Mission Mission

Hella bands tonight at the Lab. Contrary to the info on the flyer, the official roster is: Boyz IV Men, Date Palms, Work, Raccoons, Glass Cake. Bearded DJ Triste Tropiques will be spinning the only bands that matter: SF bands! There will also be FREE COOKIES; no word yet on what kind.

This is all in celebration of DarDarDar‘s 1-year anniversary. DarDarDar is a great site that lists bay area shows that you care about. It’s the cleanest, most bullshit-free calendar there is and I highly recommend it. It’s way better than flipping through the SF Weekly or combing through each venue’s lousy web site. The site owner is also a Dreamdate bro and tasteful photoblogger.

“Dar” is short for the last syllable in “Calendar”. That fucking word was my death blow at the 6th grade Stanislaus County Spelling Bee. I let a lot of people down that day. If only I could give back that pizza party the principal had in my honor.

So says reader Citer on our Contact Us page.

One day you’re in, the next you’re auf.  Unfortunately, we have another restaurant casualty to report this morning.  Per Eater SF, Conduit (14th/Valencia) will be closing it’s doors, “effective immediately.”  Bummer.

On the bright side, reader Gianpaolo spotted kegs being wheeled into the brand new Rosamunde this morning.  Progress!

It’s $2.99 for a live frog vs. $1.00 Chinese food.  I’d likely go with the Chinese food; not only is it cheaper, it’s ready for consumption.   Guess you could say I’m not only eager to save some GREEN, I’m also too hungry to wait for some frog to CROAK to eat it.  RIBBETING, right?

Sorry ’bout that.  That was on Mission at Geneva.  From Don’t ask me, I just work here.

It’s National Hot Toddy Day, everybodyyyy!  Per SFoodie, Humphry Slocombe will be celebrating accordingly by offering a special Hot Toddy sundae:

Two scoops of Glenlivet 12 year-old scotch ice cream get a bath of hot honey lemon clove caramel and a sprinkle of candied Meyer lemons.

Jesus.  Those folks never fail to take it to the next level.

Authenticity is Regalito Rosticeria.

Thanks to Travis for the snap!

Since putting up the post about Aussie Mission burritos, we’ve been alerted to both the restaurant’s Facebook fan page and the above photos (from here and here, respectively).  The place is called Tuckeria Fresh Mexican, and you can find an in-progress website here.

Looks like they’re hiring, so if you’re looking to move to Brisbane and fancy yourself a burrito expert, by all means, do apply.

Came across this tweet randomly, made me smile.  Sweet victory!  It seems Australians have voted San Francisco as the ultimate authority on burritos.

20 million convicts and kangaroos can’t be wrong!  Suck it, Brock!

We received a very nice note from Paawan, founder of Green Coriander, a new Indian dinner take-out service.  Paawan is offering a 20% discount to readers who mention they heard about the service on Mission Mission, so by all means, take advantage.  Some deets:

Green Coriander, LLC, is a wholesome Indian food take-out dinner service in San Francisco. All our meals are nutritionally balanced and made fresh with organic and high-quality ingredients. Order online before noon and pick up in the evening from one of its two convenient locations – Mission or SOMA.

At Green Coriander , we are focused on creating heart healthy Indian meals and offer choices that are suitable for gluten-free, vegan (no, we do not use ghee or cream) and diabetic diets (we offer brown rice substitution). We are committed to using organic and local produce as far as possible and cook in high quality premium oils. Menu changes every day and every week. We currently offer vegetarian/vegan meals but will add chicken or fish to the menu soon… so stay tuned.

Mission location is at 1839 15th Street. More info here.  Order up, folks.

Black Bean and Cheese Quesadillas: a new menu item

I got news of the Weird Fish Satellite leaving Bender’s a week ago and all I could do was stuff with my face with even more seitan.  Some sort of denial.  Couldn’t even bring myself to post about it here.  Dramatic?  Maybe.  But I’ve basically been eating at this counter two to three times per week for the past year and a half–ever since Gestalt started falling apart–and I always felt like this little menu in an unapologetic dive represented everything that was wonderful about the Mission and San Francisco in general.  It always seemed like that ordering some of the best goddamn vegan food in the city from a guy that looked like he would punch your grandmother just to say he did so was an “only in San Francisco” experience.  The food was out of this world, you could almost always find a table, the beer was served in cans, pints, and pitchers, and you could even sit outside if your skin was up to it.

And then there were the fried pickles.

Obviously this isn’t all doom and gloom.  Justin, the man behind the grill, has enough chops to make sure whatever menu he eventually lands on is as epic as possible.  For the meat eaters, the burgers are still around, and from what I hear the quality hasn’t changed.  The new black bean quesadillas are definitely solid and nothing beats a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.   But, at the end of the day, that deep-fried seitan was the jam, something that you just couldn’t get in any bar, grill, or city, and it’s gunna be missed.