Mission Mission

The Feast breaks the news:

What was recently a Japanese luggage store adjacent to Bar Tartine will soon transform into a bake shop devoted to bread. Tartine’s loaves, fresh out of the oven daily at 5 P.M., already have a cult following and they’ll soon be way more available. “This is the first time I’m designing a bake shop and want to have the perfect little bread atelier,” explains Chad Robertson, who owns the Tartine empire with wife Elisabeth Prueitt. “It’s going to be a simple, elemental shop in an urban setting.”

Read on.

So we can get breads and other treats to go without waiting in one of those soul-crushing lines at Tartine #1? Or will this place just draw huge crowds too?

[via Eater SF]

[Photo by Shelley P.]

Previously:

Why Can’t All Bread Be Tartine Bread

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Attempting to create some separation in the lucrative bacon-wrapped hot dog industry, this aspiring vendor has put together a very classy setup for his customers.  You’ve really got to hand to him for trying.

Unfortunately, I’m not sure that gaudy banners and shade umbrellas (at night) are as important as merely occupying the spot outside Beauty Bar at 2am.

Previously:

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs at Street Food Fest

Jar of Hot Dogs

Since we first scooped this spot a while back, we’ve been wondering how the latest addition to Craig and Anne Stoll’s restaurant empire has been progressing.  Well, it looks like things are proceeding quite swimmingly for this Roman-inspired ATM, so much so that they might actually open on schedule in January! You can kind of discern the basic layout from this mildly-blurry photograph, as it seems there will be tables and stuff up front with kitchen in the rear to the left.

Do you think that this place has any chance to be even more popular than Delfina?  We say that as long as they still let the waitresses tape matches onto their nipples and light them on fire after hours [NSFW], Locanda is a lock to end up being another lottery ticket for the Stolls.

Also, Ramblas:  Never forget.

Ken Ken Ramen, makers of apparently hell of good ramen, are gonna start doing their thing Thursdays at the Corner.

Eater SF has a big story detailing a lot of details right here.

Have you ever experienced jury duty in San Francisco?  Sarah from Mission Cheese tried it out last week and barely came away with her sanity intact:

Tuesday, as the visions of lollipops & rainbows fade into the distance, I walk through 4 consecutive blocks of puke-scented sidewalk (really, how can it last for that many blocks?!?) to arrive at the San Francisco Hall of Justice at 850 Bryant, to wait . . . Hours later I fill out an 8 page questionnaire & am told to return the following day at 10 am.

[On Wednesday] We are called back into the courtroom for yet another roll-call, and another 15 jurors are excused by the council. (ahhhhhhh!) Then, get this, we are told that due to some legal matters that have arisen, we are going to have to come back on Monday at 9 am to START the jury selection process.

See how this Larry David-esque legal drama unfolds (and how it threatened the future of Valencia’s first boutique cheese shop) here.

BTW, who else can’t wait for Mission Cheese to finally open?

[Photo by Refracted Moments]

These guys do:

But sometimes it seems like all anybody talks about anymore are those other ice cream places. Whereas five years ago Mitchell’s was the place to be. It’s still awesome, right?

[Photo by leejay] [via grilledcheese]

We haven’t been able to enjoy our favorite cardamom and masala ice cream cone for weeks, and since we’re still in the middle of one of our typical mid-November heatwaves, we decided to see what was up.  Mission Local reported a while back that the city had closed the shop on the basis of a few minor health violations and some water damage.  Now, Mission Local is reporting that Bombay Bazar and Ice Creamery packed up most of their stuff and is moving out. 

I took a peek through their window to see what was the deal and was greeted by this scene of carnage.  It’s difficult to miss the gaping hole in the ceiling, which was probably a result of all the water damage that got them originally.  We surely can’t be the only ones bummed about this.  Where are we going to find five year old bottles of tahini now?  And what about that wonderfully inexpensive all-you-can-eat Indian buffet (and did any of you ever end up trying it)?  I can only assume that Bi-Rite and Humphrey Slocum are somehow behind this . . .

Gawker has all the bad news (and a nice haiku) right here.

So what’s the plan? Hoard case after case? Start an underground Four Loko club? A medical Four Loko dispensary? What do we do?

[Photo via stemuzz]

UPDATE: [Photo by Andrew Durso] [Thanks, Alex F!]

Broke-Ass Stuart is back again with one of his now infamous Still Broke As Fuck nights at Doc’s Clock.  If you somehow haven’t yet heard, these are awesome because honestly where else can you get a free PB&J sandwich to go along with PBR’s for a buck all night long?  Toss in some soul music and giant Connect Four and you’ve got the best cheap date (dinner, drinks, entertainment) in town!

The fun starts at 9:30pm.  See you there!