Author: cappstreetcrap

10 homeless after fire at former Palace Steak House

Two people were rescued after a fire broke out early this morning at the former site of the Palace Steak House, fire officials said. At 3:24 a.m., firefighters were called to 3047 Mission St., a mixed-use building near Cesar Chavez, where they rescued two people trapped on a second-floor balcony using a 22-foot ladder, according […]

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Alleged red-light runner plows into Uber, Lyft

  Friend of Capp Street Crap Jeff witnessed the aftermath of a bizarre hit-and-run crash on Mission Street Sunday night in which a Volkswagen Golf collided with not one, but two vehicles for different ride sharing companies. According to a witness Jeff spoke with following the 8:30 p.m. crash, the red Volkswagen was headed west […]

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Median parking, church goers love it; residents no so much

The results of a survey to gauge public sentiment about illegal but tolerated median parking in the Mission are in and, if you’ve heard all the grumbling over the years, probably aren’t all that surprising. More that 75 percent of those who responded to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s survey last month said they’d […]

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BREAKING: The Elbo Room is sticking around for two more years

Was just alerted to this Facebook post by Elbo Room owner Matt Shapiro. Will update this post as more information becomes available.

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Former Fizzary spot turned nightclub vandalized this weekend (updated)

UPDATE 3 P.M.: Taylor Peck, the owner of the former Fizzary soda shop, told Capp Street Crap that he spray painted the messages on the front of the building yesterday in hopes of forcing authorities to do more about a dangerous new problem going on inside. “I’m in a really frustrating situation and this was a […]

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Art gallery proposed for troubled Mission Street spot

After months of all-night parties and allegations of illegal gambling, a proposal is being floated that could turn a troubled retail spot into an art gallery celebrating the Mission’s murals. Lisa Brewer, a founder of Mission Art 415 and The Lilac Mural Project, said she’d like to turn the space, on Mission Street near 25th, […]

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Cla$$ le$$on

Spotted recently on Mission Street, near 22nd.

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Corn on the Capp

Could you be any more corny?

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SunWOOF weather

More or less the only one enjoying this cold. [Photo by Paul]

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Neighborhood watch

This mysterious sign (sans crucifix, it appears) showed up a few days ago on Capp along an outside wall of the parking lot near 20th Street. Is it a joke? A warning to neighborhood ne’er-do-wells? Who knows? Either way, totally creepy.

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