■ INSIDE ■ SALONS ■ SALOONS Correspondence 2 Sidney Keeps a Unchanging Crime Watch 4 Retail Report 6 Tradition Alive Liverpool Lil’s New Neighbors 7 Th e beauty shop as A tourist-free zone Food & Drink 10 a community center that caters to locals 14 Home Sales PAGE 8 PAGE 11 THE NEW FILLMORE

SANSAN FRANCISCO FRANCISCO ■ ■ OCTOBER APRIL 2010 2012

A Plague of Smash and Grab

Auto burglaries are a perpetual problem, and many go unreported

By Chris Barnett

he familiar sight of shattered glass in the gutter is hard evidence of a crime that plagues local resi- dents,T visitors and shoppers alike. Anyone with a car is a potential target. Smash-and- grab thieves don’t care if it’s a Mini Cooper or a Maserati. You’d never know it from walking the blocks around Fillmore Street, but accord- ing to police statistics, auto burglaries are actually down 7 percent from a year ago in the Northern District, which includes much of the neighborhood. Captain Ann Mannix reels off the local numbers: 1,037 vehicle bust-ins for the fi rst eight months of this year, compared to 1,132 during the same period last year. Citywide, auto break-ins are up 6 per- cent — including the Park District, which covers most of the neighborhood west of Steiner Street. While the auto burglary fi gures from the police department may indicate trends, they are not remotely comprehensive, since many — perhaps most — of those who suff er a loss don’t fi le a police report. High-tech specialist Alvin Johnson, who lives on Sacramento Street, is a typi- cal example. Recently he heard glass shat- ter nearby around midnight. “I thought to myself, ‘Uh-oh, someone’s car is being bro- ken into,’ ” he says. “But I had no idea until the next morning it was mine.” Th e thief smashed a side window but got away with only a roll of quarters and a baseball cap. Johnson didn’t fi le a police report or notify his insurance company. “My insurance premiums are high enough It’s a Bug’s World and I didn’t want a break-in to aff ect my rates,” he says. “I found blood in the car, so A praying mantis plays the cello. Two caterpillars sip lemonade. whoever did it cut themselves. Th at was my A pair of irridescent green dung beetles share a bottle of red wine. consolation.” When she lived on Pierce off Pine, “Just imagine what a bunch of bugs would be doing if they weren’t writer Karen Horton’s car windows were being watched, and then put that under a glass dome,” says local shattered several times. artist Lisa Wood, describing her otherworldly dioramas that feature “Once I had an empty cardboard box in the car and when I came out in the insects at work and play. morning, the windshield and two side STORY & MORE PHOTOGRAPHS | PAGE 15 windows were smashed,” recalls Hor-

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to the editors: are an important part of the equation in X FROM PAGE ONE auto stereo system or a GPS on the dash- Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed saving animals in San Francisco, but it is fi guring it wouldn’t merit an investigation. board is irresistible. the story of John Gaul and his new feline possible to celebrate the good work they But she did notice that some neighbors “Sometimes they work in two-person friend. [“Th e Old Man and the Cat,” do without denigrating the eff orts of actively try to discourage thieves. mobile teams,” says Corrales. “One is driv- September.] He had told me the story ACC. “A guy who lived around the corner ing and stays in the car. Th e other is outside would be running when I last saw him Jennifer Clarke from me left a sign on his car that read ‘It’s targeting vehicles, popping trunks without at a San Francisco History Association unlocked. Take anything you want. Just breaking a window whenever possible. meeting. Editor’s note: A number of other anonymous don’t break the windows,’ ” she recalls. “But if a car window needs to be broken, John has been a longstanding member comments were posted on newfi llmore.com. We Th e crime of auto burglary is mired they’ll use the auto burglar’s standard tool of the Victorian Alliance as well, and don’t publish unsigned letters or comments. in myths. For instance, failing to report a “I have a simple message: — a spark plug,” he says. “Easily hidden in volunteered as a docent for our annual fall break-in to your auto insurer because you the palm of the hand, the spark plug quickly house tours. Sadly, his unfortunate fall will feel a small loss will boost your premiums Don’t leave anything of and quietly shatters a car’s side windows.” preclude his serving this year. (Th e alliance In the Chocolate Chips is a mistake. “California state law says Th e two police captains agree that will hold its 40th anniversary tour in the your rates can only go up if you cause an value in your parked, sharp-eyed citizens are their best allies in Nice survey on chocolate chip cookies Nopa neighborhood on October 21. More accident or have a moving violation,” says combatting auto burglary crime. “If you see in the neighborhood [“In the Chips,” locked or unattended car.” information at VictorianAlliance.org.) Jeff Johnson, an agent with the State Farm a car break-in occurring, call 911 and we’ll September] and beautiful cookie porn Th anks for this touching tribute. Insurance Co. offi ce on Divisadero Street. — CAPTAIN ANN MANNIX respond,” says Mannix. “Or if you know it photographs. But you missed something Anita Denz However, personal possessions stolen in just occurred, call 911 because there is a really special at Jane: their salted white ■ a break-in are not covered by auto insur- potential for evidence. Or if it’s cold — say chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. Maybe May John and Ari have many happy ance, says Johnson. “Th at’s why we tell two hours or longer — call 311 and we’ll those didn’t quite fi t into your area of years together. And I hope Lana Bajsel is people to carry renter’s insurance or condo take the police report over the phone.” inquiry, but they are oh so delicious —

