The opening of a big-business chain grocery, Whole Foods, in the Noe Valley neighborhood brings with it concern of wiping out smaller food retailers that line the 24th street, but it seems to be no concern for that which has established itself over time.
Lehr's German Specialities on Church near 28th is a store full of Bavarian goods like braunschweiger, stollen, and spaetzle. In addition to hundreds of packaged food items, you'll also find German music, magazines, and plenty of amusing kitsch. A charming German lady who has owned the shop for 35 years happily reports that business is as strong as ever. Most customers, she says, are regulars from as far as Sacramento and Fresno who come for otherwise hard to find German products.
Lehr's has been around since the days when the Noe Valley community was home to Scandinavian and German immigrants.
1581 Church St @ 28th
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