A San Francisco District Begins to Reduce Blight

From the New York Times,

SAN FRANCISCO — The names of the city’s storied neighborhoods roll off the tongue: Pacific Heights, North Beach, the Mission, Haight-Ashbury, the Castro. 

Bayview, a historically African-American district long isolated between Candlestick Park and the former naval shipyard at Hunter’s Point along the city’s southeastern waterfront, is not among them.

The neighborhood’s decline was hastened by the decommissioning of the shipyard in the 1970s. A succession of San Francisco mayors — including Dianne Feinstein, Willie Brown and Gavin Newsom — sought to revitalize the area. But for decades, the Bayview remained blighted with abandoned warehouses and railroad tracks to nowhere. 

Now, the completion of a troubled $75 million mixed-use development at 5800 Third Street is evidence that the long-sought revitalization is finally taking root.

Read more at the New York Times.

Bayview Outpost of Brown Sugar Kitchen Delayed Until Winter; Limon Rotisserie Due In a Few Weeks

From EaterSF,

Though we don't make it out to the Bayview on the T line too often ourselves, we've been keeping a close watch on news about the upcoming restaurant mini-explosion out there. Today we heard from SFoodie that Brown Sugar Kitchen (5800 Third Street) will not be making their fall opening as planned, and are pushing back, vaguely, until "winter." (This might have something to do with owner Tanya Holland's unexpected Oakland expansion with B-Side BBQ, which is likely occupying some of her time and resources.) Grub Street placed a call to Limon Rotisserie, who's a bit closer to schedule but with a slight delay; they hope to open their second location in the same Third Street development by late October, if all goes all well.

The Fresh & Easy grocery store at 5800 Third Street opened in late August, and is already quite a hit.

As for Radio Africa & Kitchen, which has also had much-delayed brick-and-mortar plans down the street at 4800 Third Street, chef-owner Eskender Aseged tells SFoodie that he's aiming to open "around December 13th."

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EVENT: Arts n Eats Festival at 5800 Third St

Thursday, Aug 25, from 4:30-7:30 at 5800 Third St.

Featuring FREE food from Brown Sugar Kitchen and Limon Rotisserie a month ahead of their openings, plus fresh food from Fresh & Easy. Enjoy local art from ArtSpan ahead of its September city-wide open house of hundreds of artists.

h/t Eddy Skees