around when I get to be John’s age! insurance.” Otherwise, if you lose a laptop O’LEARY KATHI Auto insurance agents are divided over like everything at Jane. Tara White or a smartphone or anything not attached whether to contact the cops on a cold Richard Spritzer ■ to the car and you don’t have some kind of cars with stuff inside, period,” says Captain by thieves. Says Mannix: “Number one is case. “Frankly, it’s fruitless,” said one. But #!,)&/2.)!3(%,, ■ How amazing that some people think personal property protection, you’re out of Mannix of Northern Station. “Th e crime the MacBook Pro and number two is the Irja Carrie, owner of R. Carrie Insur- I don’t have a sweet tooth and don’t live !54/3%26)#%2%0!)2 this wonderful man should not have a cat. luck. happens very quickly. Five minutes or less. iPhone.” ance Agency on Sutter Street, disagrees. in the neighborhood or even the city; but (Or that a cat should not have this man.) And burglars don’t just ply their trade I have a simple message: Don’t leave any- Mannix says the neighborhood’s resi- “Victims should fi le a police report so the À>ŽiÃÊEÊ/ˆÀià even so, I enjoyed this article — excellent Marjorie Leet Ford on quiet side streets late at night. San Fran- thing of value in your parked, locked or dential side streets off Gough, Geary, Post, department’s theft fi gures are more accu- iVŽÊ ˜}ˆ˜iʈ} Ìà idea, and well done (but not dry). ■ cisco jeweler Jay Yadegar recently parked unattended car.” Bush and Pine are prime locations for con- rate,” she says. “It can increase awareness œ“«ÕÌiÀÊ ˆ>}˜œÃ̈Và Pam Feinsilber >V̜ÀÞÊ-V i`Տi`Ê >ˆ˜Ìi˜>˜Vi As an active volunteer with SF ■ his BMW on Nob Hill outside a friend’s Mannix says the greatest number of cern because once a car is parked, it’s usu- and possibly help spot patterns.” Animal Care and Control, I found your house at 2 p.m. and went inside for 20 min- auto burglaries are committed in tour- ally there for the evening. Auto burglars are diffi cult to catch and £x]ÊÎä]Ê{x]ÊÈäÊEʙäÊ-iÀۈVià One thing really jumped out at me: September article “Giving Shelter to Hard utes, leaving his iPhone plugged into the ist areas such as Japantown or St. Mary’s Captain Gregory Corrales of Park Sta- tougher to lock up. Corrales says auto bur- œœˆ˜}Ê-ÞÃÌi“ÊEÊ/À>˜Ã“ˆÃȜ˜Ê*ÀœLi“à your writer, Donna Gillespie, makes a to Place Cats” inaccurate in its depiction cigarette lighter to charge. “When I came Cathedral or at the Exploratorium parking tion says auto burglars keep up with the glars arrested for the fi rst time get proba- -“œ}Ê/iÃÌÃÊEÊ,i«>ˆÀÃÊvœÀÊ>ˆÕÀi point of saying that she is a milk chocolate of the treatment of cats at ACC. Yes, there out, the passenger window was smashed lot. “Tourists, especially from smaller cities, times, especially in San Francisco. tion. But if they break in again while on >ÌÌiÀˆiÃÊEÊ-Ì>À̈˜}Ê*ÀœLi“à fan, rather than dark chocolate. Th is is a fi ve-day minimum holding period and the phone was gone,” laments Yadegar. aren’t as aware of the crime potential as big “Twenty years ago, thieves broke into probation, he says, their probation will be ˆ˜œÀÊ,i«>ˆÀÃʜvÊ>Ê/Þ«ià should immediately disqualify her from for cats. My experience is that most cats, “It’s almost as if someone was following city people are and they often leave their cars to steal the radio,” he says. “But you revoked and they’ll get a year in jail. 1,"*
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Th is is why ACC has an Orange I was in Sal’s Upholstery shop yesterday Team program, where experienced, and the owner who worked for Sal for 30 trained volunteers work with cats that years by accident found your article about FALL/WINTER CONCERTS have behavior issues to prepare them for him [“Where’s Sal?” February 2011]. I 1330 FILLMORE ST. 415-655-5600 adoption. Cats who need extra attention went to your website to see if I could fi nd have an orange sheet of paper placed it and discovered many great articles, on their cage, where volunteers record including the one on Leon’s Barbecue interactions with the cat, and share [“Leon: King of Barbecue,” March 1987]. A SOULFUL KENNY G MASSES PRAYERS & SACRAMENTS learnings about what the cat best responds I sent this to my 40-something sons in NIGHT OF KEYS 2012 HOLIDAY SHOW to. Cats who initially are shut down England and Australia. You can see their Nov 28-Dec 1 5:30 pm (Saturday Vigil) The church is open for prayer all day w/ Lonnie Liston Smith, Mark Adams 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30 am and into the early evening. or behaving aggressively are given the reactions below. & Brian Jackson - Live CD Recording 1:30, 5:30 & 9:00 pm Liturgy of the Hours (Daily) opportunity to show their true selves. Th e Th anks. Nov 1-2 WEEKDAYS Morning Prayer 7:15 am/Sat 8:00 am staff at ACC partners with volunteers, and Trudy Zimmerman TUCK & PATTI 6:30 & 8:00 am & 5:30 pm ■ Evening Prayer 5:00 pm frequently reassesses cats that demonstrate KINDRED Dec 4-5 fear initially. I can still taste that sampler plate. Th at SATURDAY Reconciliation Sat 5:00 pm, THE FAMILY SOUL 7:40 am Rosary, 8:00 am Mass For cases where ACC does not have was always a treat for us. It brings back Sun 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00 am, 5:00 pm Nov 3 BRIAN Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament the resources to care for a cat — for good memories. 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2 NEW FILLMORE October 2012 October 2012 NEW FILLMORE 3 CRIME WATCH known for narcotics sales and gang-related woman came forward and told the offi cers Vote for a Better Aggravated Assault area. Th e man who had been assaulted was crime. Th ey knew he had violent tenden- that the same woman had attacked her, one Van Ness Avenue and Ellis Street Economic Future Phil Ting bleeding from his nose and multiple places cies, and had been arrested with weapons block away. Th e bicyclist was arrested and August 24, 5:30 p.m. on his body. He told the police he had been in the past. Offi cers approached him and booked at Northern Station. Dispatch received a call concerning a sitting in the courtyard of an apartment addressed him by name. Th e man imme- on November 6! for Assembly man who had entered an electronics store building, changing a CD in his boom box diately ran from them. While being pur- Robbery with Force and was shouting and throwing store when a man came up and punched him, sued, he