City Livin'

So I spent last Friday night narrowly escaping death. After an early evening of Happy Hour at Jade, Lane, Linda, Daryl and I were strolling Hayes Valley trying to decide on a restaurant for dinner. We stood at the corner debating and I actually was pushing for Cafe Delle Stelle. Just as we were about to make a decision and crossing the sheet, we heard the screeching of brakes. And 15 seconds later we stood gaping at the buick lodged into the corner of Cafe Delle Stelle. When 3 guys jumped out of the car despite the presence of a motorcycle cop, Lane quite calmly came to his wits and said.. "Run Run. They could start shooting!" So we started booking down the street. "Wait," Linda said. * huff huff* "We're going to look guilty!" To which I replied, "I'm holding a bag from the Disney Store! *huff huff* I think we're ok!"

But alls well that ends well. We headed back to the scene and Looky Lou'd for a bit longer before settling down at dinner and a bottle of Sangoviese at Citizen Cake... It's good to be back in the Citay!!!


Car chase ends in restaurant crash -- 3 injured
Cicero A. Estrella/SF Chronicle
Saturday, January 28, 2006

Three people were injured after a high-speed chase between two vehicles involved in an accident ended with one of the cars crashing into a Hayes Valley restaurant Friday, according to San Francisco police.

The crashed car, a white Buick, went out of control at the intersection of Hayes and Gough streets, jumped the southeast corner curb and struck two pedestrians before plowing into the Cafe delle Stelle at 395 Hayes St., Lt. Frank Lee said. Three men, including the driver, abandoned the car and fled on foot. They left behind a passenger, a woman who was also injured in the crash.

Lee said the pedestrians, both men, and the passenger were taken to San Francisco General Hospital. He said they were in stable condition.

The accident occurred about 8:30 p.m., shortly after the Buick was involved in a crash with a silver Pontiac at Oak and Webster streets. The Buick fled the scene, but it was followed by the other vehicle, whose driver called 911.

The vehicles were traveling east on Hayes Street when the Buick's driver lost control of his car after hitting a westbound black Honda, which was trying to make a left turn onto Gough Street, Lee said.

He said the men in the Buick were last seen running east on Market Street.