Local links: Beautiful interiors, Traffic Safety Meeting, Top Restaurants, Save My Seat closing, Speier drops trash off at White House

Here is a roundup of local news stories about our dear neighborhood, or that make mention of it. Happy Thursday!

Sarah B.

• An article on SF’s Most Beautiful Interiors – Mapped includes five that are right here in the Richmond District: the Salon Dore at the Legion of Honor, Holy Virgin Cathedral on Geary (view our pics from a tour), Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park, Rossi Pool, and the Columbarium.
• EaterSF published their latest list of San Francisco’s 38 Essential Restaurants. In our ‘hood, Cassava and Fiorella made the list.
• If you haven’t heard already, Save My Seat Upholstery (275 6th Ave) is closing their doors at the end of this month after 7 years in business. Owner Lauren Siegel told Hoodline that “the root cause was the impact of city overhead and a lack of housing supply when it came to finding skilled workers.” Coupled with a 25% increase in the cost of her supplies beginning last fall as a result of President Trump’s import tariffs going into effect and Siegel had to close up. She’ll be there until Jan. 31, selling off supplies from the business including upholstery fabric, furniture, pillows, shelving, work tables, and an industrial serger.
• Want a say in improving traffic safety in the Central Richmond? There is a community meeting next Monday, January 14 at 6pm at the Richmond Recreation Center (251 18th Ave).  The Town Hall will provide an opportunity for community members to comment on designs proposed by the SFMTA to improve safety for people walking, biking, or being dropped off at schools in the Central Richmond neighborhood. Proposed traffic safety improvements include: speed humps, high visibility crosswalks, and pedestrian refuge islands. View meeting flyer
• We mentioned over the weekend that SFDPW was pitching in to help clean up the garbage at Lands End due to the federal government shutdown. Representatives Jackie Speier and Jared Huffman stopped at the White House recently to drop off trash that had been collected at Bay Area National Parks to call attention to the impact the shutdown is having.