Author Archives: Max Hauser

[Edited to add:  I’m grateful to Chris Hildebrand for information about Ludwig’s taking over the former Bierhaus space, the last item below.] February’s Old Mountain View Newsletter will report the following: In September, Korean-influenced bakery chain Paris Baguette opened at … Continue reading →

(This was a short “quarter:” our Newsletter schedule syncopates in even-numbered calendar years, for local election coverage.) 124 Castro’s Chop & Pub, the small-plates restaurant that opened late last year, now offers lunch service featuring burgers and other casual fare. … Continue reading →

In May a new açaí bowl shop, Vitality Bowls, opened at 650 Castro where Mahalo Bowl had been. Treats on Castro (C’est Si Bon’s 282-Castro bakery outlet) opened June 1.  www.treatsoncastro.com At ECR & Castro southwest corner, Peet’s Coffee returned … Continue reading →

Mahalo Bowl at 650 Castro, serving açai bowls and smoothies, and Posh Bagel at 444 Castro both closed (late 2017). Since February, Bangkok Spoon, 702 Villa, the downtown’s oldest Thai restaurant (1980), has been shut, but interior is unchanged and … Continue reading →

In December, Icicles, 292 Castro, after reportedly buying out the lease of previously pending tenant Pushcart Creamery, opened to offer made-to-order rolled ice cream.  At the time, local denizen Jamil Shaikh observed “there were a lot of people and most … Continue reading →