Walking into Paul’s Hat Works on Geary Boulevard in the Outer Richmond is like walking through a time portal into the past.
Century-Old Paul’s Hat Works Offers a Portal Into the Past
Richmond’s Throwback Record Shop Keeping SF’s Spirit Alive
NOISE is a compact retail shop on the Balboa Street corridor in the Outer Richmond. Within its tiny storefront is a world full of music lives; huge sounds, rhythms, beats, melodies all coexist within these walls.
Coming Back After the Pandemic, Purusha Yoga Studio on Balboa Re-Opens
A chalkboard easel stands outside of Purusha Yoga Studio in the Richmond District welcoming Yoga students back. The beautiful penmanship demands attention: “Purusha OPEN, Happy New Year 2023, Welcome OM.”
Pre-Teen Entrepreneur Starts Dog Treat Business ‘Love Paris Bakery’
Noa took the endeavor seriously from the beginning, consulting with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine about creating nutritionally appropriate recipes for dog treats, using only the healthiest organic ingredients and developing a product that had a lengthy shelf life.
Joe’s Ice Cream Could Face Eviction: Building May Be Replaced
Since 1959, Joe’s Ice Cream has served generations of customers on Geary Boulevard in the Richmond District, but now it may get scooped up by market forces, along with its neighbor business, Cards And Comics Central.
Longtime Owner of Inner Richmond Neighborhood Bar Keeps the Irish Flowing
It’s 5 o’clock on a Friday evening and customers are just starting to crowd into O’Keeffe’s, a no-apologies Irish bar in the Inner Richmond. Annie O’Keeffe, the diminutive owner, is serving up $4 beers and $6 shots of whiskey.
Letter to the Editor: Don’t Eliminate Diagonal Parking on Geary
In essence: from Park Presidio west to 28th Avenue, they plan to eliminate diagonal parking and replace it with parallel parking in order to streamline bus traffic with dedicated lanes.
Outer Richmond’s Homey New ‘Common Space’
The first thing you need to know about Common Space, a gift shop and art gallery that opened in the Outer Richmond last November, is that owner Anna Beurskens names every plant for sale.
Simple Pleasures Coffee Roastery Transformed into Local Artists Pop-Up Shop
On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 19, Simple Pleasures Coffee Roastery was transformed into a small pop-up Holiday Bazaar. There were 20 to 25 local artists from the Westside of San Francisco who participated in this event.
35 Years of ‘Beauty’ on Geary Boulevard
The Beauty Network website makes it possible to reach customers all over the world without those customers leaving their homes.
Press Release: Green Apple Books to ‘Right-size’ Clement Street Store
Green Apple Books will be reducing its footprint on Clement Street and returning to a single storefront at 506 Clement St. By Sept. 1, 2021, we will close our fiction and music annex and combine all our offerings under one roof.
Bartender’s Ocean Beach Cafe Takes the Potent Out of Potent Potables
Ocean Beach Cafe is a new restaurant on La Playa Street between Balboa and Cabrillo, led by former bartender Joshua James. After 20 years in the restaurant industry, he has finally opening his own place. But this time around, none of the drinks have alcohol.
For the Love of Small Business
Small businesses are the heart of the Richmond District.
Outdoor Dining Offered a Glimmer of Hope for Struggling Businesses
While being open or closed is a moving target for restaurants, many of outdoor dining spaces had become an attraction to residents and visitors who enjoy going out to eat and crave a sense of community.
City Extends Eviction Ban Throwing Lifeline to Small Businesses
To slow the spread of small business failures during the pandemic, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has expanded and extended a moratorium on evicting commercial tenants who cannot pay rent because of COVID-19.
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