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Lower Nob Hill.

Dispatches filed from Lower Nob Hill, in reverse chronological order.

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Lower Nob Hill Gets a New Izakaya — And It Looks Like SF's Restaurant Scene Still Has a Pulse

For all the doom-and-gloom headlines about San Francisco's struggling small business scene, someone apparently didn't get the memo.

By The Desk · April 24, 2026

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There are crimes that make you angry, crimes that make you roll your eyes, and then there are crimes that just make you deeply, quietly sad.

Here's a fun exercise in San Francisco economics: Try finding a studio apartment for $2,400 a month that doesn't come with complimentary sidewalk…