You would be forgiven if you went to Canyon Market today and felt slightly disoriented–Where are the sausages? Where’s the cream cheese? Where are the cash registers? Every day it seems there are changes at our neighborhood market. Dimitri Vardakastanis, along with his brother and partner Bobby, have owned and managed Canyon Market for the […]
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Destination Bakery reopens after extensive cleanup effort
Glen park’s cherished Destinations Bakery has re-opened. The popular neighborhood spot closed on March 10 after a Department of Public Health inspector found signs of a rodent infestation. Over the course of the next month and a half, proprietor Joe Schuver worked with staff, exterminators and a construction and cleanup crew to bring the entire […]
Bello Coffee is now making its own gelato
Coffee aficionados, there’s even more to love about Bello Coffee (2885 Diamond) at Diamond and Kern just down from the library. The long-time Glen Park coffee spot now offers two flavors of gelato. “We’re starting things off with toasted milk gelato and coffee gelato, both rich, smooth, and perfect on their own or as an […]
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Destination Bakery hopes to reopen in April
After getting a notification from the San Francisco Health Department about a rodent infestation, Glen Park’s beloved Destination Bakery is in the midst of a major cleanup. The Health Department notice ordered the bakery to shut down while the problems were dealt with. Its demands were very broad and it will take time to finish […]
Don’t forget One Waan Thai by BART
Since its opening in 2016, Glen Park’s popular One Waan Thai Restaurant has become a neighborhood fixture. As owner Alex Phanupong Prasertsith, a Bangkok native, promised the Glen Park News that year, the menu has continued to expand. He has also experienced challenges familiar to other San Francisco restaurateurs as the city makes its long, […]
New Mayor Daniel Lurie drops in on Glen Park Merchants Association party
Brand new San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie made a surprise appearance at the Glen Park Merchants Association New Year’s party on Wednesday, January 22 at the Park Salon at 669 Chenery Street. Every year the party rotates among the merchants. Glen Park merchants provided the delicious food and also supplied free flowing libations. The Association […]
Silent Night, Christmas Night
Glen Park was deserted. Even the Glen Park Station bar was closed. You could stand in the middle of the street without fear as you could see traffic coming from a stop light away. The exception was our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, Win Garden, where the joint was jumping and business was brisk. The clientele was […]
New French restaurant to take the place of Modern Past on Chenery
La Cigale, a new French restaurant, is quietly taking shape at 679 Chenery Street, a storefront that formerly held Modern Past. Owners Joseph Magidow and Daisy Linden plan to open by mid 2025. The restaurant will feature cuisine of Occitanie, the region spanning southwest France and the Spanish Pyrenees. La cigale means the […]
SFGATE covers the reopening of Glen Park Station bar after flood repairs
Read SFGate food reporter Nico Madrigal-Yankowski’s story right here!
