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Business Briefs: Queer-owned SF herbal apothecary expands

Business Briefs: Queer-owned SF herbal apothecary expands

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 7, 2018

For 23 years the Scarlet Sage Herb Co. has supplied San Francisco residents with holistic treatments to remedy all manner of ills, aches, and pains.

Real estate firm seeks to move into vacant Castro auto space

Real estate firm seeks to move into vacant Castro auto space

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Nov 1, 2018

A real estate firm is seeking to move into a vacant Castro auto space where housing had been proposed.

Business Briefs: Gay entrepreneur invests in blockchain sector

Business Briefs: Gay entrepreneur invests in blockchain sector

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Oct 10, 2018

Altif Brown, a co-founder and head of community at Constellation Labs, can count on one hand the number of other African-Americans he knows working in the blockchain sector. He has yet to meet another gay person.

Arcade bar in SF Castro district looks to expand into adjacent eatery space

Arcade bar in SF Castro district looks to expand into adjacent eatery space

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Sep 21, 2018

Brewcade, the popular arcade and craft beer bar on upper Market Street in San Francisco's gay Castro district, is in talks to expand into an adjacent restaurant space.

Business Briefs: Gay-owned plant store helps to green Tenderloin

Business Briefs: Gay-owned plant store helps to green Tenderloin

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Sep 12, 2018

Growing up in Redding in northern California, Chai Saechao loved to get his hands dirty in the backyard garden his mother tended.

Business Briefs: LGBT businesses settle into Bernal Heights

Business Briefs: LGBT businesses settle into Bernal Heights

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Aug 8, 2018

Working as a manager of Blue Bottle Coffee's Hayes Valley location, JoEllen Depakakibo learned what it takes to run a successful coffee business. She decided to use that knowledge to open her own coffeehouse.

National LGBT Media Association Announces 2018 Ad POP Awards

National LGBT Media Association Announces 2018 Ad POP Awards

  • by National LGBT Media Association
  • Jul 12, 2018

The National LGBT Media Association (NGMA) has announced its third annual Ad POP award winners, including many top corporate brand names.

Business Briefs: Nonprofit tends to the needs of LGBT agriculturists

Business Briefs: Nonprofit tends to the needs of LGBT agriculturists

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jul 11, 2018

At the Cultivating Change Foundation's fourth summit for LGBTQ agriculturists and their allies, attendees listened to workshop sessions on such topics as "Growing Bridges: Research on Lesbian Farmers & Their Communities.

Business Briefs: Gay-owned bank taps into digital financial future

Business Briefs: Gay-owned bank taps into digital financial future

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jun 13, 2018

Colin Walsh, the founder and CEO of Varo Money Inc., envisions a day where the local bank branch is a relic of financial history.

Business Briefs: Stoli to unveil Harvey Milk vodka bottle, mural

Business Briefs: Stoli to unveil Harvey Milk vodka bottle, mural

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 9, 2018

A new mural honoring the late gay Supervisor Harvey Milk will be unveiled in San Francisco's Castro district May 22 as part of the local festivities taking place this year to mark Harvey Milk Day.

Cannabis retail store seeks to open in the Castro

Cannabis retail store seeks to open in the Castro

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • May 3, 2018

A new cannabis retail store is seeking to open in the Castro in a storefront across the street from the eatery Flore on Market.

Business Briefs: AsiaSF and its trans performers mark 20 years

Business Briefs: AsiaSF and its trans performers mark 20 years

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Apr 12, 2018

Twenty years ago business partners Larry Hashbarger and Skip Young took a chance on opening a restaurant featuring transgender cabaret performers who doubled as waitresses in San Francisco.

After years of delays, Castro Hamburger Mary's opens

After years of delays, Castro Hamburger Mary's opens

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 14, 2018

It was a day many thought wouldn't come, with some joking they were on the lookout for flying pigs Sunday night, as the long promised Castro location of Hamburger Mary's quietly opened to the public.

Business Briefs: LGBT Chambers to Talk Policy at SF Summit

Business Briefs: LGBT Chambers to Talk Policy at SF Summit

  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 7, 2018

LGBT business owners set to gather in San Francisco for conference.