240–242 Columbus Avenue

1. 1920

   Tosca Cafe traces its business here to 1920; the city's survey lists it among North Beach's legacy bars, restaurants and businesses, a concentration it records as the highest in the city.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
2. 1950–1965

   The city's survey names Tosca at this address among the bars, cafes, bookshops and clubs of the North Beach Beat scene, whose period of significance it sets at about 1950 to 1965.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. Oct 1985

   Install ceramic tile.

   Cancelled Permit 8511280 $$$ $18,000
4. Mar 1987

   Remove existing exposed t-bar ceiling & install new seismic.

   Complete Permit 8704182 $$$ $3,000
5. Apr 1988

   Parapet reinforcement.

   Complete Permit 8804397 $$$ $17,000
6. Apr 1991

   Reconst. ceiling to improve sound interseption.

   Expired Permit 9106384 $$$ $39,000
7. Feb 1992

   Reroofing.

   Expired Permit 9201828 $$$ $23,450
8. Jan 1999

   Interior demolition only to tenant space.

   Complete Permit 9900637 $$$ $10,000
9. Apr 1999

   Renovation of nightclub on basement level of 2-story buildng.

   Expired Permit 9907468 $$$ $95,500
10. Jun 1999

    Installation of under basement floor sprinkler.

    Expired Permit 9912613 $$$ $3,000
11. Jul 1999

    Fire sprinklers.

    Complete Permit 9914725 $$$ $9,000
12. Aug 1999

    Fire alarm voice system.

    Expired Permit 9916428 $$$ $14,000
13. Jul 2001

    Street space permit.

    Expired Permit M16667 $$$ $5,000
14. Nov 2001

    Street space permit.

    Expired Permit M17738 $$$ $5,000
15. Apr 2002

    Alteration to storefront and new restroom, store will not hvae heating or cooling.

    Expired Permit 200204265087 $$$ $12,000
16. Jun 2002

    New performace platform @basement, remove of non-bearing partitions, to comply with nov 200225521.

    Complete Permit 200206048221 $$$ $10,000
17. May 2013

    Interior renovation of non structural partitions existing kitchen with installation and or replacement of kitchen equipment. no change to restrooms. mep and kitchen hoods under seperate permit.

    Complete Permit 201305217507 $$$ $20,000
18. Jul 2013

    Replace existing hood with new type 1 per plan. provide and install hood exhaust duct per plan. provide and install new make up air duct and fan. provide and install dish hood, fan and duct.

    Issued Permit 201307111629 $$$ $32,940
19. Jul 2013

    Installation of ul300 fire system within commercial kitchen.

    Complete Permit 201307303056 $$$ $2,500
20. Apr 2014

    Renovation to existing building. food prep area. upgrade restrooms to meet ada accessibility, add egress corridor, correct existing stairs for width and headroom. mep on seperate permit.

    Issued Permit 201404022296 $$$ $120,000
21. Jun 2014

    Install a subdrain and interior wall waterproof along the east, north & west perimeter walls; fill a small abandon dumbwaiter void on the east wall approx 2.5 ft x 2.5 ft.

    Complete Permit 201406067754 $$$ $17,500
22. Jun 2014

    Commercial t.i. for bar: interior renovations, accessible toilets, structural upgrades to mezzanine, signage on facade, reopening ext. windows, lower entry for ada compliance.

    Cancelled Permit 201406279840 $$$ $284,200
23. Apr 2015

    Repair ada lift equipment & front stairway railing & handrail.

    Issued Permit 201504012579 $$$ $4,000
24. Sep 2015

    Replace existing system with new. provide & install: 1-24, 000 btu air conditioners with duct; 1-30, 000 btu a/c with duct; 1-60, 000 btu a/c with duct.

    Issued Permit 201509025861 $$$ $24,950
25. Oct 2015

    Barrier removal. ref pa201504012579 to install left (ada).

    Complete Permit 201510068914 $$$ $38,000
26. Feb 2016

    To change the size of sign, electric, double faced.

    Expired Permit 201602129473 $$$ $10,000

DBI holds 38 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 38. 4 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.