These buses are clearly not designed for our residential neighborhoods and I think it's obvious that the current situation is unsustainable."

What do you think? Have things gotten better or worse since 2009?

[NVSF: Shuttle Buses: Useful or Menace?]
[Scott Maddux on YouTube: Noe Valley Tech Buses]

This Week In Noe Valley: Concerts In The Living Room, AirBnB Crackdown Crying, And Rental Angst

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

• You’re not the only one who heard the Beyonce Jay-Z concert in your living room [SFGate]
• Just as you’re probably hearing Outside Lands too [SFGate]
• If you’re at Outside Lands and want an Uber to Noe Valley, get ready to pay $400 [@Tuce_Chainz]
• Owner of private shuttle to be charged after bus blocks J-Church [CBSLocal]
• 'Airbnb' legislation is attracting a wide variety of opponents; still likely to pass [KQED]
• Meanwhile BJ Droubi is doing her part to keep rents high and available only to non-locals in Noe Valley [48 Hills]
• More $2M+ homes now sell in Noe Valley and Cole Valley than in more "prestigious" northern neighborhoods like Pac Heights [Curbed]
• So expensive apparently no one knows what to "ask" for a property [Curbed]
• Worst place for renters in the U.S.? San Francisco, if cost is your only benchmark [Mother Jones]
• A portrait of Dorian of Dorian's Clock Repair on Sanchez [Marc Oliver LeBlanc]
• Noe Valley Democrats summer party and fundraiser is at Savor this Tues Aug 12 6:30-8:30pm [NV Dems]
• Supervisor Scott Weiner’s July/August newsletter is out [Scott Weiner]

[Photo: "Sitting on our front steps mowing some peasant pies" by hackerjackla]

This Week In Noe Valley: New Outerlands-Inspired Restaurant, Vintage SF Photos, And Edgy Street Art

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

• Daniel Patterson Group and Outerlands alum to take over Beast and the Hare [Inside Scoop]
• Once a cop, always a cop - retired SFPD reunites wayward (16 year old) boy with mother [SFPD]
• Michelin hearts La Ciccia [@MichelinGuideSF]
• Awesome photos: San Francisco parks and public places back in the day [SFist]
• Not everyone in Noe Valley is comfortable with African Americans [@joshuajenkinsyo]
• Your nickel donation at Whole Foods adds up [@LarkinStreet]
• Noe Valley is cooler and more colorful with the arrival of Rare Device [7x7]
• Faustian bargain: Houses near the tech bus stops are worth 10% more than those that aren’t [SF Gate]
• Photos of a guts and all remodel-in-process of a Noe Valley railroad flat Victorian [To The Studs]
• Noe Valley is "home of the $1.6M fixer-upper [@The RealWBTC]
• Another wanna-be-Banksy sighting in Noe Valley [inger]

[Photo: A new friend via wannabefashionblogger ]

This Week In Noe Valley: Where The Bubble Could Burst First, WF Maggots Redux, And A Google Bus Lawsuit

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

• Places where the Silicon Valley bubble could burst first (yep, we're on the list) [xconomy]
• SF neighborhood stereotype guide [Curbed]
• Tenant activists and labor leaders are suing over the tech buses using bus stops [SF Chronicle]
• A Noe Valley resident documents the 17,000 libraries of the US [Mercury News]
• Whole Foods Maggotgate continues [KRON]
• Foodie Chap interviews chef Rami of Subs Inc. [KCBS]
• Little Chihuahua on Check Please!: "It's a neighborhood restaurant, not a destination" [KQED]

[Photo: via crankybrowngirl]

This Week In Noe Valley: A New Perk For Google Bus Riders, Easter's Coming, And 24 Hours in San Francisco

