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: Gnarly Parking Fines, Ambiance Closing

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

• Noe Valley couple gets $1,500 fine for parking in their own driveway as they have for 40 years [ABC7]
• Cool art deco detail on James Lick High [reaganmarshall]
• Ambiance lost its lease – huge sale on July 15 [@ambianceSF]
• Spotted in Noe Valley: A Mister Softee truck [@SFjkdineen]
• The Mona Caron mural in the Town Square is refreshed [Noe Valley Voice]

[Photo: Foggy wonderland via tayei.jpg]