Glen Park Hardware is closing
In a blow to the neighborhood commercial corridor, Glen Park Hardware is closing after just six months under its most recent ownership, a limited liability corporation named Rikbull with a mailing address in San Carlos in San Mateo County. As indicated by the nine signs in the store window, everything is 50% off; store hours […]
Canyon Market Bakes
(Steiman retired in 2019 after 35 years as an editor and writer at Wine Spectator magazine. Prior to that he was food and wine editor at the San Francisco Examiner and hosted daily radio programs on food on KCBS and KNBR. He lives in Glen Park.) Photos: Harvey Steiman Glen Park is asleep at 3am. […]
Glen Park restaurateur Manhal Jweinat sees brighter days ahead
Ten years ago, Glen Park was a destination for diners. Customers in 2014 regularly queued for pizza at Gialina, packed the bar while waiting at Le P’tit Laurent and reserved weeks ahead at Chenery Park. Today, it’s a different story. Gialina has briefer waits, Le P’tit Laurent is mothballed and Chenery Park is long closed. […]
YEP, OPEN–Glen Park Hardware under new management
Glen Park Hardware is under new management as of February 11, 2024. Neighbors say the store, a mainstay of the neighborhood, has been noticeably scant on stock for more than a year. There has been a Glen Park Hardware store in the space at 685 Chenery Street for 61 years. Ed Josephson owned the store […]
Glen Park’s outdoor restaurant spaces start to come down
Outdoor dining is going away (for the most part) in Glen Park, after the City ended easy COVID-era rules that allowed restaurants to build outdoor dining areas in parking places in front of their doors. Glen Park gained four outdoor eating spaces during the height of the COVID emergency, at Tekka House, Higher Grounds, La […]
Art Walk Oct 7 in GP
Come see businesses become art galleries, crosswalks convert to concert venues and pavement recast as playground October 7, when Art Walk SF comes to Glen Park from noon to 5 p.m.! Subsidized by the City and organizations like Avenue Greenlight, the event sites visual artists in neighborhood shops and businesses, which in turn offer discounts […]
It’s a done deal! Two great events coming this Fall
With Fogust (almost) in the rearview mirror, the SF Entertainment Commission has approved street closures for two great events, so mark your calendar now! Art Walk SF–Saturday, October 7, 12pm-5pm Local merchants and artists will be partnering in the revitalization of our neighborhood! Glen Park’s many small businesses will have special promotions while showcasing local […]
Your favorite UPS driver hits a milestone
Leo Parker, Glen Park’s UPS driver, took a two-week break recently to celebrate his 60th birthday and 35 years delivering to Glen Park. He spent a week with family and another week in West Hollywood with friends that flew in from Australia. Leo always lets neighbors know via Nextdoor when he’ll be away. You […]
Fire displaces Glen Park merchant from his home
Critter Fritters Manager Tony Jerez was tuning into the TV news last Friday at 11 p.m. when the fire alarm in his Tenderloin apartment building went off, but he didn’t realize the situation was serious until he heard neighbors yelling. “It’s a real fire,” they called, and the Balboa Hotel’s 25 residents and their pets […]
After 22 years, Sassy Salon owner is moving to Noe Valley
Genevieve Potter has loved her time in Glen Park, but after a 22-year run as the owner of The Sassy Salon her time here coming to an end – but she’s only moving her business a hill away. “I’m moving to a space that’s just a hop, skip and a jump away, over in Noe […]
Canyon Market is being sold to Gus’s Community Market
Canyon Market is getting new – though still local – owners. After 16 years, owners Richard and Janet Tarvlov are ready for a break. So they have sold the bustling business to Gus’s Community Market, owned by the Vardakastanis family. The sale will be completed on Dec. 21 and the Vardakastanis’ will take over. They […]
Canyon Market reopens
A little over 24 hours after Canyon Market was shut down by the Department of Public Health (DPH), causing anger and distress among Glen Park residents and owners Richard and Janet Tarlov, the store has reopened. One patron had filed a complaint, precipitating the closure. Customer complaints carry a lot of power, such as a […]
Canyon Market shut down by health department
In a stunning move, the Department of Public Health (DPH) closed Canyon Market for remediation of a rodent infestation. While it was a surprise that it happened today (Wednesday around 4 pm), the situation has been building for well over two years. Owners Janet and Richard Tarlov have emails and exchanges struggling to push the […]
Tommy Baik is still pondering whether to reopen Glen Park Cleaners
Editors’ note: Baik reached out to the Glen Park News to clarify that he’s still considering his options when it comes to reopening his business. The story has been updated to reflect this. The Glen Park News regrets the error Four months after a fire swept through building at the corner of Chenery and Diamond, […]
A Good Read: Profile of Bookstore Owner Eric Whittington
The Glen Park News is pleased to reprint this wonderful story about Eric Whittington, owner of neighborhood gem Bird & Beckett Books and Records, written by Bill Snyder of SF Senior Beat, an online newsletter. We’re also taking this opportunity to draw attention to the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, the nonprofit that supports […]
Bird & Beckett Bash Celebrates Tony 6/16!
