New restaurants coming soon to Noe Valley

As I reported earlier, the Examiner has a piece today on the newly lifted moratorium on new restaurants in Noe Valley.

"After nearly 20 years of a cap on the number of new restaurants in Noe Valley, neighborhood residents will likely see a new menu of eateries over the next several years. The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that will allow three new restaurants to open up on the neighborhood’s main drag — 24th Street — and allow existing and new restaurants to operate bars with the approval of the Planning Commission."

"Noe Valley residents, who pushed for a moratorium on new restaurants in 1987 to keep out fast-food chains and coffee shops, have recently been feeling a hunger for new places to eat and brought their concerns to Supervisor Bevan Dufty. The ban has also been credited with helping keep a number of storefronts empty on the block."

"Dufty said the ordinance still requires any new restaurant to get approval from the Planning Commission, so neighborhood residents will still have a say about what type of restaurants locate in the neighborhood."