By: 5:00 am on May 3 The current building is estimated to be constructed in 1884 but a 2024 Historic Resource Evaluation cleared the project as a non-historic resource The Noe Valley area was first developed in the 1880s making the building part of the first wave of construction for the area the specific property does not meet the requirements to be considered of historical merit Among the reasons include the many repeated alterations over the decades preventing the building from exhibiting a cohesive historic or contemporary architectural style The new plan would construct a three-story 3994 square foot residence on the site significantly increasing the overall size of the occupiable space The layout includes designs for a main four-bedroom single family residence The plan also includes a canopied rooftop terrace with provisions for the future addition of solar panels Despite the inclusion of a self-sufficient ADU the new building will still be classified as a single-family residence Both the main residence and ADU will have access to the garage Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews And it replaces a naturally occurring affordable housing unit with a luxury tech bro mcmansion This 4K square foot house will likely be marked as being worth over $5M and as a result will be paying more than $60K in property taxes *every year* If you’re not familiar with the hollowing out of downtown This is an investment in SF and that’s a good thing You may question whether it actually gets used as such We can’t force people to rent it out When the original building was constructed it fit the market and design aesthetics of its time period Noe Valley has been an affluent neighborhood for many *decades.* I am not a fan of the boxy style of housing and aside from a few narrowly tailored historic preservation districts zoning should not be concerned with dictating specific design aesthetics This is the middle of the No Monster House SUD ga('send', 'event', ‘Robert ‘Becker, 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/desktop-ad.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ADVERTISEMENT ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sfyimbyadnews.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sf-yimby-dot-com-graphic.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); Follow on Instagram © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY LLC will bring bagel dogs and sandwiches to Diamond Street Noah Orloff’s got thighs of gold. His legs turned an Outer Richmond garage into a wheat berry-grinding factory. Hopping on a stationary bike, he launched Bones Bagels and Bread about a year and a half ago Now all that baking treasure is finding its first forever home will open in early summer 2025 at 741 Diamond Street providing a bit of seating and top-tier coffee just a few blocks from Noe Valley’s main drag Orloff will stop his deliveries around town inviting customers to pick up at the new bakery his new bakery is going whole-hog on the bagels Sourdough bagels are the big focus: everything Bialies topped with pickled jalapenos or caramelized onions have become a mainstay Orloff’s most popular item these days are his bagel dogs literally a bagel wrapped around a spicy hot link He’ll make cream cheeses in-house with ingredients from Northern California farms The only non-bagel paraphernalia comes by way of rotating sweets It’s a tight menu of Bones Bagels favorites with specials thrown in here and there “I’ve been dialing things in,” Orloff says The coffee program should entice the specialty heads. Four Barrel Coffee, a San Francisco third wave titan and the same minds behind Hayes Valley’s Loquat There’ll be loose benches for those not taking the bagels to-go but mostly Orloff wanted a big kitchen for all his baking needs Orloff says his cottage business so far proves there’s room for him “When I started doing sourdough 10 years ago there were so many bakeries opening,” Orloff says Orloff opened this project after an illustrious baking career in San Diego. He brought the star power to his bakery Wildwood Flour before selling his share and heading north who works as an artist with a towel-making business welcomed their daughter Ruby right as he got the business up and running counter to the dominant San Francisco narrative been smooth sailing for the young hustlers “The city of San Francisco is very supportive of small business,” Orloff says Bones Bagels and Bread (741 Diamond Street) will open in summer 2025 This article was corrected to reflect PastaGina as the former tenant of 741 Diamond Street Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker By: 4:30 am on February 3 Development permits have been filed seeking the approval of construction and modification proposed at 619 28th Street in Noe Valley The project proposal includes horizontal and vertical addition to an existing building resulting in a three-story residential building RK Consulting is responsible for the project 619 28th Street Site Plan via RK Consulting The project site spans an area of 2,850 square feet The scope of work includes the addition of one residential unit along with horizontal and vertical addition to the existing two-story building on the site The residential unit will be added per SB-9 and be designed as a three-bedroom floor plan resulting in total built-up area spanning 5,409 square feet Open usable space spanning an area of 1,263 square feet will be provided on the site The building will offer two parking spaces for vehicles and bikes respectively The estimated construction timeline