Chinese Restaurant Busts Dishonest Yelper; SF's 12 Most Anticipated Spring Restaurants; Alton Brown's Bay Area Eats; More!
Welcome to Eater Tastings, where Eater SF editor Allie Pape shares the best restaurant and bar news of the week.
Wonderful Restaurant in Millbrae.
MILLBRAE—The staff Chinese restaurant Wonderful became heroes to restaurateurs everywhere by using surveillance footage to call out a Yelper who lied about his experience there.
Wonderful Restaurant in Millbrae.MILLBRAE—The staff Chinese restaurant Wonderful became heroes to restaurateurs everywhere by using surveillance footage to call out a Yelper who lied about his experience there.
SAN FRANCISCO—Spring is here! And new restaurants are blooming left and right. Here are the 12 we're anticipating the most as June approaches.
BAY AREA—The amazing Alton Brown passed on his complete SF and Napa itinerary to Eater after bringing his Edible Inevitable tour through our part of the world. Find out where the Food Network favorite ate when he was in town.
Oakland's newest public sculpture at the 19th Street BART station has a unique ability: It changes color with the weather. Shifting Topographies, made by artist Dan Corson, is inspired by the hills of Oakland, the paint jobs on cars around the city, and the blue of the BART station itself. The color shifts among various shades of blue and green as the weather changes, and when the sun goes down, light projections move across its surface. [CityLab]Stanley Saitowitz-Spruced iPad Nabs $9.75M in Cow Hollow
2555 Union has been on the market since September, giving the seller ample time to waffle on the price, and us ample time to figure out whether it looks more like an iPad or an especially high-end Apple Store. As much as the metallic border around the patio doors reminds us of an early tablet, we must admit that that sliding glass is an awfully good premonition of the mega-doors going in at the new Union Square Apple Store. (The house, which was built as a spec home in the 1970s, got a sprucing in 2008 from Saitowitz, who configured it around the contemporary art collection of his clients.) After taking a price chop from $10.5 million down to $9.895 million, the home officially sold yesterday for $9.75 million. Perhaps disappointing—then again, the resale values on iPads just aren't keeping up with the times.
Chinatown's Vallejo Emery, a 32-unit SRO with 100-square-foot rooms, may be the latest front in San Francisco's gentrification battle. The property owner has served residents with eviction notices and hopes to attract young tech tenants thanks to the building's location near a corporate shuttle stop. The eviction notices have justified on the grounds that laundry hangs outside of unit windows, a practice that violates the terms of the building's leases. Affordable housing advocates say that the landlords are just trying to raise rents and are seeking $1,300 per month for rooms that used to go for around $550 a month. [SFGate]Updated! Mapping the 25 Most Expensive Homes for Sale in SF
It's been more than three months since we last checked in on the most expensive homes for sale in San Francisco, and in that time a lot has happened. An under-construction penthouse at the wildly popular Lumina building has taken over the top slot with a $49 million ask. It's the first time in a very long time that the No. 1 spot has been located somewhere outside of Pacific Heights. It's also part of a major trend toward very expensive condos—in fact, there are now eight condos on the list (and there would be nine, if the $30M condo at 2006 Washington weren't about to change hands).
Tenderloin Affordable Housing Project Drops 6 Stories, 50 Units
Renderings via David Baker ArchitectsA decade ago, the nonprofit housing developer Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) bought a parking lot at the corner of Taylor and Eddy streets and hatched plans to put up a 14-story residential building. The project, located at 168-186 Eddy Street, was to have 153 affordable apartments over a ground-floor grocery—a scarcity in this part of the Tenderloin. But funding ran dry as California slashed its spending on affordable housing and the redevelopment agencies dissolved. Now, as TNDC still searches for funding for the project, the developer has won approval from the Planning Department to downsize 168-186 Eddy to eight stories and 103 units, the San Francisco Business Times reports. The grocery will also shrink, to 5,500 square feet.
