California property owners might be surprised when they hear from their county assessors in the coming weeks: property value assessments are headed up for many, along with their taxes. Was there a recovery? Hardly. Most home and business prices remain well below their pre-recession highs. But a provision of Proposition 13, the 1978 voter referendum that put restraints on property tax hikes, allows annual assessment increases of up to two ......
When foodie TV shows feature San Francisco, they tend to focus on our sourdough bread, Dungeness crab, or Ike’s Place. But viewers will be in for a special treat this Sunday when decidedly different local fare is served up: roadkill raccoon. An episode of the Travel Channel’s “The Wild Within” is scheduled for 9 p.m. on Feb. 13 that includes Iso Rabins, the chef behind the local group forageSF, which ......
There might be a day soon when Lindsay Lohan gets a bite of dirty sauce on her way to the county jail. San Francisco’s über popular sandwich shop Ike’s Place could be going Hollywood. Owner Ike Shehadeh went to Los Angeles this week to meet with investors who want to open branches of the restaurant there. “I looked at maybe 20 locations,” Shehadeh said. “I got a really good vibe.” ......
Update at 2:15 p.m It appears that popular sandwich shop Ike’s Place has run out of legal maneuvers – the on-again, off-again eviction from San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood is back on. Owner Ike Shehadeh said Monday will be the last chance to get a bite at the 16th Street location. “This Monday will be the last day at midnight,” Shehadeh said. “The sheriff is planning to shut the shop down ......
In what has been a rollercoaster day of legal proceedings that are bound to have foodie fans’ stomachs in knots, the eviction of popular San Francisco sandwich shop Ike’s Place was suddenly called off this afternoon. This morning, Superior Court Judge Peter J. Busch ruled against Ike’s on a motion based on a technicality, which allowed the eviction to proceed. But this afternoon the lawyer representing the restaurant found an ......