This month’s Neighborhood Bash honors Tony from Critter Fritters! The ongoing third Thursday celebration is free and open to all. Great tunes provided by the Larry Vann Trio, with groove merchant Larry Van on drums, Michael Warren on bass and Tim Landis on guitar. No cover charge, though donations for the band always gladly accepted. […]
GoFundMe launched to help Glen Park Cleaners
(Glen Park News staff note: There’s been an outpouring of offers to help our local merchant Tommy Baik. Thank you Glen Park Merchants Association for stepping up.) A Go Fund Me campaign has been launched to help owner of Glen Park Cleaners Tommy Baik as he begins the long process of recovering from the fire […]
Glen Park business achieves legacy status
In a sign of neighborhood support for our local businesses, Glen Park Chiropractic has been named a San Francisco Legacy Business. This designation means that a business has operated in San Francisco for 30 years or more, had no break in operations for more than two years, and has contributed to San Francisco’s history or […]
Glen Park village will soon be lighter and brighter
…Beginning as soon as Monday. Last September the Glen Park Merchants Association (GPMA) was awarded a $50k grant by the Avenue Greenlight fund. It was one of 34 neighborhood merchant associations to receive funding for neighborhood improvement projects. The proposal was for banners and festive lighting, suggested by a […]
Bill Foley is hanging up his Canyon Market jacket
Shoppers at Canyon Market had better take note of a familiar sight there, because it won’t be around much longer. That would be Bill Foley at the cash register. After fourteen years Bill, 69, is retiring. March 31 will be his last day. Bill, a native of Philadelphia, came to the city in 1976 soon […]
The tinkle of Mr. Softee chimes in Glen Park
For quite some time now, the Glen Park News has heard rumors of Mister Softee appearing in the neighborhood. Inquiries to the company as to a schedule were inconclusive. Then on Saturday, March 12, the Glen Park News spotted the truck in Glen Park village on Chenery Street. It stopped at various points heading east. […]
Exciting times for Glen Park restaurateur
Higher Grounds turns 40 Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of Higher Grounds, where Manhal Jweinat is the owner, manager and chef de cuisine. Manhal is a modest man, so he didn’t have a celebration. But devoted regulars gave him a heartfelt round of applause, and the Glen Park Merchants Association brought him a card and […]
Owner of Glen Park business named Ingleside Citizen of the Month
Debra Carvalho, owner of Pono Skincare and Waxing Boutique at 2860 Diamond Street, has been named SFPD Ingleside Station’s Citizen of the Month, January 2022. The Ingleside District covers a sprawling part of the city, encompassing the area south of Cesar Chavez Street to the San Mateo County line and west from Highway 101 to […]
New owners for the Glen Park Station bar
It was Day #1 and Sean Kelly and Shane Ryan–yes, Sean and Shane– have just replaced the owners’ license on the wall of the Glen Park Station bar, four years shy of its 100th anniversary. So far that’s the only physical change in the premises. On January 5 the business partners became the new owners […]
Seminar: Where To, San Francisco?
(Staff note: See Perch’s Zoel Fages on this panel.) Where To San Francisco? A D8 Discussion about Innovation for Small Business by Cruise LLC REGISTER! Event Information Cruise + Six D8 Community Leaders discuss how innovation from Cruise will shape the future of small business About this event Join Cruise and six community leaders from San Francisco […]
Glen Park Café opens, a new business in an old space
The new Glen Park Café has a long history in the neighborhood. Three generations of history. The café opened on July 13 and is being run by Damon Victorson and his wife, Ellie. Damon graduated from the famed Culinary Institute of American in Hyde Park, New York in 2011 and since then has cooked as […]
After more than 30 years, Glen Park’s Tyger’s Coffee Shop has closed
Note: In an earlier version of this story we called Tyger’s Glen Park’s “beloved greasy spoon.” That was meant as an endearment and is a phrase that, for the author, had only positive connotations. Clearly, this is not the case for everyone and we apologize for having caused offense. Having happily eaten at Tyger’s for […]
Neighbors still say Hi in Village of Glen Park
If you think this headline was written today, think again. Think about over twenty years ago, May 26, 2000, when this was the headline in SF Gate, followed by a rundown of the people and places that make our neighborhood cozy and warm. After you read the SF Gate story, look at the “footnotes” that […]
Local gym ready to open — but when will it?