Weekend Open House Report: Marina Edition
Location: 1424 Chestnut St. at Franklin St.Size: 2-bed, 1-bath, 1,296-square-foot condo
Price: $1.45M
Pitch: "Class Edwardian-style condo in the Marina. Pristinely finished oak floors, high inset ceilings, thick crown molding, wood wainscoting, and picture-hanging rails. Traditional design with uniquely open living spaces, excellent for entertaining. Updated kitchen features granite counters, custom cabinetry, stainless steel refrigerator, and a double oven. Indoor-outdoor living-broad deck and a large shared backyard perfect for BBQs and family fun. Walk-score = 93-Walker's Paradise! Two blocks from Fort Mason, and just a couple more to Marina Greens and the corner of Fillmore and Chestnut. Coveted location! Tech buses pick up nearby. 2 storage areas and 2-car tandem deeded parking. Amazing opportunity! NOT ON LANDFILL!"
Open House: Saturday, 2 to 4pm; Sunday, 2 to 4:30pm
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Dolores Heights Flip Quadruples Price After 5-Year Makeover
The location of 4085 20th Street has always been fantastic. It sits atop Dolores Heights and boasts views out across the hills of the city to Twin Peaks. However, the house itself used to be a bit shabby. The boxy three-bedroom sold for $1.05 million back in 2010, and by 2011 it was on its way to being completely rebuilt. The overhaul didn't wrap up until late last year, when the home re-emerged as a glossy, white—albeit still boxy—modern house. It is now back up on the market asking $4.995 million, well more than four times its previous price.
Come Join Us for an All-Day Celebration of Mies van der Rohe!
Today is the 129th birthday of Mies van der Rohe, the great 20th-century architect whose pioneering work with glass and steel helped define modern architecture as we know it. So obviously we're celebrating. All over the Curbediverse today, we'll be taking a fervent look at Mies and his legacy, a party you can also follow along on Twitter with the hashtag #MiesDay. But first, here are five important, fun, or otherwise intriguing facts about Mies to get the day started:
5. Mies served as the last director of Bauhaus, the famous German school for experimental art and design, before closing it down under Nazi pressure in 1933 and immigrating to the U.S. in 1937.
Mayor's Indiana Travel Ban; Pot Cultivation Bad for Drought
Photo via Sergio Ruiz· Study says water demand for pot cultivation is devastating [SFist]
· Mayor Ed Lee forbids city workers from traveling to homophobic Indiana [SF Weekly]
· Chemical plume at Pittsburg plant prompts health warning [CBS]
· Here's everywhere Alton Brown ate, drank in SF, Napa [Eater SF]
· At first Bay Area Book Festival, a temple made of books [Berkeleyside]
· Ikea's flat-pack refugee shelter is entering production [The Verge]
Contribute to Curbed's Unofficial San Francisco-Themed Expansion Pack for Cards Against Humanity
An enterprising millennial by the name of Josh Barrientes recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a Bay Area-themed expansion pack for Cards Against Humanity, which is just like Apples to Apples, except for terrible, horrible people. He set out to raise $1,500; today, thanks to 692 filthy-minded backers, the campaign was funded with a grand total of $13,168. We expect Barrientes' pack to be brilliant, but we kind of can't wait to play. Which is why we're asking for your help to create a crowdsourced (and very, very unofficial) expansion pack for Cards Against Humanity. Our sister site Curbed DC recently came out with a hilarious expansion pack of its own, and frankly, we're a little jealous. So! We'll be including anything and everything related to San Francisco, from local celebrities to brunch lines to fancier-than-thou coffee to BART and Muni woes. If you want your Cards Against Humanity deck to feel more at home, email us at our tipline with your suggestions.
· Cards Against Urbanity [Curbed SF]
· The Bay Area Expansion [Kickstarter]
· Behold! The Unofficial Washington, D.C.-Themed Expansion Pack of Cards Against Humanity [Curbed DC]
· The Bay Area Expansion [Kickstarter]
· Behold! The Unofficial Washington, D.C.-Themed Expansion Pack of Cards Against Humanity [Curbed DC]
What $2,500/Month Rents You in San Francisco
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various San Francisco neighborhoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out! Today's price: $2,500.
The new Anne Fougeron-designed residential building at 400 Grove in Hayes Valley has nearly completed its transformation from parking lot and former Central Freeway parcel to five-story condo building. The development recently launched its teaser website, and construction should wrap up midyear. [Previously; 400 Grove Official Site]SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER
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