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

• Want a high-tech job? Pretend you’re waiting for a Google Bus… [SF Gate]
• Local artist Josie Iselin explores the secret life of seaweed [SFGate]
• The going rate to rent a nice room in the neighborhood is $1500 and up [KQED]
• Details on the April 19 Easter egg hunt and concert at the NV rec center [FONVRCN]
• Meeting to discuss proposed changes on San Jose Ave and underground utility wiring [UNN]
• Inside a stylish Victorian on 25th St [Lonny]
• 24 Hours in SF with Noe Valley resident Victoria Smith aka SF Girl by the Bay [Design*Sponge]

[Photo: @UrbanHikerSF]

This Week In Noe Valley: Whole Foods To Offer Wine Tasting, Incanto's Legacy, And "Twerps With 'Tudes"

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

• Whole Foods wants an "Instructional Tasting License" to go with its beer/wine license [CA ABC]
• Noe Valley NIMBY house makes the Wall Street Journal [WSJ]
• "In December, almost 40 percent of the home sales were all cash." [NYT]
• Our post last week prompted a lively discussion of parking etiquette (Curb Your Enthusiasm FTW) [SFist]
• More on the legacy of Incanto [Inside Scoop]
• Can't get over the queueing in this timelapse of shuttle buses loading [Paul Supawanich]
• Techies ruined San Francisco a long time ago and we all survived [Salon]
• Noe Valley is where it's at [@Kitty_Morgan]

[Photo: kslatzlifestyle]

NVV March 2014: 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.

March 2014

Front Page: Word Week is March 16-23; Urban Putt, from Noe Valley's Steve Fox and Chris Myers to open in April, and is still looking for investors; Remembering Josh Epple.

Letters: An idea to create illegal housing for local Glen Evans; "If the people who rode the buses actually lived in Noe Valley they wouldn't have to park here to ride the buses;" An Occupy Noe update.

Short Takes: Upper Douglass Dog Park might open eventually with new drainage/turf but no change to operations if all goes according to the new plan; The NVDC is sponsoring a panel discussion on affordable housing in the Bay Area on 19th at St. Philip's; There is $25,000 in sidewalk landscaping grants available to District 8 landowners - contact Andres Power for more information.

Cost of Living in Noe: It's very hot on the surface of the sun.

Store Trek (at least we think it's Store Trek): A website/app from local Pascal Levy-Garboua called SixDoors that offers same-day delivery from small businesses in Noe Valley and across San Francisco (there's even an adult section); Noe Valley merchants are loving Townsquared - "a private online community for businesses" you can't join.

Rumors: Mazook spent Super Bowl Sunday at Elizabeth Street Brewery, loved the beer and learned that Richard Brewer-Hay has scrapped the idea of trying to open a brewery in the Real Foods space - at least for now; Valley Tavern hopes to was approved to reopen the back patio; Diamond Cafe to open opened; Horner's Corner opened and business is brisk with many people ordering pizza for pickup; The Streetlight Records/Sway building has been sold but needs work before listing for a new tenant; The Noe Valley Farmer's Market is matching food stamp purchases with an equal dollar amount of produce to protest the "Republicans' cutting food stamp benefits in Congress."

Bonus: Your pledge dollars at work: an ad for KQED. In Noe Valley.

[The Noe Valley Voice]

This Week In Noe Valley: The Way You Park, Designer Houses, And First Review Of Horner's Corner

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

• Check Please, Bay Area! filmed at The Little Chihuahua Noe Valley this week [KQED]
• Your neighbors are judging your parking etiquette - harshly [eyeanstagram]
• Only in SF, Part 1 [earthtone78]
• Only in SF, Part 2 [smarie825; Follow him here: @norris_pj]
• Two new passive energy houses approved for Noe Valley [Curbed]
• House designed by John Maniscalco closes waaaay over-asking (aka under-listed) [SocketSite]
• ICYMI: One of the steepest streets in the US is in our hood [Gizmodo; Also: disputed]
• Holy Kitchen is opening this Tuesday [Tablehopper; day confirmed by phone]
• First review of the fare at Horner's Corner [SFoodie]
• Google gives Muni $6.8 million hush money to pay for free youth access; will it quiet David Campos? [TechCrunch]

[Photo: Good morning stairs, by margaritaazucar]

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]