pulled a gun from his waistband. Fillmore and Sacramento Streets The November election ballot contains critical initiatives that For a stronger products across the aisles. He spit on one causing him to lose his balance and fall to Th e man turned around the corner of a September 26, 4:59 p.m. employee and threw a phone at him. Th e the ground. A group of men then appeared building and the offi cers slowed, removing Offi cers received a call from a woman will impact San Francisco residents and businesses for economy, altercation started when the man refused and punched and kicked him. One of the their handguns from their holsters. Th ey who said that someone had just stripped years to come. Join your neighbors, local merchants and to get off of the store’s courtesy phone and attackers grabbed the boom box and tried carefully turned the corner to see the man her backpack off of her back, then fl ed in a SF Forward in voting for jobs and a better economic future. high-wage jobs, an employee repeatedly asked him to leave. to smash him in the head with it. Th en sud- running, far down the block, with no gun silver Mercedes SUV. Th e woman who had better schools By the time the offi cers arrived, the man denly the group of attackers retreated, got in his hand. Th ey caught him by radioing been robbed gave the police a description VOTE YES had left the store and was standing across into a car and drove off . Th e man who had to additional offi cers for assistance. When of the suspect, the vehicle — including its and affordable the street. He was arrested and booked at been attacked was able to identify the two they searched him, he was not carrying a license plate — and its direction of fl ight. Local Measures Northern Station. individuals who had been detained by the gun. But when the offi cers investigated the An offi cer in a marked police car then Prop B Clean and Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond higher education police, and they were booked at Northern path he had taken, they discovered a loaded reported via radio that the Mercedes had Prop C Affordable Rental Housing and Home-Ownership Fund Petty Th eft Station. 9 mm pistol. Th ey arrested him and took just passed him going southbound. He Webster and Ellis Streets him to Northern Station. turned his patrol car around followed the Prop D Consolidate Local Elections for Better Voter Turnout September 7, 10:20 a.m. Th eft From a Person Mercedes. Prop E Business Tax Reform to Create Jobs and Grow Economy Fillmore and California Streets Aggravated Assault Phil Ting knows that to rebuild California’s economy, we need to create Security guards in a grocery store A plainclothes vehicle in the area also State Measures September 15, 1:39 p.m. Ellis and Gough Street responded and managed to bring the Mer- high-paying jobs, improve our public schools and make college more watched while a man they knew from for- September 23, 4:08 p.m. cedes to a stop. Th e plainclothes offi cers Prop 30 Schools and Public Safety Temporary Tax affordable. Phil Ting is an innovative leader who has helped create hundreds mer theft incidents entered the store and A woman told the police she had been walked toward the refrigerators. He selected seated at one of the outdoor tables at La A man told police he was walking down got out of their car and approached the Prop 31 Good Government State Budget Reform of new high-wage jobs with successful programs like GoSolarSF and numerous beef products and tucked them Boulange with her purse resting near her the street when a woman on a bike rode Mercedes, which was trapped in traffi c. Prop 33 Discounted Car Insurance for Responsible Drivers ChinaSF. As the father of two young daughters and a product of California’s beneath his jacket, then walked past the foot. She saw a man two tables away bend past him on the sidewalk, brushing against But the fl eeing driver swerved out from Prop 39 End Tax Loophole for Out-of-State Businesses public schools from kindergarten through UC Berkeley, Phil Ting understands open registers and left. Security called the down and reach for her purse. She snatched him. He said, “Hey, that was almost an behind the vehicle in front of him, hit a that the future of California is rooted in our outstanding schools and police, then approached the man outside it up before the suspect could take it. Th e assault. You kind of hit me.” Th e woman parked car, then sped away. A patrol car universities. That’s why as a member of the Assembly, Ting will fight VOTE NO the store, managing to get one handcuff man then attempted to grab the woman’s became enraged, stopped her bike, got followed closely behind with its emergency every day to restore the California dream. on him, but failing to cuff the second hand. water bottle from the table. She held onto off , then grabbed her bike lock, shouting, lights and siren on. Th e Mercedes hit sev- Local Measures Join the Democratic Party, Attorney General “I’ll show you an assault!” She then swung eral more cars — some parked, some occu- Th e man fl ailed his arms about, swinging it and shouted at the man, who fl ed the Prop A City College Parcel Tax the bike lock at the man’s head. He tried pied — then struck a Muni kiosk. Finally Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Jackie Speier, the metal cuff toward the guards. As police area. She told the police the suspect’s direc- Prop F Save Hetch Hetchy! Don’t Drain our Drinking Water! State Senators Mark Leno and Leland Yee, took the suspect into custody, more pack- tion of travel, and gave them a description. to dodge it, but was struck. He managed the vehicle crashed, which disabled it. Th e Assemblymembers Tom Ammiano and Fiona ages of beef fell out of his jacket. He was Assisting offi cers detained him and he was to grab the lock, and for a moment they occupants jumped out and bolted off , but State Measures struggled for it. A passerby broke up the the plainclothes offi cers were able to detain Ma, African American Democratic Club, booked at county jail. booked for attempted purse snatching. Prop 37 Food Labeling Mandate – Expensive and Unnecessary fi ght. But the woman swung the lock at the all three. teachers, police, firefighters, nurses