This Week in Noe Valley: A Very Barbie Pool Party, Neighbors Sound Off About Crime and Palm Scanners

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

• There was quite the Barbie pool party on Sanchez this weekend [scottymchotty3]
• Noe Valley residents in the area interviewed about crime in the city [Fox News]
• Postal worker getting mugged for his keys in the neighborhood caught on video [SF Standard]
• Palm scanners are coming to Whole Foods (including ours) and people are creeped out [SF Standard]

[Photo: Barbie party on Sanchez via NVSF]

This Week in Noe Valley: NV Bakery Spills Its Secrets, Mitchell's Turns 70, and Violent Robberies Shake the Hood

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

• An interview with the Noe Valley bakery owners + the blueberry pecan scone recipe [SF Bay Times]
• Noe’s Nest is one of the “coolest” stays in SF [Secret SF]
• Teens blamed for violent robberies around the city, including in Noe Valley [SF Chronicle]
• Women attacked and robbed during day in Noe Valley on Church and Sanchez spreak out [NBC Bay Area]
• Mitchell’s celebrates 70 years [SFGate]
• Cool new micro mural in Noe Valley [the.bivouacs]

[Photo: Long shadows via cabogracie]

This Week in Noe Valley: Solstice Crack Is Back, Bethany’s Drag Show and Summer Pride Is Here

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

• The Slow Sanchez survey results are heartening  [Slow Sanchez]
• How gross is your neighborhood? (Spoiler: If you live in Noe Valley, not very) [SF Standard]
• Then and now 1647 Sanchez St [ryanrichard_sf]
• Bethany Church is putting on a drag show [foliosf]
• What 1252 Church will soon look like [SFYIMBY]
• The Sanchez street Solstice Crack is back [SF Gate]
• Starbucks is closed for a remodel and the old Shoe Biz is becoming a daycare [NVV p. 21]
• The pink triangle on Twin Peaks is bigger and prouder than ever [AP]

[Photo: Afternoon tacos at Noe Cafe via via alfredosgourmettacos]

This Week in Noe Valley: So Long Village Rotisserie, Ghost Cars Abound and the Last Video Store in SF

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

• RIP Village Rotisserie – we hardly knew ye [@catherine@sfba.social]
• It's not your imagination: The driverless car takeover of SF is well underway [Washington Post]
• The last video store in SF is in Noe Valley – and it outlasted Netflix discs [SFExaminer]
• The Noe Valley Garden Tour is on for May 6 [FONV]
• New restaurant Memento SF opening soon in the old BistroSF space on Castro [memento.sf]

[Photo: Upwards and onwards via dottiethedal]

This Week in Noe Valley: La Ciccia Is Still Great, Noe Valley Loves EVs and Other Local Happenings

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

• La Ciccia has a new local owner – and the food is still delightful [SF Chronicle]
• This 1907 Victorian has started leaning, but it’s still gorgeous [@BobHorowitz@sfba.social]
• A new Burmese restaurant is coming to Church St. and the old Ambiance space is slated to be a chiropractor [March NVV, p. 21]
• A photo postcard of high tea at Lovejoy's [Only in Your State]
• Noe Valley and the Castro have the second highest number of EVs in SF [SF Standard]
• Lucky us: Holey Bagel is one of the 10 best bagel shops in SF [Eater]

[Photo: Mamahuhu channeling Edward Hopper vibes via localpics_sf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Love Letter to Noe Valley, Pink Blooms and the Romance of the New Spice Shop

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

• Sweet: 3 guys who meet every day at Martha & Brothers [marthasonchurch]
• Lehr’s does it up for Valentine’s Day [lehrssf]
• Love letter to our hood: Why you should spend the day in Noe Valley [SFGate]
• New spice shop shakes up couple’s wedding plans [EBAR)
• Scammer posts fake wine dinner at Uma Casa on Eventbrite [SFist]
• Loving tribute and memorial service for Peter Gabel [YouTube]
• Urban Remedy has closed, vacating it's $7K per month rent [Feb NVV, page 21]

[Photo: Pink blooms via travistraversing]

This Week in Noe Valley: Town Square's Cheaper Toilet, Noe Valley Tavern Parklet Lives and Slow Sanchez Mayor

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

• Noe Valley will finally get a Town Square toilet for less than $1.7 million [SF Chronicle]
• Profile of the owner of La Lucha coffee shop on Sanchez (and other SF venues) [Mission Local]
• Noe Valley Tavern is keeping its parklet [valletavernsf]
• The mayor of Slow Sanchez Street [SF Chronicle]
• Birch & Rye is up for a possible James Beard Award [SF Standard]

