{"id":42331,"date":"2025-07-03T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42331"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:33:50","slug":"castro-coffeeshop-and-nail-salon-defiantly-remain-open-despite-eviction-by-another-planet-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/castro-coffeeshop-and-nail-salon-defiantly-remain-open-despite-eviction-by-another-planet-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Castro Coffeeshop and Nail Salon Defiantly Remain Open, Despite Eviction by Another Planet Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2 JULY 2025\/SF NEWS<\/a>\/JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Castro Coffee Company and Castro Nail Salon on both sides of the Castro Theatre are still open, despite eviction orders that they be out by July 1, and both small businesses seem determined to dig in their heels and stick around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest controversy in Another Planet Entertainment\u2019s\u00a0renovation of the Castro Theatre<\/a>\u00a0into primarily a live music venue hit the fan in May, when we learned that Another Planet Entertainment (APE) was asking that\u00a0two longtime adjacent businesses be evicted<\/a>\u00a0so the venue could\u00a0expand its box office operations<\/a>\u00a0once the theater\u00a0eventually reopens<\/a>. The Nasser family that owns the theater did not renew the leases for the\u00a0Castro Coffee Company<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Castro Nail Salon<\/a>, so despite some\u00a0significant public outcry<\/a>\u00a0in support of both businesses, both were supposed to be out by June 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, June 30 came and went, and the Bay Area Reporter informs us that both businesses were still operating<\/a> as of July 1. Now that it\u2019s July 2, SFist called the Castro Nail Salon and confirmed that they were indeed open today. The Castro Coffee Company did not pick up the phone when we called Wednesday, though the business did post on its Facebook page<\/a> early Wednesday morning about still being open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll be closing shop any time soon,\u201d Castro Coffee Company owner Ken Khoury told the Bay Area Reporter on Tuesday. \u201cHopefully \u2013 if we must leave, if there\u2019s no resolution \u2013 we should have enough time to transition to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khoury\u2019s brother Riyad Khoury who owns Castro Nail Salon also spoke to KGO<\/a> for a late Tuesday night report, and KGO says that \u201cboth their shops remained open for business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now according to the district\u2019s supervisor Rafael Mandelman, Mayor Daniel Lurie has been pulled into the negotiations. Though it remains to be seen how Lurie uses his strings of power on this one, considering that APE gave Lurie a recent big win with those Dead and Company concerts in Golden Gate Park<\/a> coming up in early August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy understanding is that the Khourys will be able to stay in their spaces for a little while longer at least while we try to work out a solution that works for the parties and the neighborhood,\u201d Mandelman told the Bay Area Reporter on Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the mayor\u2019s engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For their part, Another Planet\u2019s spokesperson told the Reporter, \u201cAs we have always said, we are hopeful that the tenants in question and their landlord, the Nassers, can come to an equitable and amicable resolution of this situation. We remain focused on our $41 million renovation and restoration of the Castro Theatre to get it returned to serve the film, cultural and LGBT community as soon as humanly possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this stalemate may carry on for the foreseeable future, and maybe both sides will be cautious before making any disruptive moves. Though an interesting tidbit from the Bay Area Reporter’s coverage of a Friday, June 20 rally to save the two small businesses<\/a> was that that APE might need to be granted a conditional use authorization by the SF Planning Commission if they wanted to put anything new in place of the nail salon, because the Castro Nail Salon is a registered SF Legacy Business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, SF City Hall cannot stop the Castro Nail Salon from being evicted, but it could theoretically prevent APE from replacing it with something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related:<\/strong> Another Planet Evicting Longtime Castro Coffeeshop and Nail Salon, Likely for Box Office Space for Castro Theatre [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: Jennifer W <\/em>via Yelp<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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