and many Prop 38 State Income Tax Increase more in supporting Phil Ting for Assembly. Attempted Street Robbery Aggravated Assault with a Gun man again, this time hitting him in the arm. A search of the Mercedes produced Fillmore and Ellis Streets Terrorist Th reats When the police arrived, they spoke with a numerous stolen iPads and other electronic September 8, 4:45 p.m. Van Ness Avenue and Geary Boulevard witness who had been inside his apartment. devices. An assisting offi cer brought the sto- Learn more at: www.sfchamber.com/votingguide A witness told police he had been walk- September 22, 3:48 a.m. He’d heard shouting outside and had seen len property to the owner of the backpack, www.PhilTing.com SF Forward – the Political Action Committee (PAC) of the ing down the street when he saw a large Offi cers knocked on the door of a busi- the woman swing the lock at the man on who confi rmed that the items belonged to San Francisco Chamber of Commerce – is the political voice for On November 6, vote Phil Ting for Assembly! man struggling to take a backpack from a ness, following up on a call that a man was the sidewalk. He also heard the man say, her. She identifi ed all three suspects and businesses and residents who support sound economic policy “Drop the lock!” Th e woman claimed she they were booked into custody at Northern and an exceptional quality of life for all San Franciscans. much smaller man. Th e larger man would threatening people with a gun. Eventually www.sfchamber.com/sfforward Paid PolitPoP li ical Adverertisemt ement.entenn Paid for byyP PhilTinl Ting for AsseAss mblybly 2012.220012. 1267 20th Ave.Ave , San FranFra cisco, CA 9412222. not let go of the backpack, which was someone opened the door and the offi cers attacked the man in self-defense. Later a Station. securely strapped to the smaller man’s back. saw a man with blood on the front of his Finally he pulled the man to the ground shirt, dried blood on his head and a strong and dragged him, still struggling to work odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath. the backpack free. Th e witness decided to He said he had been hit in the head with City and County of San Francisco Department of Elections intervene. He walked up to the larger man the butt of a gun. Th ey brought the man and stuck him so that he fell to the ground, outside and he pointed to a man loitering then held him there until the police arrived. on the sidewalk, saying: “Th at’s him! Th at’s Th e suspect was booked at Northern Sta- the guy that pointed a gun at us!” He said tion. Th e man who had been attacked said he and his friends had been inside a private he was uninjured. room singing karaoke when four men came in and began swearing at the group. One Aggravated Assault pulled out a gun and pointed it at them. O’Farrell and Fillmore Streets Th e other three began to punch the men September 9, 3:25 a.m. in the karaoke group. Offi cers arrested Offi cers received a report that shots had the gun-wielding man, but were not able been fi red. At the scene, they saw a vehicle to locate the weapon. He was booked at turn sharply and speed away. Th e offi cers Northern Station. took off in pursuit. After a short time the car came to a halt and the men inside jumped Firearm Possession by a November 6 out and fl ed. Th e offi cers then broadcast Prohibited Person suspect descriptions to assisting offi cers, Eddy and Buchanan Streets General Election San Francisco Chronicle who took the individuals in custody. September 22, 9:49 p.m. Dispatch then received a call from a citi- Plainclothes offi cers saw a man they Register to vote by October 22 “City College Put in Jeopardy” zen who had witnessed a battery in the same knew was on parole loitering in an area “Leadership Weaknesses at All Levels” Request to vote by mail by October 30  Do you have HOT FLASHES due to Vote early at City Hall October 9 – November 6  MENOPAUSE? Polls open 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM November 6 TIME FOR Participants Wanted! 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Marco Polo Comes to the Fillmore New spice shop opening

By Christine Lunde

n their honeymoon in Italy, neighborhood residents Olivia From truffl e to rosemary, Dillan and Ben Balzer fl oated by lavender and MarcoO Polo’s house on a canal in Venice, Himalayan pink Scotch & Soda is now open at 2031 Fillmore, former home of Betsey Johnson. which inspired Dillan to leave the tech salt, Spice Ace industry behind. offers a world of Th en serendipity took charge. Th ree nonprocessed weeks after Dillan and Balzer decided to spices. A Boutique From Amsterdam start a shop of their own, the space at 1821 Steiner Street between Bush and Sutter, Company’s fi rst store in the U.S. opens on Fillmore former home to a bridal shop, became DANIEL BAHMANI available. And early this month, Spice Ace, cotch & Soda, an Amsterdam- All pieces include Scotch & Soda’s their clean white store with marble coun- From truffl e to rosemary, lavender and tion, including whole red savina habaneros, salts and a tart, lemony sumac from Turkey. based clothing line with more attention to detail and some have whim- tertops and a bejeweled chandelier, will Himalayan pink salt, the new shop off ers one of the hottest peppers on earth. Other off erings include infused sugars, but than 30 retail stores worldwide, sical touches on classic items. A sweater is open, off ering local shoppers 250 herbs, a world of nonprocessed spices. Th e herbs Spice Ace off ers white, red, pink, green only one ginger candy. And forget choco- hasS opened its fi rst store in the U.S. at adorned with a detachable spray of beads spices and blends from around the world. come from organic or sustainable farming and four types of whole black peppercorns late. Balzer suggests adding ground carda- 2031 Fillmore Street. or feathers. Another simple scoopneck “I’d never want to open a store anywhere practices. — along with Balzer’s favorite brand of mom to ice cream. Th e new boutique occupies the space is embellished with beaded embroidery. else,” says Dillan as she fl oats around the Dillan and Balzer have traveled the pepper crushers, William Bounds. If it’s paprika