has not been revealed yet similar to a standard Richmond/Sunset single family home It’s a poor use of land with a small building on a big lot Making this a three unit building that’s more interior space and less yard is a great improvement We’d be in great shape if everything in the Richmond / Sunset was converted to something like this By: 4:30 am on October 29 A new residential project has been proposed for development at 4148 24th Street in Noe Valley The project proposal includes the demolition of the existing structure on the site in order to develop a four-story residential building offering 7 dwelling units and onsite bike parking RKD Consulting Inc is listed as the project applicant 4148 24th Street Existing Site Plan via RKD Consulting Inc The project site spans an area of 2,849 square feet The project proposes to demolish an existing three-story building with a first-floor commercial unit and a vacant second-bedroom residential unit The proposed new construction will bring a four-story plus mezzanine residential building offering seven dwelling units The new four-story building will yield a total built-up area of 9,511 square feet The dwelling units will be designed as two-bedroom floor plans One unit will be reserved as low-income unit available at 80% of the area’s median income The new building will also provide 876 square feet of common open space No off-street parking has been proposed at this time An SB330 preliminary application has been filed The preliminary application serves to freeze More housing in a transit available area is good Also good that there is parking for multiple vehicles so long as they’re bicycles Just For Fun & Scribbledoodles owner Michelle O’Connor said that “our toy department has exploded” since she bought the company from its original owners three years ago Michelle O’Connor purchased Just for Fun and Scribbledoodles in August 2021 expanding to two other locations this year A nearly 40-year-old Noe Valley staple has expanded to two other San Francisco neighborhoods with new Just For Fun & Scribbledoodles owner Michelle O’Connor opening outposts in Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights complete with a wraparound balcony mezzanine O’Connor told The Examiner that she had not intended to expand so quickly but circumstances in The City lined up to make it a favorable prospect because San Francisco is going through this kind of regeneration where or people are starting businesses,” O’Connor said of opening her third storefront in Pacific Heights “We knew that space wouldn’t be available for long and these opportunities to expand just wouldn’t be around forever,” O’Connor said Located at 2185 Fillmore St., the Pacific Heights outpost previously housed Mudpie a children’s clothing store that relocated down the block in a downsizing effort O’Connor said she was also motivated to expand this year after Jeffrey’s Toys, the 85-year-old San Francisco shop that inspired “Toy Story,” shuttered in early February “There’s not really much in terms of a specific toy store in San Francisco anymore,” O’Connor said “That was another opportunity that we wan1ted to jump on All three brick-and-mortar locations have no shortage of toys, art supplies, board games and home wares. In addition to its inventory, each store hosts events that include child-portrait pop-ups, live concerts, mah-jongg lessons and collage-making sessions. The store’s Pokémon club which allows customers to compete in tournaments and enter raffles for the game’s trading cards Jacob Henson, manager of the Union Street store, said he began working at Just For Fun’s Noe Valley location two years ago after moving to The City from Tennessee. He helped oversee the Cow Hollow opening which Henson said was the result of the team “deciding there was kind of a need for local businesses in The City in different neighborhoods.” and it’s been my mission to try to make sure that everyone who visits Just For Fun kind of falls in love with The City as well,” Henson told The Examiner who is worried the district is "getting rid of the heart and soul of the schools." At the cocktail lounge above Michelin-starred Mister Jiu’s in Chinatown the menu cycles through drinks based on the lunar planting calendar As Republicans expressed alarm that the rest of the country might follow the Golden State’s push to promote electric vehicles really important aspect of the soul of a city,” he said “A lot of tourists — it’s sometimes the only exposure they have to what the real culture of a city is and how you know the values of people who live there.” While Just For Fun’s new homes differ from Noe Valley in critical ways O’Connor said families have been the common denominator in their successful expansion efforts “People want stuff going on in their neighborhoods,” she said “They want to shop local and they want to be able to walk down to their local store Being that for them has been really important for us and that means being really diligent on our buying — listening to our customers.” Other neighborhood businesses have also reacted positively to the Noe Valley toy store expanding to Pacific Heights and Cow Hollow which they said would make their areas more desirable for residents and visitors alike Patti Mangan, executive director of the Fillmore Merchants Association told The Examiner in an emailed statement that the association was “delighted to welcome Michelle and Just for Fun to the neighborhood.” “Choosing Fillmore for her third location shows a commitment to growing her business footprint in San Francisco,” Mangan