Lower Haight Local

Nonprofit neighborhood paper · Est. 2025

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Issue 11

August 2026

In this issue

Neighbors

Little Free Library

If you are a book buff, you’re in luck! There’s a new Little Free Library in the Lower Haight, and we can’t wait for you to stop by and visit! It’s located in front of 348 Scott Street between Oak and Page, right in front of the green Bike Box on…

Food & drink

Choux: Growing From Lower Haight

Nestled just off Haight Street on Fillmore, Choux has been making a very particular kind of French pastry for 12 years.

History

A Waterfall and a Watershed Moment

In pre-urbanized San Francisco, let’s say around 1776, there were two naturally attractive routes across the landscape from the north edge of the city to the basin-like valley containing the Mission District.

Food & drink

Toronado: A Conversation With Bill Lewis

Toronado has anchored the Lower Haight since 1987, built a global reputation on 50 rotating taps, and remained stubbornly, defiantly cash only through every tech boom.

Haight of Flavor

Haight of Flavor: August 2026

As summer is nearing its end (how dare I, I know), there are still so many delicious summer foods and recipes to try.

Neighborhood news

Teahouse on Haight

Gather SF, the collective that grew out of The Center, has a space for the next 3 to 6 months.