you’re after, you’ll have to left vacant by Betsey Johnson, but has a A jacket with pleated shoulder pads has store, eagerly showing off salts and herbs in globe learning about spices and how they “Th e beauty of William Bounds is that ask. It’s hidden away in drawers because it new look, with pint-size dressing rooms fancifully piped lining. Another sports white-topped glass jars. “Th is is my home are used in their native land. Dillan wants they crush the pepper versus grind it,” he loses its fl avor and color when touched by in the middle with burlap curtains. Th e asymmetrical zippers and leather sleeves and my favorite neighborhood.” to help customers develop their own says. “Th e wheel doesn’t clog. Th ese are my light. racks and shelves off er men’s and wom- and trim. A shirt comes with optional Th e triangular Cyprus fl ake salt looks blends, and hopes eventually to host blend- favorite crushers and we’re off ering a vari- “Not all spices are aromatic, but they en’s clothing with a vintage vibe off ered velvet bowtie. A tee shirt is jazzed up like a new-fallen snowfl ake; Dillan recom- ing seminars at the store. ety to our customers.” come alive in oil or with heat,” Dillan says. at moderate prices. Th ere are accessories, with sequin inserts. mends a pinch to perk up a slice of fresh Balzer and Dillan’s tastes diff er, although Also on Spice Ace shelves: chervil, com- “I love to cook, and using fantastic spices including bags, gloves and scarves, and Additional stores in the United tomato. “Th e fl eur de sel was harvested from they both agree on quality. Balzer prefers monly used in herbs de Provence, along makes it better. I want to give people the plenty of jeans, shirts, pullovers, jackets States are slated to open soon in Chi- salt ponds in France,” she says. “All you peppers and chilies — especially the smoked with smoked pasilla de Oaxaca, a some- small joys and happiness I get from using and the clothing item locals need most cago, Las Vegas and Washington, need is a little bit and — pop!” ones. Th ey house an extensive chili collec- what fruitier chile, six diff erent Himalayan good spices.” days of the year: coats. D.C.

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‘Respect the Oasis’ On Sutter Street, Sidney carries on a 60-year tradition By Marilyn Damon Diamond Khurin said he is sympathetic. “I know how hard it is to be evicted,” Story & Photograph by Kathi O’Leary n a recent overcast Friday he said, “because that happened to me.” afternoon, I walked into the Construction is under way now on n a charming block of Sutter Street between the oversized round mirrors warns: doorway to Soaps, the salon Khurin’s new jewelry store, which will that narrowly missed the wrecking ball “Respect the oasis.” And an oasis is just how it atO 2480 Sacramento Street, just east of be called Elite Fine Jewelry. He hopes to of redevelopment 50 years ago, Sidney feels, with the comforting chit-chat backed up Fillmore, where I get my hair cut — and, open in November, off ering a full range of HairO Care sits among Victorian homes, small by Ella, Frank or — Sidney’s favorite — Jimmy okay, dyed. jewelry and the services and products he shops and the Macedonia Baptist Church. Reed. Th ere is no Pandora or Muzak at this I stopped dead in my tracks, astonished previously off ered farther down Fillmore Sidney, the professional name of Betty Jean salon. and confused at the sight that greeted me: Street. Macklin, has cared for clients of all races and Deftly handling three or more clients at Th e main fl oor was covered with moving My stylist, Robert Anthony, said he walks of life at this shop since 1988. Even once in vintage salon chairs refurbished by Sal boxes. Th ere were no clients. One of the contacted other salons in the neighbor- before then, she was cutting, perming, relaxing Vales-co, the late upholsterer down the block, salon chairs was missing. Th e products hood to see if they had openings, but and coloring hair in salons nearby — and gone Sidney stops to dish out homemade soup and that usually line the shelves under the found nothing available. He really wanted by — including Jose La Crosby, Patrick’s Barber warm blankets to clients under the dryers so that mirror were all gone. Th e place was to have his own shop, so he looked at Shop, Darrnell’s and Ivory’s. everybody is cozy and fed before the comb-out. almost bare. Soaps salon occupied the small space at 2480 Sacramento Street for 32 years. several buildings on Fillmore Street. “I am part of a 60-year tradition in this very Sidney, with her deep and loving laugh and I ran upstairs to my stylist, Robert None had the necessary plumbing. location as an African American owned and eternal optimism, is also well known to her cus- Anthony, demanding to know what was Th en he got lucky. operated hair salon,” she says. “And there aren’t tomers as a comedienne and singer. In fact, a going on. Anthony found a spot upstairs in the too many of us left in this town who can say karaoke machine sits between the hair dryers “We’re moving,” he said. “We were & classic Victorian at the corner of Fillmore that.” ready for use. “I'm a frustrated singer without a given 30 days to vacate.” CUT DIED and Pine, and he was eager to show it ■ voice and, you know, I have a captive audience,” Soaps had been in that spot for 32 off . After punching in a code to enter, With its understated facade and dark sheer she says, pointing to the machine. years. Anthony had been there fi ve years A salon makes way for a new jewelry store we climbed the stairs to the second fl oor curtains, the long and narrow shop at 2174 Sut- Deeply devoted to the neighborhood and and had spent a good bit of his own and immediately were hit by the bright ter Street seems like a throwback — not only her diverse clientele, Sidney has loyal customers money to create a unique area upstairs eventually he wanted to put a jewelry store storefronts to create a large corner space. sunlight pouring into the offi ces housing in appearance, but also in the personal inter- going back 30 years. As an octogenarian arrives for his clients. in the space. McLean, who employed four hair several other businesses. actions of owner and