Arts & Entertainment Photo du Jour Hipsters vs Hippies water balloon showdown in Dolores Park on Saturday. Photo by Bhautik Joshi.
Arts & Entertainment New Missed Connections Site Aimed at Mission Scene A new site dedicated to Missionites is poised to bring Missed Connections back. (Aw, remember the time when Craigslist's MC was the place to go online while bored at work? Those were the
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Pop-Up Alert: Preview of Reform Club at Specchio This Sunday Conceived during a festive round of post-shift cocktail swilling, chef Allyson Harvie (chef de cuisine at Citizen Cake, formerly of Ragazza and Starbelly), bar manager Dion Jardine (bartender at Slanted Door & Heaven's
Arts & Entertainment Clever New Illustrated Mission Poster Now Available Here's an illustrated poster of the Mission cleverly created by Adrian Covert. It has a golden "Little Boxes" feel to it, which we mean in the best way possible. Enjoy it. Purchase it
SF News Woman Shot In Back Outside Mission Party An unidentified 21-year-old female was "critically injured" after being shot in the back while hanging out outside a Misson house party at Folsom and 25th. The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Zeitgeist Finally Removes Vile Backyard Porta-potties Adapting to the new Valencia Street, budding gastro pup Zeitgeist finally yanked their backyard porta-potties in exchange for comfier thrones recently. The new "wood, concrete, and sheet metal bathrooms" will now play host
Arts & Entertainment 'GQ' Declares S.F. 20th Worst-Dressed U.S. City Billed as the key reason why romance novelist Danielle Steel skipped town, the city has no sense of high style. In fact, GQ just declared San Francisco the 20th Worst-Dressed U.S. city.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Locanda Expertly Described by Willie Brown If we may Brown-block Andrew Dalton's excellent Friday feature on former SF Mayor Willie Brown, the noted power player-cum-freebie king just published yet another seamless post at Inside Scoop. It's genius. Sheer genius.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Guest DJ Nights at Flour + Water On Monday, July 11, noted musicians will guest DJ at flour + water in the Mission. Let's see: Starting off on the decks next week will be Tim Carr. Screenings of his videos "Shake
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink A Muppet-Themed Bar Arrives on Mission Street On the Food and Cocktails beat today, the latest news from the Mission is the arrival of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem a new bar and pub-food joint from the guys responsible
SF News Carlos Bar Closes Due to Sexless Cocktail Waitressing Scandal Carlos Bar, one of the few watering holes in the Mission geared towards Latinos, closed its doors on June 30. Its alcohol license was suspended by the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control. Why?
Arts & Entertainment Sunday Afternoon in Dolores Park vs. 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte' Mission Mission reader "Beebe" sent the fine folks over at the city's favorite neighborhood blog this nifty side-by-side comparison of a Sunday afternoon in Dolores Park and "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island
SF News Defense Begins in MS-13 Trial Prosecutors in the ongoing federal racketeering and murder conspiracy trial of seven alleged members of the violent MS-13 gang in San Francisco turned over the case to defense attorneys after months of arguments
SF News Bike Lanes for Cesar Chavez Nixed Cyclists have even more reason to relish perceived victimization today -- oh, we kid! -- after the SFMTA stripped plans for bike lanes on busy Cesar Chavez. What? Mission Local reports: "The cause
SF News 4 Teens Arrested in Monday Castro Muggings, Stabbing Four horrible teenagers, ranging from 15 to 17, were arrested following a series of brutal muggings in the Castro and near the Mission on Monday. The first robbery, reported at around 10:40
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Deemed 'Too Serious,' Ritual Coffee Bans Artist's Work In what could be seen as the continued Starbucks-ification of Valencia Street, brick-and-mortar coffee purveyors Ritual Coffee Roasters recently pulled the work of photographer Varese Layzer. It was considered "too serious" for the
SF News Thrasher Magazine Co-Founder ID'd as Man Who Committed Suicide at SFPD Station The man who shot and killed himself outside the SFPD Mission Station on Valencia Street was identified today as Eric Swenson, a 64-year-old San Francisco resident who was also the co-founder of popular
SF News Man Shoots, Kills Self Outside SFPD Station An unidentified man committed suicide outside the SFPD MIssion station Monday morning. "The incident was reported at about 9 a.m. outside the doors of the police station at 630 Valencia," reports SF
SF News Dog, Bird Cage Rescued from Capp Street Fire We're happy to report that no injuries were recorded in the three-alarm fire that captivated every photographer in the Mission on Friday afternoon. According to the Examiner, the fire started around 4:15
SF News Hot Buns Serving Burgers at 'Street Food Fridays' Tonight Tamara Palmer at the Feast has word that "McDonalds-style" burgers with their pinkies up will be featured at Street Food Fridays. Behold: "Hot Buns, run by two ladies rumored to have at least
SF News Mission District: Man Shot, Woman Stabbed Early Wednesday in the Mission District, a woman was stabbed and a man was shot in two separate incidents. First, a little after 1 a.m. near Mission and 16th streets, a 27-year-old
SF News Scene From A Golden Hydrant In 1906, the Golden Hydrant at 20th and Church Street helped save parts of the Mission District after fires broke out following the Great Quake. Awarded the SF Weekly Best-Of prize in 2007,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Mission Cheese Opens By Stevie Burnich After two years of cross country travels and much planning, Sarah Dvorak’s Mission Cheese finally opened its doors at 736 Valencia. (Be sure to read her blog about the
SF News Medjool Owner Comes Clean: Nightclub, Hostel and Roof Deck Restaurant Are All Up for Sale After a couple months of sitting on the fence, Mission Street mogul Gus Murad has finally confirmed that Medjool and the Elements hostel that holds up it's roof deck restaurant are all on
