News from the Heart & Soul of San Francisco
STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA Fillmore’s annual jazz party returns to the street this weekend, as it has nearly every Fourth of July weekend since it started in 1986. The celebration keeps alive the spirit of the Harlem of the West, as Fillmore Street was known during its heyday as a jazz mecca. By consensus…
LOCAL DISH | SHELLEY HANDLER The longest relationship in my life has been with corn. Milk and I started very early on, but we parted ways after one too many Carnation Instant Breakfasts in my senior year of high school. But corn, we’ve been tight since I had the teeth to chew it. My mother,…
MUST LIKE FOG | CLAUDINE ZAP As I walked through this year’s Decorator Showcase at 2015 Broadway, I was particularly drawn to the dining room. I asked the dining room’s designer, Stephanie Marsh Fillbrandt, owner and principal designer of Marsh & Clark Design on California Street, about her inspiration for the space and ideas for…
STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA There’s good news for sushi lovers: takeout sushi is back on Fillmore, and the lines are already forming out front. Yoeechee has moved into the streamlined space at 1552 Fillmore, just south of Geary, with a refreshingly simple concept: beautiful sushi boxes, made fresh each morning, priced for a real…
LOCAL DISH | SHELLEY HANDLER A Californian born and bred, I perk up when I see signs of summer coming my way. As a kid in L.A. I could smell it, still and warm, creeping in through the jasmine under my window. In San Francisco, it’s less a weather shift and more what lands on…
By BRIDGET MALEY Perched on a particularly steep block of Broadway between Fillmore and Steiner Streets, this year’s Decorator Showcase, at 2315 Broadway, affords incredible views of the bay. This Queen Anne residence graces the hillside with intricate detailing and is nearly an architectural twin to its uphill neighbor. Both were designed by the same…
“RESTAURANT DOCTOR” Faith Wheeler, a longtime neighborhood resident, is touring the country with her beautiful and spirited new book — and, like the author herself, it’s a winner. She acknowledges that Chickens Don’t Fly is “a puzzling name for a coffee table book, cookbook with few chicken recipes, or even a memoir,” but says she…
STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA The cozy space at 1870 Fillmore, most recently Vic’s Winehouse, has quietly reopened as Flying Figs, a wine bar that leans into atmosphere and connection. At the center is Neda Emami, who runs day-to-day operations. She’s a biomedical engineer turned startup founder and event organizer. Business partners Saleh and Salar…
IT’S BEEN EMPTY since Noosh closed soon after investor Neil Mehta bought the corner building at 2001 Fillmore during his Fillmore buying spree in 2024, at least on the ground floor. But the small businesses in the upstairs offices have not been affected — until now. All got letters on April 24 that they must…
IT’S BEEN THE most striking modern sculpture — or, depending on your perspective, the biggest eyesore — on Alta Plaza Park since it first appeared in 2006 at the top of the neighborhood. Now the home at 2606 Jackson, designed by star architect Olle Lundberg, is set to become the most expensive sale on the…