clientele. Sidney’s salon at the shop on a walker, thankful for the street While the retail turnover on and “I thought it might be one or two years, stylists and an aesthetician at Soaps, was Down the hall we went to fi nd his new is a neighborhood hub for sharing gossip and level entrance and extra attention, a young pro- around Fillmore Street is not new, the but it turned out to be eight years,” he matter-of-fact about closing the salon salon — much smaller than Soaps, but talking politics; there’s a photo of her with Bill fessional man departs on his motorcycle, his suddenness of the move was unusual. said. after more than three decades. bright and cheery in spite of the unpacked Clinton hanging near the door. long and shining hair blowing in the breeze. According to Soaps owner Barbara Khurin was a jeweler in his native “It’s his building,” she said. “He can do cartons and crowded shelves. And there’s a It’s also a place for sharing personal stories, ■ McLean, the salon was not in fi nancial Russia and immigrated with his family to anything he wants with it.” small alcove where he has installed a sink much in the tradition of beauty shops in the Th is vestige of a once-thriving African Amer- trouble. Rather, the owner of the building the United States in 1989. For a few years McLean found a new place in and chair. South, where African American women could ican neighborhood is now threatened with a new reclaimed the space to fulfi ll his dream of he operated Elite Jewelers at Fillmore and Hayes Valley, and the other stylists and Once again he is creating his own run their own businesses and turn them into redevelopment. Sidney has been warned she may “I’m a frustrated singer and, you know, opening a jewelry store there. Post, off ering mid-priced jewelry, watch employees scattered to other locations. space, but this time it will be the Robert community gathering places. be evicted soon if the owner of the building goes In 2004 Simon Khurin bought the repair and design services. But he was Stylist Kate Defoe moved to Cow Anthony Salon. Even though the In that way, Sidney’s feels private, intimate forward with renovation plans that will force her I have a captive audience.” building, which also houses the Toujours evicted, along with other tenants, when Hollow. “It’s hard to leave all the people,” surroundings are temporarily chaotic, I am and buzzing with life. But the shop is a calm- to vacate the space. She’s waiting it out, hoping lingerie shop. Khurin said he told McLean Goodwill Industries moved across the she said. “We were a group who jelled and delighted that my hair stylist was able to ing and reassuring place as well. 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1 1 /2 pounds whole fresh anchovies Celebrates Italy Extra virgin olive oil For Locals Kosher salt ocal culinary stars Shelley Lindgren Black pepper and Matthew Accarrino have paired to 2 lemons – and Jocks SPQR: Modern Italian About ½ cup dry breadcrumbs pen a cookbook, 10 bay leaves LFood and Wine, explaining the history and nuances of the food and wine in eight diff erent regions of Clean each fi sh under cold running water: Run a Named Joe Central and Northern Italy. Th e beautifully illus- small spoon from the tail end toward the head to trated book, due to appear on shelves October gently scrape away the scales. Rinse well. Using kitchen shears, make a cut behind the head and Liverpool Lil’s serves up 16, includes cultural musings and insights along gills, stopping just short of cutting all the way with the recipes on its through the belly. Let the head fall away and classics at a fair price pages. gently pull the innards out. Rinse the anchovy It features dishes well and place on a bed of ice while you clean in a vintage setting served at neighbor- the remaining fi sh. Using kitchen shears, gently hood restaurant SPQR, cut through the belly from the head toward the By Chris Barnett tail. With the shears, snip the spine just before which gets its name the tail (leave the tail intact). With your fi ngers, from the acronym open the anchovy up like a book. Gently pull out egend has it that Liverpool Lil’s, for the Latin transla- the backbone and pinbones. the saucy saloon and gastropub tion of the Senate and Preheat the oven to 375°. Oil a 9 by 13-inch just outside the eastern gate of People of Rome, the casserole. Slice one of the lemons crosswise theL Presidio, is named after a trollop who ERIK ANDERSON Roman motto. into rounds. Cut the other lemon into wedges for prowled the cobblestone streets of Britain’s serving. Lil’s turns 40 next year, and little has changed in her lifetime. Th e book’s introduction describes the experi- Spread the cleaned fi sh out on a baking sheet notorious port city entertaining aff ection- ence of dining at 1911 Fillmore. “Th e restaurant or platter and season with salt and pepper. starved sailors and dockworkers in the itself is modest — wooden tables in the din- Drizzle the fi sh with enough olive oil to coat, then dark corners of ale houses. with wounded Vietnam vets who would and chairs still caters to the al fresco are still standing. Every square inch of 1 ing room surround a marble bar containing the sprinkle with about /4 cup of the breadcrumbs or Not exactly true, confesses Ralph sneak out of Letterman Army Hospital drinkers — and, in recent years, smokers. the walls is packed with the same aging small open kitchen — but the experiences off ered enough to coat them lightly. Tuck the anchovies Maher, founder of the bar and longtime in the Presidio, often in their hospital Walk in the half-open front door, let your photos, menus, oversized portraits and crosswise into the casserole and sprinkle with nightly are nowhere near plebeian. Our guests more breadcrumbs to barely cover. Nestle the but now semi-retired San Francisco gowns, and slip in for a drink. Th e eyes adjust to the original scarred wood yellowed newspaper clippings. may sample spring lamb wrapped in chard leaves lemon rounds and bay leaves in among the fi sh. publord. He admits conjuring up the bikers and the vets sort of got along.” paneling, the gentle amber glow tossed off It’s been said that Lil’s “art collection” on one night and pillows of agnolotti fi lled with Drizzle with additional oil and bake for 8 to 12 name Liverpool Lil’s when he bought the Maher scrapped the pool table, added by the late afternoon light and the wall is a historical tour of the city and a rogue’s

