SF News Bowling Coming to the Mission? San Francisco's elite Mission district could be the lucky recipient of a high-end-ish bowling alley, just like SoMa. According to Inside Scoop's Paolo Lucchesi, "New York's acclaimed Brooklyn Bowl has been the subject
SF News Hit-&-Run Melee In Mission District A little after noon today, an alleged case of road rage happened in the city's historic and so very richly-textured Mission District. A reader who asked to remain anonymous told us what went
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink New Bar Bambino Cafe at New ODC Space Gets New Name Bar Bambino, the little 16th Street Italian joint that could, is opening a second location. And, according to Inside Scoop, that new location, smack-dab in the under-construction ODC Theater at 17th and Shotell,
SF News NIMBY Watch: S.F.'s Only Gun Store Comes--Wait for It--Under Fire Guns. They're bad. Or good. Depending. They kill people, sure; but Shockwave, our first Transformers action figure, turned into a gun. Obviously, like a profound game of chess played at an East Coast
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Lady Gaga Visits Rosamunde Sausages Over in the Mission, a little known entertainer named Lady Gaga visited Rosamunde where she enjoyed some of their signature meat. Mission Mission has more: [W]e finally spoke with the staff and
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Mission Street's Dancing Cellphone Todd Lappin of Telestar Logistics (via Laughing Squid) posted this joy-inducing clip of a cell phone -- a Metro PCS phone, to be exact -- delivering garden fresh grooves on Mission Street. That
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Photos: S.F. Street Food Festival On Saturday, the fine folks at La Cocina put on the second annual Street Food Festival in the Mission. The thousands who attended were fed and imbibed with local grub. People waited in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight Over on the proverbial railroad tracks of the Mission, near 24th and Valencia, you will find a slew of local artists showing off their work tonight at 200 Yards, a "photography experiment conceived
Arts & Entertainment Mission District-Based Comics Wanted for New Book by Laura Beck You guys, this a totally brilliant idea. The Mission is already saturated with every type of media, so why not make it the most interesting kind? A comic book! Lauren
SF News Esta Noche Vandalized with Swastikas We missed this completely earlier this week, so...here it is today. This past Friday, Latino gay nightclub Esta Noche was defaced with several Nazi swastikas. The bar's manager, Edgar Lopez, "came to
misc Photo du Jour 621 "Goddamn the Pusher Man, San Francisco" by Travis Jensen (via Caliber). He reports what went down: Crack sting on Mission Street, San Francisco. This UFO (Undercover Five-O) was quite proud of the bust.
SF News Two-Year Partial Dolores Park Closure Possible During Rennovation Uptown Almanac has word that "up to 14 acres" of Dolores Park could close for up to two years while the much-loved park undergoes a city-approved $11.7 million renovation. Kevin Montgomery reports:
misc What's Going On Here, Marijuana Enthusiast? Just your average man taking his bong out for a stroll on 16th Street in the Mission.
SF News Mugging at 23rd & South Van Ness According to reports, a mugging occurred in the city's boutique Mission district last night on Monday night. "A pedestrian at 23rd and South Van Ness says they were confronted by two men (described
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Humphry Slocombe Previews "Top Shelf" Line Today Fancy ice cream makers Humphry Slocombe will give a sneak peak at their upcoming, very exclusive, VIP-room-only HS Top Shelf line today. What is that, you ask? Well, it's their (close your ears,
SF News Power Outage Hits Mission, Noe Valley, Twin Peaks, Diamond Heights According to Emergency_In_SF, "Power is sill out to 5,300+ customers in Mission & Noe Districts, Diamond Heights and Upper Market..." Most harrowing of all, SFist Deborah almost missed out on
misc Perturbed Windshield Note Will Make You Swoon Found over at 23rd and Guerrero in the Mission district, SFist Cedric found the above love letter stuck on his windshield. He explains, "I found a spot that was literally three inches longer
misc What's the Name of Your Movie. Mission Film Shoot? SFist Jonathan sent us this image of some sort of movie shoot happening in the Mission today. He explains, "There's a huge film shoot setting up on Valencia between 20th and 21st --
SF News Film du Jour: the Lullaby of the Mission Cat nap on my driveway from Kris M on Vimeo. We came across this curious clip over at Mission Mission. Clearly, this man has to sleep it off. How rude, making the poor
Arts & Entertainment Dave Eggers Book Signing Tomorrow Although some claim to dislike local scribe Dave Eggers -- probably because he is successful, something writers and alleged writers hate like holy hell -- you should read his new book. It's a
SF News MS-13 Proves To Be Scariest, Slowest Gang In SF MS-13 sorority sisters Danilo Velasquez,, 28, and Luis Herrera, 18, were arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Moises Frias Jr., a Daly City college student. It seems the two members
SF News Hit and Run: 18th & Valencia Yesterday morning, PT Cruiser allegedly plowed through a red light at 18th and Valencia streets, striking an "adult riding a grey steel frame bicycle which had a blue childrens add on tandem bike
misc Photo du Jour 443 While walking and/or stumbling home one night after leaving "Riders With Drinks," esteemed photographer Plug 1 of What I'm Seeing captured the above shot. ""A drunken mistake of a photograph that ended