Sep 25
San Francisco and the bay area is famous for food. But coffee comes a close second. With big brands like Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley to exquisite San Francisco coffee companies that are fully embracing responsible sourcing, environmentally friendly stores and high quality products. Four Barrel coffee is one of these companies and is driving the city’s most interesting and modern approach to the …
Aug 24
April 2012 was the month when heated debates took place over the redistricting of San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Every ten years the city looks at the population of the city and redraws district lines to ensure fair representation for the supervisors who represent them. The Portola used to be split between district 9 and 10. Yet …
Feb 07
What was once a dumping ground and occasional homeless encampment is on its ways to becoming The Portola’s newest park. The new park site is at the dead end at Burrows and San Bruno Avenue. For now, it’s being called The Burrows Pilot Park, a “pilot” as there are four other dead ends in similar shape …
Feb 05
It’s been three long years since Bell Market closed on Silver Avenue and residents of The Portola began venturing afar in search of groceries. All that ended with Fresh & Easy’s grand opening on February 1st! The building and grounds have been completely renovated to welcome customers from The Portola and beyond. Wednesday’s festivities included …
Dec 19
I took a look tonight to see how the construction was going at the soon to be Fresh and Easy grocery store. Earlier in the day I had visited the new store they’ve opened on 3rd street less than a few miles away and found a good variety of products including a half decent range of gluten …