fava beans and black truffl e the next, swirling SARA REMINGTON © 2012 minutes or until the breadcrumbs are golden place at 2942 Lyon Street, near Lombard, hard liquor, hired bartenders who could lanterns, and you could easily mistake it gallery of San Francisco jocks named Joe. glasses of wine that hail from the coast of Liguria brown and crisp and the fi sh is cooked through. in 1973. He reasoned that the visage of a make conversation and cocktails at the for an earlier era. Among them: a snapshot of a boyish Joe to the Adriatric Sea.” ample education and suggestions for pairings with SPQR’s Baked Serve with lemon wedges on the side. strumpet plying her trade gave the place a same time, put in a proper kitchen and Th e vintage L-shaped pub-style Montana, arm cocked, ready to heave the Anchovies Lindgren, wine director and co-owner of the dishes discussed. ReprintedMatthew Accarrinowith permission with Kate from Leahy, SPQR: copyright Modern © certain historical public house accuracy. an eclectic menu with hearty portions. wooden bar with racks of glasses hanging perfect spiral, and the wire service photo ■ SPQR, tells readers how she came to revere the Th e book includes step-by-step illustrated Italian2012. FoodPublished and Wine, by Ten by Speed Shelley Press, Lindgren a division and of “Actually, it was a biker bar called the overhead and ice packed in a tin tray is of Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio corkscrewed at wines of the region: “Beyond its wine diversity, explanations of techniques such as removing the Random House Inc. Lyon’s Den that served beer and wine Liverpool Lil’s turns 40 next year, and still just to the left of the door. Th e 10 home plate after he swung for the fences Italy enchants me for the simple reason that, there, pinbones from an anchovy — as required in the and had a pool table in the middle of the little has changed in her lifetime. A front red leather upholstered bar stools, having — and no doubt connected. wine is an intrinsic part of a meal.” She peppers in recipe here. room,” recalls Maher. “It was also fi lled patio fi lled with marble-topped tables groaned under the weight of thousands, TO PAGE 12 X

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X FROM PAGE 11 Of all the customers and characters who have adopted Liverpool Lil’s as their favorite hideout, rumpus room and pile- it-high-on-the-plate eatery, Joe DiMaggio is the most lionized. Maher even framed DiMaggio’s scorecard from the nearby Presidio golf course. A notorious loner and a man of few words who hated people to fuss over him or his fame, the Yankee great would slip in solo and sit by himself at a table, underneath his picture PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIK ANDERSON and opposite the bar. “He’d have a cup of Bartender Casey O’Neill (far left) presides over the plank at Liverpool Lil’s, serving up straight-ahead coff ee or a glass of red wine,” recalls Ed drinks to loyal regulars. Beyond the bar, the dining room (left) offers classic comfort food and a quieter place to talk. Wocher, Liverpool Lil’s host for 30 years. He says DiMaggio liked the place because he could come in and nobody bothered raved about the place — and I can see Although Liverpool Lil’s may look As an example, my measure of a bar’s made from Old Crow, which has also market. Th at Old Crow well Manhattan Hackim recently rebuff ed an order for six whites by the glass and most are in the him. If Marilyn ever joined him, Wocher why.” like a pub, Maher and the other current — and bartender’s — commitment to been cut from 86 proof to 80 proof, but was just six bucks. Call drinks are $7 a classic daiquiri. “Do you know how $7 to $8 range. never saw her. “Why” is the comfortable, welcoming owners, Eddie Sabino and Gil Hodges, customer satisfaction is to order a “well” tastes smoother. More importantly, the to $9. many orders I get for a daiquiri?” he said. ■ ■ environs without attitude. “Why” is also haven’t gone the pub grub route. Billed cocktail. As a bourbon guy, my test is a bartenders, including Billy Hackim and Lil’s has a quartet of specialty drinks, “Hardly any. Th ose people want coconut On balance, Liverpool Lil’s bar is a Liverpool Lil’s is virtually a tourist- the happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday as “classic continental comfort food,” bourbon Manhattan with extra bitters. Casey O’Neill — who’s worked at Lil’s off but they are not outrageous concoctions frou-frou crap.” relaxing place to hang out or meet and free zone and most of her loyalists are through Friday. With its own menu, the the lunch, dinner and brunch menus are Nearly all San Francisco saloons have and on for 30 years — pour a Manhattan of fl avors and garnishes designed to win Meanwhile, there’s no shortage of greet. Th e space itself is compact, and with neighbors — from the Marina, Pacifi c two-hour wind down can make a meal. fi lled with appetizers, sandwiches, salads, Jim Beam in the well. Beam’s advertising and other straight-up cocktails to the rim. a trophy at a mix-off . Th ey include the beers and wines and, again, the tariff s are three big screen TVs blaring sports non- Heights, Laurel Heights and the Fillmore. Th e barbecue beef sliders, made of ground dinners and desserts that can all be served brags that the famed American whiskey And they’ve not fallen prey to the truly iconic Moscow Mule, made with more than fair. A pint of Guinness is $5 stop, quiet conversation isn’t all that easy. But during a recent visit, two pals named Angus beef, cheddar cheese and shallots, at the bar. Most of the food prices are hasn’t changed in 160 years. Not true. current cocktail craze of pouring three Russian Standard vodka; a rich raspberry and the same is true for the other seven But the dining room toward the back is Michelle, who hold administrative spots at and the pulled pork slider with Baja slaw double-digit and, considering the hearty For most of those years, Jim Beam was to fi ve liquors in a shaker, adding two or Cosmopolitan; and a diff erent take on the beers on draught, including a brew called spacious and the dark corners away from a San Diego high school, were on the next and chipotle aioli are hefty and well worth portions, they’re a deal if not a steal. 