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Message in a bottle

March 22, 2016

Not sure what to drink while bashing the shit out of a Trump piñata? Ilegal Mezcal might just be your answer. According to a friend behind the stellar blog Mezcalistas, these amusing flyers at 18th and Mission streets are part of a guerrilla marketing campaign the mezcal brand launched in San Francisco this week. The […]

Meat on the street

March 21, 2016

Vegetarian option please!

Burger bummer: Bender’s ending free Sunday barbecues (updated)

March 17, 2016

UPDATE 3/18/16: Johnny Davis, one of the partners at Bender’s, told me that while pressure from the fire department was a factor in the decision to scrap the bar’s Sunday barbecues after 12 years, it wasn’t the only reason. In an email, Davis wrote that the folks who run the bar’s kitchen as Counter Offer […]

‘Wildhawk’ sign up outside the former Lexington Club

March 16, 2016

UPDATE 3/21/16: A spokeswoman for PlumpJack said the scheduled opening date for the bar is Wednesday, April 6, not March 23, the date listed on Wildhawk’s Yelp page. ORIGINAL POST: Wildhawk has come to roost – well, its sign at least. Friend of Capp Street Crap Jeff passed along this photo taken outside the cocktail […]

Man acquitted of felony charges for Capp Street fracas

March 15, 2016

A man who faced life behind bars for fight last year on Capp Street has been acquitted of most of the charges against him, Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced. A jury found Darren Cubie, 39, not guilty of mayhem, battery with serious bodily injury and assault causing serious bodily injury for a May 11, 2015 […]

Mission building burns for the second time

March 14, 2016

Lightning may never strike twice, but it seems fire can. Late last night, flames broke out in what remained of a three-story building at Mission and 22nd streets, which had sat vacant since a deadly blaze there in January 2015. The fire broke out just before 11:30 p.m. and was brought under control in about […]

Needled by competitor, acupuncture clinic is closing

March 9, 2016

UPDATE 11/18/16: The former Lotus Center space at 1085 Valencia St. is now home to Golden Gate Urgent Care. Here’s a recent photo of workers putting finishing touches on the space. ORIGINAL POST: After 20 years of helping patients in the Mission District, The Lotus Center is having a health crisis of its own. The […]

A cooking school simmers in the Mission

March 7, 2016

A new business is cooking in the neighborhood — in more ways that one. Jen Nurse and Chris Bonomo are working to turn an office space near 25th and Mission streets into a cooking school slated to open this fall. Yet-to-be named, it will offer a variety of classes geared to home cooks. A former […]