Read Mission Local often?
Help grow our newsroom, joining the 3,250 readers who support us by giving below.
“Sunset Buzz” is a recurring column on changes, tidbits and other news from the Sunset. Got news? Send us tips at tips@missionlocal.com.
District 4 incumbent Supervisor Alan Wong’s campaign headquarters will be located at 1821 Irving St. near 19th Avenue. Photo by Junyao Yang on Jan. 24, 2026.
Natalie Gee’s campaign headquarters is located at 2233 Irving St. near 24th Avenue. Photo by Junyao Yang.
Less than four months before the District 4 supervisor election, the two leading candidates, incumbent Alan Wong and his challenger Natalie Gee, have found their campaign headquarters, just a few blocks from each other on Irving Street.
Gee’s campaign headquarters is at 2233 Irving St., near 24th Avenue. On a recent Wednesday, the storefront was covered by purple and orange window signs. Wong’s headquarters will be at 1821 Irving St. near 19th Avenue. His campaign is finalizing the lease and will get the keys this weekend. An open house will follow.
Other candidates — Albert Chow, David Lee and Jeremy Greco — are either searching for a space, or will operate from home.
The stretch of Irving Street, dotted by boba shops, produce markets and home goods stores, will likely see plenty of merchant walks and a battle of window signs soon.
Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily newsletter below.
Rusty Ladle is offering a free cup of soup for SFUSD teachers, students and parents. Photo courtesy of Olivia Krent.
San Francisco’s educators strike is over, as the union and school district reached a tentative deal early Friday morning.
Rusty Ladle, a soup eatery at Lawton and 43rd Avenue, has been offering a free cup of soup for striking SFUSD educators, parents, students, and sympathy strikers since Wednesday. The offer continues on Friday.
“I have watched with sadness as some always blame teachers for so many things,” wrote the owner John Lindsey, whose partner has taught in SFUSD for over 30 years. “Teachers want nothing more than to teach, but they can only be stepped on for so long.”
Pàng, a new Chinese eatery, will take the place of Dumpling Park on 9th Avenue. Construction is underway on Feb. 12, 2026. Photo by Junyao Yang.
Dumpling Park at 1309 9th Ave. closed last year, and now a new Chinese eatery is now taking its space, according to business filings.
While earlier permits showed that the location will become a CORE40 gym, now there seems to be a change of plans.
Pàng, meaning “fat” in Chinese, will carry the torch of Dumpling Park. We don’t know if they will serve soup dumplings and noodle soup, but it will be a Chinese restaurant where “Chinese tradition meets with the modern table,” a poster on the storefront announces.
Residents shop for red envelopes and couplets on Clement Street for the lunar new year on Jan. 28, 2025. Photo by Junyao Yang.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, the Outer Sunset farmers’ market is hosting a Lunar New Year celebration. Ring in the Year of the Horse with live performances, martial arts demonstrations and crafty activities, starting from 9:30 a.m.
The farmers’ market is located on 37th Avenue between Ortega and Quintana streets, but all performances will take place at the Pacheco intersection of the market.
The lunar new year falls on Tuesday, Feb. 17 this year. It might be a rainy couple of days, but there are a few lunar new year traditions that you can celebrate indoors: decluttering and cleaning before end of year to sweep away bad luck, taking an “everything shower” to wash away dirt from the old year, making dumplings or hosting a hot pot party at home (we wrote a guide about it).
Timur, an Indian and Himalayan restaurant, opens on 9th Avenue in February 2026. Photo by Junyao Yang.
Timur, an Indian and Himalayan restaurant, opened at 1386 9th Ave. last Friday at the former space of Rose Indian Cuisine, which moved and reopened a few doors down on 9th Avenue.
The owner of Rose Indian Cuisine, brother of Timur’s owner Janardan Dangi, bought the building it now occupies, and moved the restaurant there.
Over at Timur, Dangi renovated the space over the last seven months, updating its interior and kitchen and going through a slow process of city inspections.
Serving the classic South Asian fare like momos, curry, and “expertly prepared” dosa, according to one review, Timur joins an array of South Asian offerings in the Inner Sunset, including Masala Dosa across the street, Sunset Indian Cuisine and Gurung Kitchen on Irving Street.
“Indian food is not just a kind of food, but medicine,” Dangi said. “Our food covers all the way from the Himalayas to the southern part of India.”
During the soft-opening phase, customers can get a free glass of wine and 20 percent off on their first visit. This reporter confirms that the chai is delicious.
Moriwa Matcha opens on Taraval Street across from the McCoppin Square in December 2025. Photo by Junyao Yang.
Moriwa Matcha opened in December at 1143 Taraval St., just across the street from McCoppin Square. It took over the place of another dessert shop YeYe coconut snacks, which closed for renovation last August, but never reopened.
The shop offers a variety of matcha lattes with a selection of strawberry puree, brown sugar, or a creme brûlée top.
Still in its soft opening phase, the tea shop was quiet on a recent Monday, with one employee, who was only working his third day, mixing a matcha drink behind the counter. The owner was apologetic, with a sign explaining that the shop is still hiring and training staffers, but would happily remake the drink if anything is less than satisfactory.
Join the 3,250 readers who keep Mission Local free for all!
Because of you, Mission Local reached and surpassed our $300,000 year-end fundraising goal. All we can say is thank you.
Thank you for choosing to invest in a local newsroom rooted in San Francisco’s communities — one that listens first and reports deeply.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to give, it’s not too late to be part of this community. Your contribution today helps sustain the reporting our city relies on all year long.
We’re grateful you’re here — and we’d be honored to have you join our donors.
Tagged: business, business buzz, community, Sunset
Junyao covers San Francisco’s Westside, from the Richmond to the Sunset. She moved to the Inner Sunset in 2023, after receiving her Master’s degree from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. You can find her skating at Golden Gate Park or getting a scoop at Hometown Creamery.