86 proof. Today, it’s 80 proof, tastes weak three juices, then garnishing with fruits Dark and Stormy with Myers dark rum, Speakeasy Prohibition and old standbys the action off er privacy and a little room two barstools over, savoring margaritas. $4. A trio of tacos — carne asada, carnitas ■ and takes a heavy pour to produce an and vegetables and proclaiming it some fresh lime juice and Fever-Tree ginger such as Anchor Steam and Stella Artois. to cuddle. And with the America’s Cup “We’re here for a conference and a San and Santa Fe chicken — are $3 apiece. A Lil’s libations are also bargain priced acceptable Manhattan. Jim Beam Rye is organic aphrodisiac or longevity potion beer imported straight from London. Lil’s has a half dozen or so bottled beers in town in the early part of the month, Francisco friend insisted we had to go to chicken pot pie and a short rib pot pie are and crafted by bartenders who’ve earned an exception, but it’s always a “call.” — for, say, $16. Liverpool Lil’s sticks with Th ey’re priced between $8 and $9. for $5, but no real standout labels. Lovers you might just see some aff ection-starved Liverpool Lil’s for a drink,” said one. “She also late afternoon off erings for $5. their chops making and perfecting drinks. Liverpool Lil’s well Manhattans are the classics and the prices are way below Still, Lil’s has its quirks. For example, of the grape can choose from six reds and sailors here quaffi ng a tankard of ale.

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In the recent past, doing if they weren’t being watched, and then had its advantages, and I tended to live inside my imagi- Back at home, she goes through the painstaking the persistent bottleneck has been low inventory, but during the kickoff of the fall season there has been an infl ux of beautiful put that under a glass dome,” says local artist nation,” Wood says. “As a kid I was always making little process of putting the delicate insects into hot water homes offered citywide — and especially in our “J Lisa Wood, describing her otherworldly diora- worlds for insects I had rescued, and I remember always to rehydrate them, making them pliable enough to pin neighborhood. mas that feature insects at work and play. “It’s usually a collecting bits of nature and saving them in shoeboxes into positions. Each diorama takes several days. NEW LISTINGS: 3524 Jackson is a signifi cant simple story: a beetle clipping articles out of the news- for a later project. To this day, not much has changed.” “Making the base has its challenges. I like the base to architectural showcase capturing everything that paper, a caterpillar decorating a wedding cake or two Before she began creating the insect dioramas, Wood look as natural as possible, and using diff erent sand, dirt defi nes Presidio Heights: lush formal gardens ants having tea.” made shadowboxes juxtaposing old photographs and and rocks takes some time,” Wood says. “I like to use a luxuriating on an oversized lot, expansive views Be the City’s Wood walks to her part-time job at Nest, the gift nature. mix of nature and handmade dollhouse miniatures to of the Golden Gate Bridge, a custom conservatory and three view terraces. The light cascading down shop at 2300 Fillmore Street, from her home near Alamo “Th ey’re larger, and they only have one side,” Wood tell a story. It all has to be glued down securely without the elliptical staircase fi ltered through a stained Square. When she moved here from New York in 2000, says. “Th ey didn’t have a life of their own like the insect any glue visible, and that takes patience.” glass skylight in the formal entry brings the interior she found inspiration in her new surroundings. dioramas. Th ey’re more morbid, more ashes to ashes. ■ of this home to life. The classical architecture has “Actually, when I fi rst moved here I wasn’t that crazy Th e insect dioramas are the opposite of that. Th ey’re Th e dioramas, priced from $200 to $800, are avail- Budget Czar been transformed by state-of-the-art technology and systems. It’s offered for $13.5 million. about the Painted Ladies and Victorian homes,” she playful, whimsical.” able at Nest on Fillmore and at Paxton Gate in the Mis- The penthouse at 2170 Jackson (left) is a phe- says. “Th ey just grew on me.” Th ough Wood had always incorporated nature into sion. Wood acknowledges they’re not for everyone. nomenal two-level perch with rare 360 degree views ■ her work, she hadn’t worked with real insects before she “Some people really don’t like bugs,” she says. “Some and abundant light. The balance achieved here is rare and exceptional for many Now Wood not only fi nds inspiration in the sur- started creating her dioramas. walk by and don’t even notice them. But a few stop and reasons. The private terrace, entered through bronze and glass door, has Mexican rounding Victorian architecture, but also in the history “It was the fi rst time I had used real insects in my pick them up and really look, and giggle and love them. for a Day! tile, a fountain and luscious succulents. The woodwork in the contemporary box- of the Victorian people. work, and I was hooked,” Wood says. “Insects are amaz- Most do fi nd their way into other people’s homes — beam ceiling, built-in sculptural table and oversize bench emphasize the natural How would you invest warmth and beauty of wood. But most incredible and unexpected of all is the “It’s just their sensibilities,” Wood says. “Th ey’re very ing little creatures. I can’t help but be in awe of the way and that makes me happy.” waterfall that fl ows down the staircase, visually ending in a beautiful Zen water crafty people with their photography and odd, morbid they move, and their vibrant colors.” Not all fi nd new homes, however. Wood admits San Francisco’s wall designed by light and space artist Eric Orr. It’s offered for $6.5 million. fascinations. 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