"GO SCREAM AT THEE PARKSIDE, SLATED TO CLOSE IN MARCH Frank's Place was the business located at 1600 17th St in San Francisco before Thee Parkside took over sometime in 2002. The previous occupant was a modest lunch counter that served sandwiches to local shipyard workers. Who would have guessed that the punk rock venue that followed would serve a similar blue-collar function, providing a third space for local bands and entertainers?"
"Unfortunately, it has now been pushed out by an encroaching tech-savvy metropolis that feels foreign to said local musicians. It comes on the heels of the 2026-opening announcement that Bottom of the Hill, a live local music venue right down the street (very 22 Fillmore adjacent) would be closing its doors at the end of the year: Thee Parkside, another local punk venue and community dive, will cease booking live music by the end of March and eventually, go dark."
"'Well, looks like we're gonna turn into a buncha condos. We don't have an exact end date, but we'll be stopping live music at the end of March and then just be a bar for a few months after that,' the San Francisco venue wrote in an Instagram post on January 28. This, on the heels of last year's bombshell that the building would be sold."
Thee Parkside occupied 1600 17th St after taking over Frank's Place around 2002 and functioned as a blue-collar third space for local musicians. The venue hosted black metal, goth, and punk shows along with skateboarding events and community gatherings. Thee Parkside announced it will stop booking live music by the end of March and operate as a bar for a few months before going dark. Owner Malia Spanyol, who has run the bar since 2007, was outbid on the building after the longtime owner died when a developer offered nearly $1.33 million. Nearby Bottom of the Hill also announced a forthcoming closure.
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