In a pandemic, when it comes to working out in a gym to stay fit or practicing yoga in a studio, we’re on our own. Glen Park has been lucky to have had several options close by. For example, there’s Synced Pilates on Chenery Street; Sunrise Health and Fitness, also on Chenery Street; and Sol […]
With COVID, cones are a no-no, but Mitchell’s Ice Cream is still dishing the good stuff
Photos by Linda Mitchell Many things have changed about the legendary Mitchell’s Ice Cream in its years at 688 San Jose Avenue, but never the quality. In 1860 Edward and Margaret Mitchell ran a dairy on 29th and grazed their cows on Red Rock Hill just above what’s now Glen Canyon Park. In 1953 their […]
Glen Park is open for business — Update May 26, 2020
San Francisco is taking a cautious approach to opening our local economy. While California counties are entering Phase 2 of the shutdown in full force, in which barbershops and hair salons may open, San Francisco has opted out of reopening certain businesses, and is going much more slowly. However, a new Shared Spaces Program, brought […]
Update: Glen Park is open for essential business – April 19, 2020
(Photos: Bonnee Waldstein) Today’s Alert SF: Covering your face with a cloth or mask is now required while in essential businesses & public spaces in SF: www.sf.gov Since our last post on local business hours, there’s been a mandatory tightening of hours of operation for groceries. Some other businesses that remain open have opted to reduce […]
Glen Park is open for (essential) business
Glen Park looks deserted these days. Still, many essential services are available. Best to stay as close to home as possible, avoid the crowds, and support our local merchants. Below is a list of businesses in Glen Park that are open and their current hours of operation. Will be updated as we get new information. […]
Saturday night life takes a hit in Glen Park
Photos by Bonnee Waldstein The usual weekend hustle and bustle of folks enjoying a Saturday night in the neighborhood was nowhere to be seen tonight. The village was eerily quiet. The only establishment that seemed to be thriving was Canyon Market, which experienced a surge of shoppers all day and into the evening. The obvious […]
A trip to Cambodia, less than a mile away!
Thanks to Nextdoor we’ve been apprised that a wonderful local restaurant is struggling and needs your patronage and support. It’s Angkor Borei, at 3471 Mission near Cortland, a short hop across the Bernal Cut for us Glen Parkers. Rather than reiterate its virtues as a modest eatery with great fresh cuisine, served by the most […]
The new P’tit Laurent, same as the old
Photos: Bonnee Waldstein It was a soft grand opening of Le P’tit Laurent, under the new ownership of local restauranteur Manhal Jweinat. It was a low key affair. Despite the plan to reopen the restaurant tonight, as of this afternoon, there was no sign in the window and the shades were tightly shut. But those […]
Laurent hosts soiree to bid Glen Park adieu
Le P’tit Laurent has been sold
Le P’tit Laurent, the popular bistro at the intersection of Chenery and Diamond streets, has been sold to an as-yet unnamed buyer who plans to keep it open as a French restaurant, with the same kitchen team. Laurent Legendre, the owner who started the restaurant in 2007, said the new owners didn’t want their identity […]
Friday Farmers Market and Bazaar in UN Plaza
(To navigate full website, click here.) SF CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, UN PLAZA & FULTON STREET Friday Farmers Market & Bazaar in UN Plaza Join us at the Friday Farmers Market & Bazaar – A NEW market day is launching in UN Plaza: every Friday, starting June 7th, from 7am to 4pm, UN Plaza will feature […]