[Photo: Dorian D. Clair clock shop via rwlaplaca]

This Week In Noe Valley: Lehr’s Reopens, a New Mural, Inle Burmese Moves to Sunset

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

• Lehr’s doors are open again [SF Standard]
• A tour of the Lehr’s redesign [lehrssf]
• A love letter to the most interesting butcher in the Bay Area at Baron’s Quality Meats [SFGate]
• The case for more and stronger Slow Streets, plus how Sanchez strengthened Noe Valley [SF Examiner]
• The $1.7 million toiletgate investigation continues [SF Chronicle]
• Inle Burmese leaves Church Street for the Inner Sunset [SF Standard]
• A new mural unfolds outside Omnivore Books [nomafaingold]

[Photo: The fornmer and the new owner of Lehr's German Specialties via lehrssf]

This Week in Noe Valley: Remembering Peter Gabel, Toiletgate Continues, Halloween Happened

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

• Peter Gabel, Noe Valley activist and co-founder of the NV Farmer’s Market dies at 75 [SF Chronicle]
• Meet the Noe Valley neighbor helping Elon eviscerate remake Twitter [POSToast]
• $2.4 million homes around California, including one in Noe Valley [NYTimes]
• Experts offer alternatives to the $1.7 million Town Square toilet [SF Chronicle]
• And a public restroom company head chimes in [NY Post]
• Newsom halts state money for the $1.7 million toilet until costs come down [SF Chronicle]
• The lock shop on Church is becoming a flower shop and the old Ambiance spot is becoming a chiropractor [Noe Valley Voice, page 25]
• Bored Halloween [hornpouter]
• Kinetic Halloween fun [noevalleyrunclub]

[Photo: Stylish Halloween via sunnyssfpix]

This Week in Noe Valley: More Hellish Whole Foods Lines, Sunday Sanchez St Block Party and Halloween Vibes

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

• Review of Damsara, the new Malaysian restaurant on Church [SFGate]
• Damsara officially opens Oct 19 [SF Chronicle]
• Sanchez Block Party – Sunday Oct 16 from 12-3 [@slowsanchezsf]
• Sister Act – filmed in Noe Valley – is getting another sequel [E Online]
• RIP John Stidham, who made Noe Valley more beautiful [SF Chronicle]
• An interview with the new owner of Lehr’s German Specialities [NBC Bay Area]
• The former Gallery of Jewels spot is now a sweater shop [@KristinHenry]
• Hint of a ceremony at St Paul’s [bissignette]
• Save the Valley Tavern parklet campaign [Change.org]
• The hellish lines at Whole Foods continue [NVSF]
• "Spooky" doorway [koepp200]

[Photo: And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting... via lukasjanata]

This Week in Noe Valley: Runaway Fire Truck, Hellish Whole Foods Lines, and Town Square Art Show

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

• Hellish lines at Whole Foods [autooracle and @TUTAZCA]
• Noe Valley's Sally Brunn Library now open 7 days a week again [SFPL]
• Runaway fire truck smashes six cars on Hoffman St [SF Chronicle]
• Noe Valley Art Festival from 10-4 this Sunday Oct 2 in the Town Square [@KristinHenry]
• Noe Valley meth trafficker (?!) sentenced to 13 years in prison [CBS News]
• Details about what’s next for Lehr’s and some history, too [SF Gate]

[Photo: Fall colors via cabogracie]

This Week in Noe Valley: Lehr’s Will Reopen Under New Management and a New Restaurant Opening

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

• Some exciting developments at Lehr’s German Specialities [@amybcleary]
• More details: Lehr’s will reopen with a new logo and under new management [Lehrssf]
• Castro and Jersey, 1904 and today [@DavidGallagher]
• Noe Valley animal crochet tree makes the news [CBS]
• The tech bros didn’t ruin the city after all this poll finds, NIMBYs have [SF Chronicle]
• The new Malyasian restaurant on outer Church, Damsara, opens this month [SF Chronicle]
• Art show coming to Town Square Oct 2 and Haystack Pizza is for sale [Noe Valley Voice]

[Photo: Half and half via juliegeb]

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: Patxi’s Closes, Ukraine Bake Sale

