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631–641 Jackson Street

Chinatown · San Francisco, CA 94133

  • Built 1907
  • 14-unit apartment building
  • 3 stories
  • Zoned CVR
  • District 3
  • Historic status: historic resource
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12,500 sq ftBuilding area
3,297 sq ftLot area
38Rooms · 13 baths

Permit history

  1. Jul 1982

    Building use: dwg.

    Complete Permit 8205442 $$$ $8,500
  2. Feb 1989

    Remodel entire exist restaurant space, rest rooms.

    Complete Permit 8902326 $$$ $80,000
  3. May 1989

    Alter kitchen, add kitchen range & hood.

    Complete Permit 8908617 $$$ $70,000
  4. Jul 1989

    Provide additional exit requested by building inspector.

    Complete Permit 8913270 $$$ $15,000
  5. Aug 1989

    Install wall and floor tile in basement bathrooms.

    Cancelled Permit 8914882 $$$ $4,800
  6. Feb 1991

    Alteration of existing waiting area of a existing restaurant.

    Expired Permit 9101972 $$$ $25,000
  7. Jul 1991

    Install pyrochem 1.65 gallon. wet chemical system.

    Expired Permit 9112797 $$$ $1,485
  8. Aug 1992

    Replace exist service station with beverage service station.

    Expired Permit 9214039 $$$ $4,000
  9. Feb 1994

    Add buffet station in dining room add barbecue tables.

    Cancelled Permit 9402277 $$$ $12,000
  10. May 1995

    To comply with umb ordinance, "bolt plus".

    Complete Permit 9508087 $$$ $90,000
  11. Sep 1999

    Reroofing.

    Expired Permit 9919471 $$$ $8,000
  12. Sep 2005

    Remove & replace portion of existing sidewalk with new approx. 22'-4"x9'-0" only.

    Expired Permit 200509062122 $$$ $35,000
  13. Jun 2006

    Umb - to clarity the scope of work under permit #9508087 and 20407269752. bolts plus.

    Complete Permit 200606275167 $$$ $1
  14. Mar 2007

    Provide railing along the ramp (both sides) no other work see previous permit application 2006/06/27/5167.

    Complete Permit 200703085787 $$$ $4,000
  15. May 2007

    Renew permit application 200509062122 for final inspection.

    Expired Permit 200705252290 $$$ $1
  16. Jul 2007

    Revise approved p.a. #2007/0308/5794 to relocate one toilet and one hand sink and add one hand sink.

    Complete Permit 200707257693 $$$ $500
  17. Aug 2008

    Renew permit application 2006/06/27/5167 & permit application 9508087 for final inspection only.

    Complete Permit 200808128981 $$$ $1
  18. Apr 2009

    Renew permit application 2005/09/06/2122 to obtain final inspection. all work has been completed.

    Issued Permit 200904085877 $$$ $1
  19. Jul 2010

    Compyl with nov# 200905607-install automatic fire suppression system for exhaust hood using range guard ul-300 system.

    Complete Permit 201007206974 $$$ $4,000
  20. Mar 2016

    Comply with nov 201546541 - reroofing.

    Filed Permit 201603041265 $$$ $2,200
  21. Jan 2018

    To comply with nov201546541: reroofing.

    Complete Permit 201801188978 $$$ $2,000
  22. Feb 2018

    Change of use from a retail flower shop to a coffee baking shop limited restaurant. no cooking on site. no work in any common area of r-2. existing hvac lighting systems throughout to remain.

    Issued Permit 201712297648 $$$ $38,000
  23. Aug 2023

    Change of use from flower shop to sweet retail shop. interior tenant improvement for a retail sweet shop at existing retail space. install shelves, equipment, paint walls and replace existing lighting to led lights.

    Complete Permit 202308114251 $$$ $2,500
  24. Jun 2025

    To comply with awning amnesty to legalize awning installed at 641 jackson st. "peninsula resturant".

    Filed Permit 202506309800 $$$ $1

DBI holds 30 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 30. 3 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

Not yet documented: the architect and builder, the early residents and the date of the last recorded sale. Submit an update