Come visit your local Dogpatch neighborhood artists! Download the entire Spring Open Studios insert (pdf) or see below for a listing of artists and their locations,courtesy of our neighbors – Dogpatch Artists. <– a great sneak peek at the artists!

CREDIT: Map illustration by Jeremy Joven/Asterisk magazine, courtesy of ArtSpan

900 Tennessee Street (corner of 20th St & Tennessee St)

• Cody Bratt, unit 18
• Sirima Sataman, unit 19

Pier 70 – Building 11, Noonan Building (end of 20th St)

• Suzy Barnard
• Phillip Hua
• Marti Mckee
• Adele Shaw

Pier 70 – Building 11, SF Master Artists in Shanty Town

• Michael Rios
• Zack Slater

American Industrial Center – 2325 3rd Street (corner of 3rd St & 20th St)

• Elaine Coombs, 2nd Floor, unit 15

American Industrial Center – 2339 3rd Street (entrance 3rd between 20th St & 22nd St)

• Ellen Burgin, unit 29
• Srimongkol Darawali, unit 25

American Industrial Center – 610 22nd Street, 3 Fish Studios, unit 304 (22nd St & Illinois St)

• Annie Galvin
• Eric Rewitzer

American Industrial Center – 2365 3rd Street, Graphic Arts Workshop, unit 305 (entrance 3rd between 22th St & 23rd St)

• Alice Gibbons
• Leslie Lowinger
• Gloria Morales
• Gail Morrison
• Barbara Stikker

Lorraine Sanders/SF Gate writes: For Danette and Eric Scheib, who’ve designed and produced their label in San Francisco for over a decade and used to operate an eponymous retail store on Octavia Street in Hayes Valley, the current space, slated to become a restaurant later this year, means a chance to interact with shoppers once again while continuing work on their women’s apparel line, men’s tees and art.

Danette inside the Lemon Twist Pop-Up Shop, open through March at 801 22nd St., SF. Image credit: SFGate

“We’re doing our own thing here. I design the women’s clothing. Eric does the graphics for men’s t-shirts,  as well as the fine art we have for sale,” says Dannette. {read more}

More local news: Dogpatch Makers Unite + Create @ The Workshop Residence
Dogpatch’s new trick: high fashion

Fashion + Popups – Yep! There’s more to come in Dogpatch…The Museum of Craft and Design Announces New Home 8,000-square-foot space at the historic American Industrial Center in San Francisco’s burgeoning Dogpatch neighborhood to house comprehensive and diverse exhibitions and programs beginning in mid-2012!

*image credit: BMSF

The menu changes weekly, but this is a Sample of what you may find:
Hardboiled eggs stuffed with rock shrimp, yolks, herbs
Olives-piquillo peppers and anchovies
Fried dates with chevre
Endive filled-herbed goat cheese, blood orange and almond
Frittata-asparagus and parmesan
Mushroom Croquettes
Fried Cauliflower-romesco, herbs, cheese
Smoked Salmon Flatbread-red onion, capers, lemon, creme fraiche
$20pp includes one brunchtail and endless food
Open from 10-2 @ 2490 3rd Street

Follow BMSF (Brandy Rocha – the B in the nomiker) here
Connect with BMSF on facebook for upcoming weekly menus throughout March

Pawtrero is your best friend’s best friend. And if you’re busy they’ll be your  best friend, as well. Not only does Pawtrero provide the discerning dog owner with a wide selection of holistic diets, raw food, and…squeaky toys, they’ll also deliver your order to your new Esprit Park home. Visit Pawtrero at their Mississippi St. location or online.

Even Grouchy Puppy loves our nearby pet-friendly Pawtrero – saying “Congrats on winning a 2012 Beast of the Bay Award for “Best Free Treats” in San Francisco ♥ ♥ We can confirm Cleo loved the ones in the bathhouse ♥”

Jennifer adds “Samson and I are so grateful that they deliver! And the Pawtrero crew are though…tful enough to bring the occasional sample of new small batch foods to introduce the newest organic and natural food suppliers. Great brands, great service, great selection and great prices! Thanks!”