said “Selecting the previous Mudpie location reveals her savvy and informed research into where people from all over the city shop — including tourists who adore Fillmore Street,” she said O’Connor said that a key to the toy store’s success has been becoming part of the community by participating in local events. The Noe Valley location was part of the neighborhood’s September art festival and walk thanks to the art supplies in its inventory. The Cow Hollow location is set to participate in the Halloween on Union Street event allowing guests to trick-or-treat with other merchants on the corridor “Being part of each neighborhood has been quite appealing to us,” O’Connor said Henson said the toy stores’ staff is determined to use its collective power “to make this city somewhere that we all enjoy and that we all really want to take care of.” that if something isn’t what you want it to be if you want The City to be a neighborly city jsalazar@sfexaminer.com Email notifications are only sent once a day Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Ben Pimentel’s new weekly newsletter covering the biggest technology stories in San Francisco Receive our newspaper electronically with the e-edition email Receive occasional local offers from our website and its advertisers Sneak peek of the Examiner real estate section We'll send breaking news and news alerts to you as they happen Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account A new Palestinian restaurant is coming soon to Noe Valley Thomas Keller is closing his Yountville Mexican spot after this weekend and downtown Oakland has a new cocktail bar — with pickles Tablehopper brings word of a new Palestinian restaurant debuting in the new year in Noe Valley It's called Falasteen — which is the Arabic word for Palestine — and it's a collaboration between owner Samir Salameh and chef-owner Lamees Dahbour who you may know from her La Cocina-backed pop-ups Look for Falasteen to open in early January I just walked by this other day and Tablehopper also reports on the opening of Hamburger Project on Disivisadero in the former Hina Yakitori space (808 Divis) It's the project of Ju-Ni/Handroll Project chef Geoffrey Lee and co-owner Tan Truong and it features bargain-priced smashburgers that start at $6.89 for a classic single cheeseburger They're also doing an Oklahoma-style smashburger with griddled onions and Peppadew peppers ($9.49 which you can optionally gussy up with some caviar for a $30 upcharge Thomas Keller's Mexican spot La Calenda is closing after this weekend, after six year in business in Yountville. An Instagram post announcing the closure cited "the lack of local traffic and the economic downturn the Napa Valley experienced this last year" as the main reason for the closure Keller says of the team at the restaurant "It has been my honor to collaborate with you on this journey and we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for everyone’s efforts Little Bird is now open daily from 4 pm to 2 am and there's a free pickle bar at happy hour (4 to 6 pm) And Berkeleyside has a quick followup about Daytrip which is closing December 15 for a quick pivot into an unnamed new quick-service restaurant Co-owner Stella Dennig tells the publication that she and husband/chef Finn Stern want to still keep it as "a space that’s really vibey really fun to be in that people are excited to go to with groups family or on a date night," with a counter-service model that is "kind of elevated." You can expect to still see some of Daytrip's fermented foods and a menu focused on "crave-able flavor maximalism that you feel the urge to order every day." Black Friday is quiet this year in SF; A San Jose animal shelter is facing backlash for inhospitable conditions; and a man died today from being run over by an Amtrak train in Berkeley. A Sonoma County sheriff's deputy made a gruesome discovery Wednesday when performing a welfare check at a home east of Santa Rosa. Get the latest posts delivered right to your inbox Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years. Stay up to date! Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Patrick Wong Taffi’s isn’t trying anything new with brunch. In fact, their menu of waffles, pancakes, and breakfast burritos could easily be mistaken for just about any other daytime spot in the city But what sets this Noe Valley diner apart is that they do the classics really well—and serve them in truly massive portions Breakfast burritos are bigger than most human heads and waffles are imperceptible under what looks like jarfuls of melted chocolate and marshmallow fluff. Sure, you won’t find anything groundbreaking here, but the food is great and it’s somewhere we’d happily return, especially with an empty stomach or when we want guaranteed leftovers. The dining room fits about 20 people with a few tables on the sidewalk, and there’s usually not much of a wait, so keep this place in mind when you need something last-minute. And don’t forget to grab a salt water taffy from the open jar by the entrance on your way out.  