Mission Mission

Eater SF tells us about the new outpost from the Monk’s Kettle folks, coming this winter to Valencia near 18th (pictured above is the current incarnation, John’s Jaguars):

The “very focused” beer program will include 100 food-friendly bottles, some aged options, seasonal flights and 24 beers held on draft at the proper temperature. Beer geeks, please note two hand-pump cask engines will also be in the house.

Read on.

Mission Local compiled a list for 7×7 of the 20 best dishes under $10 in the Mission, and the comments are all up in arms about the exclusion of Yamo. Personally, I concur. One of the best deliciousness-to-price ratios in the Mission. Maybe it’s too lowbrow for this “elite” list?

[Photo via Yelp]

Now that we can finally manage to look a bloody mary in the face again without experiencing severe nausea after all of that ridiculous indulgence during our initial foray, we figured it was time to get moving on round 2 of the Mission Mission Bloody Marython.  Last time we held the tour on a Saturday to provide us with plenty of time to recover the next day, but that unfortunately forced us to miss all of the bartenders who bring their bloody mary best on a Sunday!  Luckily, thanks to the upcoming 3 day weekend afforded by Memorial Day, this is the perfect opportunity to delve into their creations while still enjoying a buffer day of recovery.

So, please join us at 12 noon this Sunday for the next installment of the Mission Mission Bloody Marython.  We haven’t exactly solidified the route yet, but at the moment the idea is to hit up (in roughly this order):

• Thieves Tavern (14^th @ Guerrero) – home of the vegan bloody mary
• The Attic (24^th @ Mission) – tiny cubes of cheese!
• Pop’s (24^th @ York) – maybe we can get some BBQ too
• Phone Booth (26^th and S. Van Ness) – a dark horse contender
• Argus Lounge (Mission @ Valencia) – everyone keeps saying I need to try these

It will be a merry bloody mary fueled romp through the Mission, with a few nice walks in between for some exercise too!  Look, we even made a Facebook event page.  We’ll also probably post an update here when we finalize our route and schedule.  See you on Sunday at noon!

[Photo by Mike Chino]

TCB delivers the good news (and anything else you could possibly want):

Sidewalk Juice has too many drinks on their menu each day to list them all online, but they do list the top three smoothies, top three juices and top three kombuchas right here.

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One person pours, the other person spins the glass. Voila!

A compelling argument I suppose, but Looking is Not Seeing, the site that first published the above picture, has a different reason:

I’d say don’t eat at Esperpento or Picaro because the food is pretty lousy.

Blam! [link]

One person at dinner was like “I’m not trying to be a perv, but does anyone else think those look like butts?  And then ANOTHER person was like “I just asked my gf the same thing!”  Pretty sassy, Mission Chinese.

Mr. Eric Sir has the scoop:

First Ti Couz, now Bangkok 16? This stretch of 16th is starting to look a bit sparse.

Personally, I’m devastated. Where will we all order General Tso’s meatless chicken now?! Read on.

[via Eater SF]

Last summer we heard all about some place in Oxford called The Mission Mexican Grill. Yesterday, word came down that there’s a new game in town (in Oxford). It’s called Mission Burrito:

These exterior pics are great, but what about the grub??

[via Kate]

Janebook had hypothesized that it would. Here’s what actually happened:

Yesterday Aaron got me a MateVeza, that yerba maté IPA I anticipated as a replacement to Four Loko. Unfortunately it has two fatal flaws: (1) it’s so hoppy that it kind of tastes like cured meat, which is weird, (2) although I definitely felt the maté buzz, it’s not alcoholic enough to get me drunk. There’s a big difference between 7% and 12%. Ah well, it was definitely worth trying.

Bummer! Good effort though, Janebook. Read on for more about Jane’s weekend.

Or check out our big IPA discussion from last week.