The best measure of a neighborhood is the neighbors

Jesse Mullen at The Dogpatch Howler gives us some insight into our new neighbors:

Serving Locally Sourced Sustainable Latin Fusion Cuisine

Gilberth Cab has been cooking since he was 12, when his grandmother would bring him to her mercado, saying “let’s go work.” This is where he grew to love cooking. He has spent eight years working at Jolt & Bolt in the same building as this new restaurant, meeting his wife Julia there. They opened the New Spot six years ago, offering Mexican and Salvadoran cuisine to the neighborhood that they loved. In 2009 Gilberth was driven to open a cafe, which became their second venture Oralia’s. Still not feeling complete, Gilberth wanted to do something else — something more formal — a different approach to Latin cuisine.  Read more: Gilberth’s Rotisserie & Grill Soft Opening

Get the Menu

image credit: Thrillist SF

Sourcing its meats from nearby Olivier’s Butchery, GRG’s menu’s flush with Latin-cestual fusion fare including exotic apps like grilled beef heart, pork belly chicharrones, and “Hunter’s Sliders” (the aforementioned venison, ostrich, and alligator), and mains such as a Gruyere-topped lamb n’ chorizo burger or a Puerto Rican plantain puree-accompanied roasted pork neck, also what accompanies a sunscreen-less Kirstie Alley. – The Thrillist SF reports

Read more: Gilberth’s Rotisserie & Grill: Ostrich, alligator & venison sliders, oh my

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment

“It’s like a cathedral,” said Beaupre. “We really think the public should be able to enjoy the grandeur of it, so we’re looking for a cultural use.” A few potential partners—including the Exploratorium and the National Maritime Museum—considered moving in but decided not to go forward.

The Port Authority plans to turn the largely abandoned Pier 70 into a commercial and recreational area while maintaining its working waterfront. Courtesy Port of San Francisco

Dogpatch Guide, Bruce Smith writes, “Previously we had only been able to peek through the windows of these buildings and imagine what they were like on the inside. We now walked down the time worn historic hallways where, if you listened closely, you could hear the buzz of workers and machines that had kept shipbuilding and repair a vital part of San Francisco. This had been a place where thousands of workers clocked in each day and many of the nations battleships were born, christened and launched. Going forward, City Guides will be able to guide with an informed voice about its significance in San Francisco’s history.

If the Port plan comes to fruition, this district will be revitalized and thrive once again – with thousands of people gravitating towards its shops, restaurants, historical structures and offices. With Mission Bay on the rise and the 3rd Street T cutting a path right at its doorstep, you can almost smell the food, taste the wine, and embrace the crowds today.” Pier 70 – A View from Inside

Just last week The Huffington Post reported on this very topic–
Janet Carpinelli, a graphic designer and Dogpatch resident for 30 years, said most residents would agree. They are eager to see those beloved buildings restored to their glory after so many years of neglect.

“We have the bones of a really fantastic area here and we just want to see it enhanced,” said Carpinelli, president of the Dogpatch neighborhood association. “But we don’t want to see it developed in spite of the historic buildings; everything has to be done in this organic way to encompass the history. We don’t want the new buildings to obscure or overpower the historic ones.”  Read full article: San Francisco’s Dogpatch Pier District Braces For Renewal

Read more in The Architects Newspaper: Shipping News, Big plans floated for San Francisco’s Pier 70
Get the latest from The Port of San Francisco: Pier 70 Area – 20th Street Historic Buildings Developer Solicitation

*image credits: The Architects Newspaper

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Once home to shipwrights and boilermakers—the same class of skilled craftsmen yet fill this sunny patch of San Francisco. The industrious folk of today are connoisseurs of food and wine, purveyors of artisan coffees and chocolate, they create custom messenger bags perfectly suited to these bicycle-friendly streets, and they make the best ice cream on earth.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment

4. Just for You Cafe, San Francisco

This small cafe in the Dogpatch neighborhood cooks up savory New Orleans specialities such as crab cakes, Louisiana hot sausage, po’ boys, grits and red beans and rice. If you go during happy hour, try the creole sampler – a trio of gumbo, jambalaya and spicy shrimp. Also, don’t miss their beignets, fried dough topped with copious amounts of powdered sugar. 732 22nd St., San Francisco. (415) 647-3033, www.justforyoucafe.com. Open daily. Read more:Five places: Livin’ it up Big Easy style

Just for You Cafe Special Mardi Gras Menu FAT TUESDAY 7:30-3,  includes:
Blackened Catfish
Oyster ‘n Shrimp Po’boys
Jambalaya
Gumbo
Red beans and rice
King Cake

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment

The best measure of a neighborhood is the neighbors

Did you know? Partner/Owners, Flores and Topacio are both pastry chefs who worked for Wolfgang Puck ― Flores for Puck executive pastry chef Sherry Yard (he worked at Spago Beverly Hills, and was opening pastry chef at Spago Maui). Topacio completes the equation with a background as a baker for Brick Maiden Breads in Pt. Reyes Station and Firebrand in Oakland, creating the perfect combination of housemade ice-cream and sweet shop confections made from scratch using organic, seasonal, and local ingredients! To celebrate one year of business in the Dogpatch the pair gave away free junior-size scoops of “Birthday Cake” ice cream, a sweet cream flavored ice cream, studded with chocolate cake chunks and rainbow sprinkles.

