Author: cappstreetcrap

Pit Stop program in demand in the Mission, could expand

Flush with success in neighborhoods like the Mission, San Francisco’s Pit Stop program, which brings public toilets to some of the city’s most odoriferous areas, could soon become an ongoing thing. San Francisco’s Department of Public Works has asked for funding in its budget proposal for the new fiscal year beginning July 1 to expand […]

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God weighed in?

There’s more than one way to kill a Trump piñata. Previously: Message in a bottle Trump this

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Police seeking trio in Mission attack

Police have released photos of a man and two women believed to be connected to an assault at a Mission District restaurant last month. The 34-year-old victim, who suffered life-threatening injuries in the attack, was waiting in line at a restaurant near 16th and Valencia streets around 2:13 a.m. March 27, when another man attempted […]

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Officers shoot homeless man armed with knife (updated)

UPDATE 6:20 P.M.: A Shotwell Street resident who apparently witnessed this morning’s shooting gave an account on the social networking site NextDoor that said the man was not acting aggressively. The neighbor, who responded to an initial message from Capp Street Crap this morning but didn’t answer follow up emails seeking more information had this to say in a post to NextDoor: If you’ve […]

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Vegan bakery now open inside Mission camping store

Months after a popular coffee shop there said goodbye, a vegan bakery has opened its café inside the Alite Outpost camping store. One of the first all-vegan bakeries in the city, Wholesome Bakery moved into the camping store space, on 18th near Capp, about a week ago. Previously described by an Alite representative as its […]

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Hangover helper: Bender’s boozy brunch debuts Sunday

To the disappointment of many, though apparently not the fire department,  Bender’s Bar and Grill, at 19th and South Van Ness, recently ended a decade-long run of serving up free burgers on its back patio on Sundays. Weekend patrons won’t go hungry for long, though. This Sunday marks the debut of “Bartender’s Breakfast,” the new […]

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Singer laments the unchillness of Valencia Street

Here’s what one guy, Kevin Patrick, AKA Field Medic, has to say about the state of the Mission – in musical form. [Via The Bay Bridged/ Reddit]

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Poultrygeist?

That’s fowl! [Spotted at 20th and San Carlos streets by one of the folks at Ripple] Previously: Box of chicken Winner winner chicken dinner

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Introducing the new Google … pants!

Disrupting 18th and Mission yesterday. [Via Erich]

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Months after rebranding, Valencia Street’s Nostra is for sale

The drama continues at 280 Valencia St. Roughly seven months after its predecessor Plin closed and was rebranded as Nostra Spaghetteria, the Italian restaurant is up for sale. A Craigslist ad posted this week lists a sale price of $550,000 with a monthly rent of $12,503.33. The ad also notes the “seller just spent $800,000 […]

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