The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/09/09/19-year-old-hayes-valley-sweets-shop-miette/Beloved Hayes Valley patisserie and candy shop Miette, which would seem to have an ideal location in one of San Francisco's most thriving shopping hubs, is leaving the neighborhood for the tonier climes of Pacific Heights. French macaron and cupcake specialist Miette, known as much for its charming, pastel-painted, dollhouse-like store on Patricia's Green in Hayes Valley as for its picture-perfect sweets and kid-enticing bags of candy, has seen a drop a business according to owner Meg Ray. Speaking to the SF Business Times, she blames both the lack of foot traffic on the car-free section of Octavia Street, a recent rash of shoplifting, and a "tremendous uptick in drug use on my

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