Retail Wrap-Up: The Only Constant Is Change

Holy Samurai Happy Hour! Umami Has Closed

Sad news for fans of cheap sushi and half-priced wine. Inside Scoop is reporting that Umami has closed.

Card Stalk: Papyrus Has Left Union Street

In yet another sign that the "paperless world" Dunder-Mifflin promised us is actually happening, the stalwart Papyrus shop on Union/Laguna is no more.

For the time being, if you need to send your nana a birthday card, you can hit up the branch on Chestnut or, better yet, the Union Street Paperie a couple of blocks west.

UPDATE: Looks like this Papyrus location did not close but downsized. The end of paper has been pushed back again.

Amorino Taking over Cultive Space on Union

Great news for Cow Hollow's ice cream lovers: Amorino, the beloved Parisian gelato chain, is opening this spring in the space that used to house the healthier-seeming Cultive frozen yogurt shop (which itself took over from the even-healthier-seeming Jamba Juice.)

Chestnut Bakery Out of Dough

Sad news for gluten-tolerant Marina denizens. The anti-crust culprit? Rent, of course.

It's Happening: Home Prices Drop in "Surprising" Neighborhoods

OK, so it's not quite a return to affordable rent or Beatnik-era SF livability, but...it's a start, right?

SFGate is reporting that Redfin is reporting that while home prices are skyrocketing in neighborhoods that were formerly known as affordable, prices in "surprising" neighborhoods -- aka, traditionally tony Pacific Heights, Russian Hill and the Marina -- are sharply down.

UPDATE: The Orbit Room Reopens, and SF Heaves a Sigh of Relief

Great news for lovers of craft cocktails and uncomfortable seating: The Orbit Room, which abruptly closed in April, has reopened!

EaterSF has the whole story. Cow Holla will give our take as soon as we get across town to try it out.