1400–1424 Grant Avenue

1. 1907

   Built.

2. 1909

   An apartment building the city's survey uses to illustrate the type in North Beach.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
3. 1912

   Built for the Italian-American Paste Company; later the Old Spaghetti Factory.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
4. 1950–1965

   The city's survey names the Old Spaghetti Factory 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
5. 1955

   In industrial use since 1908, the building was turned into a café, cabaret and restaurant — an early adaptive reuse — that became a gathering place for the last of North Beach's Bohemian and Beat circles.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
6. 1981

   Listed as San Francisco City Landmark No. 127 — Old Spaghetti Factory.

   SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks SF Planning, Article 10 landmarks North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
7. 1982

   Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a contributor to the Upper Dupont Street / Grant Avenue District.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
8. 1982

   Recorded in the city's 1982 survey of North Beach, adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 1999, as a listed resource. San Francisco City Landmark No. 127.

   North Beach Historic Context Statement, adopted 2022
9. Jan 1985

   Permit 8500395 $$$ $30,000

   Tenant improvements to existing third floor office space.

10. Apr 1985

    Withdrawn Permit 8503730 $$$ $7,000

    Sheet rock painting, electrical plumbing.

11. Sep 1987

    Permit 8713104 $$$ $301,000

    Remodel all 30 dwelling units, remodel kitchens, bathrms.

12. Aug 1988

    Permit 8812541 $$$ $200,000

    Remodel all 30 dwelling units, kitchen, bathrms, fixtures.

13. Nov 1988

    Permit 8818522 $$$ $20,000

    Rebuild stairs at alley entrance, entry canory patio.

14. Jan 1997

    Permit 9700103 $$$ $70,000

    Renovation of outdoor courtyard.

15. Dec 2007

    Permit 200712170634 $$$ $65,000

    Change in occupancy m to b icecreamery honeydoo. relocate front door to left to accomidate construction of ada ramp and entrance. addition of ada restroom, plumbing for sinks and wash stations. electrical upgrades to allow single phase power req.

16. Mar 2015

    Permit 201503060179 $$$ $71,050

    Replace existing bar and back bar. also, install new handrails, stair striping and accessible ramp. new ada signage.

17. Apr 2015

    Permit 201504304980 $$$ $16,000

    Revision to permit application 201503060179, renovation of existing floor joists in preparation for new bar, installation utility wall behind new bar. upgrade existing restroom to ada compliance. (see reference drawing set).

18. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612205485 $$$ $85,000

    Commercial space, ground floor work only. soft story retrofit, 2 steel frames and footing, 7 plywood shear walls, epoxy bolt. add 1 handicap bath, replace 9 entrance hardwares.

19. Dec 2016

    Permit 201612205490 $$$ $1

    Residential ground floor only. soft story retrofit, 2 steel frames and footing, 7 plywood shear walls, epoxy bolts. add 1 handicap bathroom, replace 9 entrance door handware.

20. Jul 2019

    Issued Permit 201907115603 $$$ $12,000

    Ada ramps and entrance upgrades to meet the accessible business entry program at 4 tenant spaces.

21. Nov 2021

    Filed Permit 202111031742 $$$ $16,000

    Add new type 1 hood for new limited kitchen and food prep area. new automatic doors for entry upgrade accessiblity.

22. Jun 2025

    Withdrawn Permit 202506239270 $$$ $8,000

    Side yard cement wallkway 110 x 5 like for like.

23. Oct 2025

    Permit 202510227938 $$$ $8,500

    Remove old concrete and pour new concrete in walk way only in the back of building.

DBI holds 67 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 67. 18 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits. 10 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.