Peskin seeks retraction from investor
FORMER SUPERVISOR Aaron Peskin is disputing Fillmore investor Neil Mehta’s comments about him on a recent podcast and seeking a retraction. EARLIER: “How investor sees his Fillmore project“
The Big One: 119 years ago today
SF HISTORY | WOODY LaBOUNTY TODAY IS THE 119th anniversary of the 7.9 magnitude tremor that remade San Francisco. The quake brought down and damaged buildings. It also set off numerous fires. Important infrastructure was crippled, leaving the city mostly helpless to fight a growing inferno. After three terrible days of fire and smoke, the…
New plan: 6 stories on Fillmore, 8 on California
Breed’s ‘upzoning’ becomes Lurie’s ‘family zoning’ plan FILLMORE STREET between Jackson and Bush would face the same future as most other neighborhood commercial districts and transit corridors under the city’s latest revision to its zoning plan: taller buildings designed to provide more residential housing. A marathon Planning Commission meeting last week kicked off what could…
How investor sees his Fillmore project
NEIL MEHTA, the neighborhood billionaire investor who has been buying up storefronts on Fillmore Street for more than a year now, is the featured guest on the latest episode of the “Invest Like the Best” podcast, posted today. At the end of an hour-and-a-half discussion of his firm, Greenoaks Capital, and his approach to investing,…
Two dozen years at Peet’s
IT’S A BIG DAY at Peet’s on Fillmore, the town square of the neighborhood. Peetniks are celebrating Nancy Ferrufino’s 24th year anniversary at the always-bustling coffee shop on the corner of Fillmore and Sacramento. She’s a familiar sight three mornings a week, keeping the counters, tables and floors clean, stocking condiments, greeting the regulars —…
Jazz festival is back on again
ONE DAY AFTER merchant leaders announced the 2025 Fillmore Jazz Festival was being canceled, a sponsor stepped forward to say he would fund this year’s festival. After feverish scrambling over the weekend to put together a budget, the president of the Fillmore Merchants Association announced this morning that the festival will happen after all, as…
Fillmore Jazz Festival canceled this year
By CYNTHIA TRAINA The Fillmore Jazz Festival, traditionally held over the Fourth of July weekend, has been canceled for 2025. Tim Omi, president of the sponsoring Fillmore Merchants Association, announced the cancellation tonight at a neighborhood meeting. The festival, which has attracted more than 100,000 attendees annually to what was billed as the largest free…
Paris on the Mo
STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA KC Paris Desserts has opened at 1365 Fillmore Street in the former Merchants Roots space. Owner and pastry chef Khadidiatou Camara — known as Didi — is a classically trained graduate of the prestigious Ferrandi pastry school in Paris, where she co-owned a bakery. Her family is from Martinique, but…
‘It’s an art form’
Leather shop known for innovation, craftsmanship By NIKKI COLLISTER At West Coast Leather, style takes center stage. Located in the heart of Cow Hollow at 2060 Union Street, the specialty clothing shop is equal parts boutique and museum. Inside, shoppers browse racks of stylish leather jackets, vests and dresses while surrounded by a curated display…
Neighbors oppose Nordstrom on Fillmore
STREET TALK | CYNTHIA TRAINA Nordstrom Local is facing new opposition to its bid to lease the long-vacant space at 1919 Fillmore Street formerly occupied by Minted. The Pacific Heights Residents Association has voted to oppose the store, citing increased traffic and parking concerns on an already congested block. “What the Upper Fillmore needs,” said…