Noe Valley feels like its own little town within SF Patrick is a content marketer and journalist who lives (and eats a lot) in San Francisco His previous beats include tech and finance A fire broke out around 2:30 am Thursday at a home in Noe Valley and grew to two alarms before being contained by the San Francisco Fire Department The fire happened in a three-story building at 1380-82 Sanchez Street The building appears to be a two-unit building and the three adults and two children who lived there were able to evacuate without injury and a total of 70 firefighters were at the scene "Firefighters aggressively worked to keep this fire from spreading to adjoining homes UPDATEThis 2-alarm fire with 70 #yousffd firefighters on the scene is now contained. This fire was dispatched at 2:30 a.m. Crews arrived on the scene and observed fire from the second floor of a three-story home. Firefighters aggressively worked to keep this fire from… https://t.co/WJq8qarB5i pic.twitter.com/xxPLWXHUKB when a live electrical line fell from a pole onto the truck of the first arriving truck company A PG&E crew was quickly called in to de-energize the wire The fire appeared to begin in the top-story unit with the lower two floors suffering water damage The department says that the cause was "accidental/electrical," and department spokesperson Captain Jonathan Baxter said the source of the fire was a wall heater A man was shot Wednesday night outside of a corner store in the Tenderloin and the aftermath was captured on video by a local social media chronicler of the neighborhood The Chronicle runs the numbers on SF’s best trick-or-treating neighborhoods; a man’s car was apparently hit by a falling cable on the Bay Bridge; and 85 striking hotel workers were arrested Wednesday for intentionally blocking the cable cars Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years Get all the latest & greatest posts delivered straight to your inbox Fiorella Noe Valley is the fourth San Francisco location of the popular Italian restaurant Fiorella’s six-seat pizza bar is where diners can witness the kitchen in action with counter seats overlooking the restaurant’s custom-made Italian oven Beyond getting a view of pizzas being slung in and out of the wood-fired oven the real reason to get a seat here is the snacks: Expect pizza bar-only bites such as panuozzo a sort of pizza dough sandwich stuffed with mortadella and long hots the restaurant leans into summer produce with dishes such as the Brentwood sweet corn pizza; crespelle di cannelloni a Florentine crepe pasta filled with a trio of Swiss chard and ricotta; and roasted corn topped with Calabrian chile butter and pickled Fresno peppers Fiorella Noe will start with dinner service during its opening week the restaurant will begin hosting lunch and brunch through the weekend Fiorella ported over much of the Sunset location’s brunch menu to Noe Valley including French toast sticks dusted in cinnamon sugar and pizzas such as the carbonara pie made with pecorino Romano Those who prefer a breakfast sandwich can go for the restaurant’s take on the classic done up with a poppy seed bun made by the Fiorella team then stuffed with a “custardy egg,” melty American cheese and a choice of bacon or breakfast sausage Fiorella bar director Daniel Burns is introducing a “spritz station” — an enclosed bar cube with plenty of aperitivi and amari bottles at the ready — pouring 12 styles of spritzes plus low-proof drinks and nonalcoholic options such as a strawberry sbagliato house spritz section the Passione Margarita takes low-proof tequila and pairs it with passionfruit and lime juice There’s also a lengthy list of wines available by the glass or bottle The Noe Valley space was designed by Studio, the team behind Bar Nonnina the rooftop bar at the Inner Sunset location of Fiorella They worked in the Bay Area toile wallpaper featuring notable local celebs like Alice Waters and Dennis Richmond which became a staple of Fiorella’s other locations creating a “deconstructed gallery wall feature” at the new location Illustrations by artist Alyssa Rusin also decorate the space The restaurant will also feature a convenient to-go window for neighbors to pick up a meal for home Fiorella Noe (4042 24th Street) opens Wednesday the restaurant will launch lunch and brunch options for the weekend A new breakfast spot is coming to Noe Valley a longtime French bistro shutters in Russian Hill and the Mission gets a new Japanese sandwich spot and now Taffi's has put up "coming soon" signage This had been Toast's home for the past 18 years Cocotte (1521 Hyde Street), the French bistro in Russian Hill that replaced Hyde Street Bistro in the last decade, has closed. As the Chronicle reports the restaurant closed for an earthquake retrofit earlier this year and possibly never reopened And now the owner of the Mission's Thanh Tam II is reportedly opening opening a new Vietnamese restaurant in the space In case you missed it, the new Michelin star updates were released on Monday and the headlines are that Sons & Daughters has been elevated to two stars and three other SF restaurants earned stars for the first time: 7 Adams Meanwhile 25-year-old Fisherman's Wharf fine dining spot Gary Danko lost its star after holding one since the first Bay Area Michelin guide came out 17 years ago As Tablehopper reports, there is a new Japanese sandwich spot called Tadaima that just opened in the Mission (3515 20th Street) Photo via Tadaima/Instagram A 2024 Outside Lands livestream is indeed available for those who can't manage to be there with plenty of the big headliners streaming for free A developer with plenty of experience with SF's boom and bust cycles is betting big on a new tower near the Transamerica Pyramid that would include a 24-story office component There was a multiple-vehicle crash just before noon Monday in Noe Valley as one car hit a 48-Quintara/24th Street Muni bus and several other cars There’s not much information, and some of it may be conflicting, but KRON4 is reporting on a multiple-car crash late Monday