Neighborhood Watch

Help Save the Gold Dust Lounge!; A Chinatown Japanese Place Shutters

Union Square: The campaign to save the Gold Dust Lounge, threatened with an eviction in March, is in full swing. Here’s the petition. And rumor has it The Limited brands (which owns Henri Bendel and Victoria’s Secret) may be the ones trying to move in. [SFist, SF Appeal]
Chinatown: One of Chinatown’s only Japanese restaurants, Hotaru (1059 Powell Street), has closed and may look to move to the Mission. [Eater]
Hayes Valley: In its November issue (only now online), Vogue proclaimed Smitten Ice Cream one of its favorite ice cream places anywhere, presumably for the hip and novel liquid-nitrogen factor. “[It’s] arguably the freshest, if not the best, ice cream on earth.” [Vogue via Scoop]
Sunset: A new coffee place serving Sightglass roasts called Drip Coffee Bar just opened at 1916 Irving. [Eater]

Help Save the Gold Dust Lounge!; A Chinatown Japanese Place Shutters