Author: cappstreetcrap
Changing tastes: Valencia Street Thai restaurant shuttered
February 9, 2016
Four-year-old Thai House 530 appears to be the latest business exiting the revolving door that is Valencia Street these days. Local blogger Mr. Eric Sir spotted the below sign in the restaurant’s window over the weekend and saw staff “hauling away all the dishes and silverware” a few days later. Yelp also lists the restaurant, […]
Another pit stop
February 5, 2016
Mission Pit Stop, the city program that has been bringing public toilets to problem areas of the neighborhood, has expanded to a third location. As of Monday, portable toilets are being brought to the block of Mission Street between 17th and 18th. Since last year, Mission Pit Stop has been trucking in toilets to 16th […]
Suspicious fire destroys cars, tent on Folsom Street
February 4, 2016
Authorities are investigating a suspicious fire in the Mission early Wednesday morning that damaged three cars, destroyed a tent and scorched the side of an adjacent building. The fire broke out some time before 3:15 a.m. on Folsom Street, near 22nd, according to San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Jonathan Baxter. One of the cars was […]
Near beer: Second brewery proposed for Mission block
February 2, 2016
Mission Street near 18th is poised to become the most, um, hopp-ening spot in the neighborhood. Plans are in the works to convert what’s now the New Starlight Furniture store into a restaurant and brewery. Occupying 2243-2247 Mission St., the business would be only a few doors down from Citizen Fox, the vegan brewery currently […]
Small fire at New Mission theater quickly extinguished
January 28, 2016
Had to leave the Anomalisa showing. Fire at the New Mission. Smelling smoke but not much to see. pic.twitter.com/vOj6lvSMyk — Steven Young (@fivepockets) January 28, 2016 A fire broke out this afternoon at the barely one-month-old Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission but was brought under control within minutes, authorities reported. According to social media […]
Dolores Park aglow
January 28, 2016
Dolores Park was packed with revelers last night who celebrated the park’s grand reopening, bringing along glow-in-the-dark items in all colors of the rainbow. Here are some scenes from the big party.
Dolores Park then and now
January 27, 2016
In honor of Dolores Park’s grand re-opening celebration tonight (can’t wait!), here’s a cool photo from the park’s less polished days in the early 1990s. Friend of Capp Street Crap Megan tells us this shot of lady bike messengers was taken for the women’s issue of the messenger zine Mercury Rising. Tonight’s celebration, which marks […]
Mission micro unit NOT move-in ready
January 26, 2016
Sign of the times: A Craigslist ad has to explicitly state you cannot live in a 3-by-4 foot storage closet.
Owner reflects on recently closed motorcycle shop
January 22, 2016
Werkstatt Motorcycles, one of the first woman-owned motorcycle repair shops in the country, closed its doors last month after 21 years in business. The shop’s old building, on 17th at Capp Street, will be leased by a construction company, which will have its headquarters there. Capp Street Crap chatted over email with Jennifer Bromme about the history […]
Became the special man …
January 17, 2016
Then we were Ziggy’s band. [Spotted by Jeff at 20th and Lexington]