morning in Noe Valley’s 24th Street where a vehicle hit a 48-Quintara Muni bus SFPD said in a statement to KRON4 that they were called to the scene at 11:57 am and that a car “collided with multiple vehicles ATTN: IB/OB 48 delayed at 24th & Noe by Muni-involved collision The SFMTA posted their own brief version of events just before 12:20 pm that both the inbound and outbound 48 lines were “delayed at 24th & Noe by Muni-involved collision Expect delays and reroute.” While KRON4 describes the crash as happening at “the intersection of 24th and Sanchez streets,” Muni says the delay was “at 24th & Noe.” Both of those intersections are stops for the 48 line KRON4 notes that the Muni driver was injured and hospitalized because of the crash and there are currently no reports of any passengers on that bus being seriously injured But SFPD’s statement to KRON4 added that “one of the involved parties may have experienced a medical emergency,” so that individual is likely hospitalized as well FINAL UPDATE: IB/OB 48 has resumed regular service at 24th & Noe. https://t.co/34KYhuFOUg The SFMTA announced on Twitter just before 2:30 pm that the 48 lines had “resumed regular service at 24th & Noe.” SFPD considers this an active investigation If you have any information on this incident you’re asked to call the SFPD Tip Line at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with “SFPD.” Tipsters can remain anonymous This is a developing story and may be updated Related: Man Rushed to Hospital After His Leg Gets Trapped Under a Muni Bus [SFist] Image: Light S. via Yelp After a whirlwind weekend that saw SFUSD Superintendent Matt Wayne resign Thursday and Dr Maria Su installed as his interim replacement Friday Su was introduced Monday and spoke publicly for the first time since her appointment It's not every day that we have stories of new businesses opening in downtown San Francisco And now Andytown Coffee Roasters is expanding with a new cafe on Front Street editor / reporter who has been published in almost every San Francisco publication Your request appears similar to malicious requests sent by robots Please make sure JavaScript is enabled and then try loading this page again. If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Supervisor Rafael Mandelman’s measure would extend into Cole Valley restrictions on homes larger than 3,000 square feet The District 8 Supervisor wants to extend the ban against 3,000-square-foot homes If you’re hoping to build a mansion in Cole Valley Supervisor Rafael Mandelman announced plans to extend restrictions on “monster homes” from neighborhoods like the Castro and Noe Valley and into Cole Valley It’s the latest step in Mandelman and his predecessors’ yearslong battle against the so-called monster homes or single-family homes that top out over 3,000 square feet These large houses have earned the ire of Mandelman and his supporters because some are created only after the demolition or remodel of an existing — and often quite old — building In addition to fighting for the historic preservation of homes and neighborhood character, Mandelman also argues that the monster homes waste space that several families could use — a failed opportunity for density The City can scarcely afford as it attempts to build more than 80,000 homes this decade Under its current setup, the Central Neighborhoods Special Use District spreads across much of Mandelman’s district Mandelman wants to extend its protections into Cole Valley where residents have expressed interest in receiving the same protections against monster homes Cole Valley was not a part of his district but it was folded in after supervisorial districts were redrawn in 2022 It’s the rare housing issue in San Francisco that appears to draw at least some level of consensus — perhaps aside from architects who earn a living designing large homes Mandleman’s bid has the support of neighborhood groups who detest the interruption of construction for which the only payoff is an unsightly behemoth that doesn’t match the character of its neighbors Even the yes-in-my-backyard (YIMBY) housing advocates are ambivalent about Mandelman’s efforts and believe time would be better spent incentivizing new multifamily developments instead of finding ways to prevent monster homes Mandelman shepherded legislation that established the Central Neighborhoods Large Residence Special Use District which placed an extra hurdle — in the form of a conditional use authorization — in front of any property owner looking to build a home over 3,000 square feet Developments of a unit over 4,000 square feet were prohibited only 13 new homes were authorized to build above the limit one Laidley Street homeowner received the green light to move forward with plans filed in 2022 to demolish a three-story single-family home and build a new four-story home Along with the accessory dwelling unit included in the project A project of such a size would soon be a nonstarter Earlier this year, as The City adopted sweeping reforms to housing policy Mandelman tweaked the law to dispense with the conditional use permit and simply outright prohibit any unit of more than 3,000 square feet Homes already larger than 3,000 square feet are limited to a 15% expansion of their previous size The new rules take effect at the end of this year If the Board of Supervisors approves Mandelman’s proposed boundary extension those new rules will also apply to Cole Valley ashanks@sfexaminer.com Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. 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