Comparison photos of Seventh and Eighth Avenues 54 years apart.
‘Then and Now’: Irving Street Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
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How Bear Flag Bakery Owner Found the Secret to Making Sourdough in the Sunset
Last month, Greg Harmon spent his Sunday selling his sourdough at the Outer Sunset Farmers Market and his night watching his son perform at Outside Lands with the band TV Girl.
Tabita’s Cafe’s Romania Daza Still Makes Her Mother’s Handmade Empanadas
San Francisco is home to many people who call themselves craftspeople. These individuals specialize in a variety of skills and trades. Some enjoy the idea of tuning an old beat-up automobile, while others take pleasure in sculpting pottery. But Romania Daza, owner of Tabita’s Cafe, is a craftswoman in her own right. Her family history in the City stretches as far back as the mid-1960s.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
Why transform a section of the Great Highway into an oceanside park? I believe it will help the environment, boost local merchants and bring people joy.
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Sunset Music Has Been Serving Local Musicians Since 1948
The familiar sign of Sunset Music perched above the blue awning at 2311 Irving St. is a beacon for musicians and music teachers alike seeking sheet music, books, instruments and supplies.
SF Bay Area Pro-Am Basketball League Returns to GG Park’s Kezar Pavilion
The San Francisco Bay Area Pro-Am Basketball League Returns to Legendary Kezar Pavilion For One Last Season
‘Tiger’s Eye,’ Sunset District’s Newest Beauty Bar, Opens on Judah at 31st
Riding the N-Judah streetcar past 31st Avenue, one can see the seeds of a new beauty salon beginning to bloom where the former Sunset Strip Cafe once stood.
Living Beyond Labels: Navigating the Medical Needs of a Family With Disabilities
A gram scale sat with its stainless-steel face open on Marni Rosen’s kitchen counter. Numbers flashed, calibrating the small spoonsful of high-fat cooking oil, butter and heavy whipping cream that Rosen prepared. She eyed the ticking digits to their precise tenth decimal, remembering the strict instructions from the Epilepsy Center in a local San Francisco children’s hospital. After a debilitating series of Electrical Status Epilepticus in Sleep (ESES) seizures nine years ago, Zeke, Rosen’s then 4-year-old son, began a meticulous, medically managed ketogenic diet.
Lou’s Cafe Uses Word-of-Mouth Advertising to Grow Its Bay Area Businesses
In 2010, Mark Brodeth and his family started a family-run establishment on Geary Boulevard in the Richmond District called Lou’s Cafe. For five years, the cafe grew in popularity through word of mouth. Eventually, Brodeth and his family were able to open branch locations in other parts of San Francisco and the Bay Area.
City Hall: Joel Engardio
This November, San Franciscans will decide whether a section of the Upper Great Highway becomes an oceanside park or remains a road for cars. It’s important to note we’re only talking about the section between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard, which does not have any on or off ramps for cars.
Nothing Up His Sleeve: Joe Pon’s Inner Sunset Misdirections Magic Shop Perseveres
Many passersby walking along Ninth Avenue in the Inner Sunset find it hard to resist popping their faces into the cardboard cutout of a magician pulling a bunny out of a hat just outside of Misdirections Magic Shop.
Police Blotter: Sunset District
Recent police activity in the Sunset District.
Golden Gate Park’s Middle Lake Reopens After Five-Year Rehabilitation Project
A great blue heron glides just above the water at Middle Lake in Golden Gate Park, then gracefully spreads its wings, feet rippling the surface as it lands with a splash and gentle wake.
Classic Parkside Diner Harkens Back to the 1950s
A Parkside neighborhood staple, the Tennessee Grill, has remained at its original location for more than 70 years, serving American and Asian-inspired food.
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