Tag: mission street
Serena Williams’ takedown of cellphone thief described on Twitter
November 6, 2015
You’ve probably heard by now how, like a total badass, tennis superstar Serena Williams chased down a man who’d swiped her phone while she and a friend were dining at Mission Chinese Food on Tuesday. Pianist and Oakland resident RolandWNoBrakes was there and described what happened on Twitter: So yesterday I see @serenawilliams in SF […]
Complaints bubbling up at former Fizzary spot, records show
October 29, 2015
An alleged gambling den, the former site of The Fizzary soda shop has been a hotbed for complaints since the beginning of September, police dispatch records show. In a period of just more than a month, between Sept. 3 and Oct. 19, there have been 20 police calls to 2949 Mission St. in addition to a shooting […]
Pops (not the good kind) at the old Fizzary
October 21, 2015
Shots were fired from Mission Street early Saturday morning, striking a man in the leg who was inside a location that authorities said was an illegal gambling den. Neighbors confirmed the shooting was at the site of the shuttered artisanal soda and candy shop The Fizzary, which they also said was the target of frequent complaints in recent weeks. Police provided […]
Remember [how] the Alamo [Drafthouse] is opening?
October 19, 2015
It’s so close! We’ve now got an opening date for the Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission. In a post this morning, the company announced its new theater at 2550 Mission Street will open its doors Dec. 17, showing a sneak preview of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In addition to single tickets, the theater is […]
‘Hacker Lairs’ visits tech hostel 20Mission
October 15, 2015
20Mission runs a retail space that accepts Bitcoin that I wrote about in August. But what’s up with its SRO-turned-hacker-hostel above it? The second installment of a video series called “Hacker Lairs” now offers a three-minute look inside. Posted to YouTube on Oct. 3, the video begins with a woman rather enthusiastically making a purchase in […]
Sushi win! Minako lives on at Duc Loi Supermarket
October 12, 2015
As if you needed another reason to love Duc Loi Supermarket. Last week, the store started carrying bento and sushi from the mother-and-daughter team behind the shuttered Minako Organic Japanese Restaurant. Duc Loi owner Amanda Ngo said that each morning for the past four or five days Yoko Kondo, with help from daughter Minako “Judy” […]
“Rosarito Soups” poised to open in the old Minako space
October 6, 2015
Looks like a business called “Rosarito Soups” and tied to a North Beach restaurateur will take over the shoebox-sized space near Mission and 17th streets that used to be home to Minako Organic Japanese Restaurant. According to a notice posted in the 2154 Mission Street’s front window, Rosarito Soups has an application, still pending, to […]
TBT: Mission District News and the ‘famous’ Mission Merchant Stamp
September 17, 2015
You may have seen Capp Street Crap’s profile yesterday of Marian’s, the old school boutique that’s been in business near the corner of 16th and Mission streets for 64 years. Turns out that owners Joe Anker and Andy Thompson have some pretty cool Mission memorabilia stashed away in their store. Though they didn’t know too much […]
Credit deserved: One of Mission Street’s oldest businesses weighs its future
September 16, 2015
Jutting from metal trays atop a display case at Marian’s Apparel, the longtime clothing boutique near gritty 16th and Mission streets, are hundreds of yellow paper cards handwritten with customers’ names, addresses and account balances. A holdover from the days before department store credit cards, the old school but increasingly challenging account management system may soon […]
Sneak preview: Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission
September 2, 2015
Not far from where the entrance to Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission will be, “drink on champagne lover” is written on a wall. It’s one of several spray-paint souvenirs from a rave that happened there in 2006. There’s a lot of exposed drywall, sections of plaster missing and so much scaffolding you’d think you […]