This 20-seat ice cream shop across the street from Serpentine offers 8-10 ice cream flavors at any given time + baked goods and homemade candy. Has anyone tried the Ballpark yet? Seems like the perfect pairing with a day at AT&T Park just a short stroll away. I mean, really? Who can resist beer and peanuts?

Ice Cream in Winter, you say? Yes, please. I think Joe M. sums it up best -
“Okay, we all know that hot soup on a cold day is like having a glass of milk with a chocolate chip cookie…they just go together.  Like a match made in heaven.  But I’m here to tell you…..hot soup doesn’t have to be the only perfect match for a cold, winter’s afternoon.  IMO, a cup of ice cream from Mr. and Mrs. hits the spot just as good as a bowl of ramen would.  And if that ice cream is alcohol-flavored, well then the tummy party just got kicked up a notch!….So yeah, ice cream on a cold day is pretty damn awesome.  And I can’t wait for the hot days to come back to make me go even more.  I think that’s when I’ll kick it up a notch and get some chocolate sauce poured on.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I’m getting a sundae all the way!”

Read more: Ice Cream Shop Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous Taking Shape in Dogpatch
Mr. and Mrs. Miscellaneous: Classic American Ice Cream with a Quirky Twist

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment

A Very, Very, Very Fine House by KATIE POPOFF Photographed by WINNI WINTERMEYER

Seizing an opportunity to join the neighborhood’s burgeoning creative community, the brother-sister duo behind SF’s 30-year-old clothing boutique Modern Appealing Clothing, Ben and Chris Ospital, have joined forces with restaurateurs, Sher Rogat and Margherita Stewart Sagan, of Dogpatch pizzeria Piccino, to convert a 170-year-old horse stable into an artisinal mini-mart of sorts. Armed with a fresh coat of vibrant yellow paint, the aptly named Yellow Building, which opened in mid-March, will house a new outpost of Piccino and a branch of their famed Blue Bottle Coffee café, MAC’s second store and the specialty wine bar DIG. Moving to Dogpatch was a no-brainer, says Ben Ospital, who’s always believed “foot traffic and expensive real estate should take a backseat to doing something that really excites people.”

Read more in The Potrero View: Dogpatch Hosts Design Residency Project by Keith Burbank
The Workshop Residence is located in Dogpatch’s burgeoning locally-made products district, which includes Modern Appealing Clothing store – which sells apparel produced in San Francisco – and Piccino, an Italian restaurant and coffee bar that creates meals from locally-grown food.  Hatch started the business in Dogpatch because she wanted to be part of the neighborhood’s “newness.”  It’s a “vibrant, frontier-like place,” she said.

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment

Speaking of tiny bits that we adore, check out these reviews of Poco Dolce…

Oh My God. I’m not even a bittersweet chocolate fan but my financial advisor sent me a square of the bittersweet chocolate with burnt caramel topped with sea salt (eww! was my first thought but…) — and all I say is I hope his financial advice is as good as this little square of rapture. (IzzyO, Yelp)

Darn you Poco Dolce for having such decadent bittersweet chocolate.  I wanted to just try a sample, but it was so smooth and enticing, that I couldn’t help myself. By the way, that last comment was about the really handsome guy that came to help me with the samples. The chocolate is pretty smooth tasting too. If the guy wasn’t such eye candy, I probably would have purchased less stuff.
Well played Poco Dolce.  Well played. (Maria S., Yelp)

Homes on Esprit Park, Perfectly situated in the heart of Dogpatch.

Once home to shipwrights and boilermakers—the same class of skilled craftsmen yet fill this sunny patch of San Francisco. The industrious folk of today are connoisseurs of food and wine, purveyors of artisan coffees and chocolate, they create custom messenger bags perfectly suited to these bicycle-friendly streets, and they make the best ice cream on earth.

Esprit Park features a mix of 1- and 2-bedroom flats and townhomes in a quaint enclave of San Francisco known for its tree-filled streets, friendly neighbors, easy transportation options and uniquely sunny weather. Come discover the rest for yourself. Homes for sale from the $500,000s. http://espritpark.com/

Be sure to join Esprit Park on Facebook and Twitter for news on our community and dogpatch neighborhood news, special promotions and events!

Sales Office

840 Minnesota Street (at 20th)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-824-8884 info@espritpark.com

Office Hours

Open daily from 11am–5pm & by appointment