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

• Sunday 10-2 – bake sale at Noe Valley Pet Co. to benefit animals in Ukraine [@F6x]
• Ruth Asawa’s masks from her Noe Valley garden have landed at Stanford Art Center [@rachelmyrow]
• Forthcoming spice shop launches Indiegogo campaign to open [@Seasonsoned_SF]
• Patxi’s Pizza closing – eviction notice posted [SFGate]
• Waymo Cars, Honey Bears and the Future of San Francisco [New Yorker]

[Photo: Noe Valley Run Club at Noe Café via noevalleyrunclub]

This Week in Noe Valley: Pride Week Shines, Solstice Sun Crack Returns

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

• Sweet history of a gay family in Noe Valley [SF Chronicle]
• Virtual tour of the historic Lyon Martin house at 651 Duncan St [Bay Area Reporter]
• Oh, San Francisco! And thank goodness for California [@chrismichel]
• Incredible 4-mile light show from the Pink Triangle to the Ferry Building for Pride [@mattb]
• Our gorgeous city from Bill Goat Hill [noevalleydogdad]
• More details on the new Brandon Jew Mamahuhu restaurant coming to 24th St later this year [SFGate]
• The Solstice Sun Crack returned this year (more history here) [@DavidGallagher and NVSF]

[Photo: Pink Triangle via bissingnette]

This Week in Noe Valley: 24th St. Cheese Co. Is Closing and More Restaurants Coming and Going

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

• The Harry Aleo parking lot on 24th gets a controversial makeover [@sam_d_1995]
• 24th Street Cheese Co. is closing; owner Charles Kung is looking for a buyer [NVSF]
• Will this Sanchez house be the most expensive sale ever in Noe Valley? [The Real Deal]
• Pomelo on Church has been closed since 2016 and now the Judah location is going out of business too [SFGate]
• Dash Tapas & Sushi on Diamond (in the former Bacco space) is open every day except Sunday [SF Dash]
• The old Toast on 24th space will become a new fast-casual Chinese restaurant called Mamahuhu this Fall – the chef will be Brandon Jew of the Michelin starred Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown [May NVV]

[Photo: Noe Valley houses via juliegeb]

This Week in Noe Valley: La Ciccia Sold, Ardiana Closing, Ukraine Hits Home

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

• La Ciccia owners are selling their beloved restaurant [@tablehopper]
• Sadness: Ardiana on Church is closing [ArdianaSF.com]
• Historic NV house gets a pricey but loving makeover [Wall Street Journal]
• Nextdoor Noe Valley has a meltdown about this house [@MClendaniel]
• Ukraine hits home [@GalinCali]
• Flowers of the Valley and #StandwithUkraine [@shaketini]
• Covid cases are low in Noe Valley [Mission Local]
• Cool history thread: 29th and Sanchez then and now [@DavidGallagher]

[Photo: Sunrise via sanfranciscoist]

This Week in Noe Valley: Beautiful Street Scenes, Bone Broth and a Vet Coming to 24th St.

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

• A Noe Valley resident has mapped every crosswalk in the city [SF Chronicle]
• NVV Rumors section: A bone broth store and a vet are coming to 24th St [NVV]
• Lovely sidewalk scene [uma_casa]
• Gorgeous sunrise [sanfranciscoist]
• Pink [juliegeb]
• Plum blooms are everywhere [suzlipman]

[Photo: Valentine Victorian via comotevas]

This Week in Noe Valley: Coyotes on the Streets, Birch & Rye Opens Soon

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

• They live among us: Video of a coyote trotting down a Noe Valley street [@insidesfre_eb]
• Photos of the soon-to-be-opening Russian restaurant Birch & Rye [Eater]
• An interview with the Birch & Rye chef [SF Chronicle]
• Incredible sunsets [kyleve]
• Cotton candy skies [giilarden]

[Photo: Gorgeous light via hpsnow]

This Week in Noe Valley: Holiday Spirit Arrives in the Wishing Tree, the Tree Twins, and Christmas on Dolores

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

• The 8th night of Hannukah in the Town Square [@Scott_Wiener]
• Headscratcher story about a build-your-own 2 million home [The Front Steps]
• The J Church returns to underground service after a vocal minority protests [SF Examiner]
• Jury convicts man in savage 2019 Noe Valley murder of his girlfriend [SFBay.ca]
• The Wishing Tree on 23rd St is back [Wishing Tree]
• 3 perfect hours on Slow Sanchez [SF Chronicle]
• Christmas on Dolores [kailyninsf] 
• Spotted on 24th St: The TreeTwins [treetwins]

[Photo: The Folio SF bookstore team gets in the holiday spirit #shoplocal via foliosf]