Mission Mission

PETA claims the country’s best vegan meatballs live at Ike’s Place, per their Top 10 list on the VegCooking blog.  They also claim they don’t eat anything with a face but I BEG TO DIFFER (see image above)!!!

[via Grub Street]

Check out this Mission sidewalk graffiti, courtesy of Don’t Ask Me, I Just Work Here:

I JUST ATE SOME OF THIS SHIT FOR LUNCH!!!!!

So anyway, The Wall Street Journal says hipsters in New York and California love mac and cheese.   No big deal, but Safewaygirl totally called it like two days before that article even came out.

Where’s the best m & c in town?  I would say Maverick, but I talk about Maverick too much.

Hey gang – a brief reminder/update on the Food For Thought event I posted about last week, in case you’re interested…

The event is this coming Wednesday, November 11th.  All you gotta do is eat at one of many participating restaurants that night and BAM! Mission Graduates gets a chunk of skrill and Mission kiddies benefit.

I’m a sucker for babies, food, and babies dressed as food.  Here’s the updated list of participating establishments:

Andalu, Bar Bambino, Bissap Baobab, CODA, Conduit, Destino, Dolores Park Cafe, Farina Focaccia and Cucina Italiana, Foreign Cinema, Front Porch, La Provence, Little Baobab, Little Star Valencia, Maverick, Mission Beach Cafe, Panchitas #2, Pisco, Ramblas Tapas, Range, Regalito Rosticeria, Slow Club, Specchio, Spork, Sun Rise Restaurant, Usulutan Restaurant.

Mike just sent us this hot tip that there is an east coast deli opening up at 17th and Guerrero.  All I know is that “East coast style fun” better involve slamming back cases of Harpoon UFO and watching Irish people have fist fights.

(Clare’s on the internets)

Heh!  Sorry ’bout that title.

Dana sends in these shots, probs leftovers from somebody’s Halloween bender:

Look at this crazy little pile of empty Rx bottles (including Oxycontin) and candy wrappers on 18th street between mission and capp

Oxycontin and Twix!  It’s robotrippin’ for adults.

What the eff, people?  Amyitis Gardens founder David Stockhausen is still just at #2 on The Huffington Post’s Hot Farmer contest, not #1 as per my request.  Would it kill you to vote for change?  It is Election Day, after all.

No idea when this contest ends, btw.  We might be here a while.

Hey, this sounds pretty nice:

If you like eating out for charity, consider participating in next week’s Food for Thought event, in which 23 Mission District restaurants donate their profits for the night of Wednesday, Nov. 4, to Mission Graduates. All you have to do is make a reservation at one of the eateries listed below, then dine out like you normally would on a Wednesdaty. Restaurants will donate 25 to 100 percent of their revenue to the non-profit that helps Mission District kids go to college.

From Grub Street.  The Food For Thought section of the Mission Graduates website says the event is November 11th rather than the 4th, so you’ll have to dine out both nights to be safe.

Participating restaurants are: Andalu, Bar Bambino, Bissap Baobab, CODA, Conduit, Destino, Dolores Park Cafe, Farina Focaccia and Cucina Italiana, Foreign Cinema, Front Porch, La Provence, Little Star Valencia, Maverick, Panchitas #2, Pisco, Range, Regalito Rosticeria, Slow Club, Specchio, Spork, Usulutan Restaurant.

I was tickled pink to realize I had already made a reservation at one of the above restaurants for both Wednesday nights, by sheer coincidence.  Accidentally philanthropic?  YOU’RE WELCOME!

I’d try to write something witty about this but my brain just fucking exploded.

(photo by aSILVA)

Carlos Reyes peeped this shit recently (warning: mp3 auto-play):

what the fuck. no thanks. that’d be like drinking water light

A quick Google query indicates they’ve been making this for a few years now.  How have I never seen this before?  Also, this photo reminds me of the Enterprise accelerating to light speed, which is pretty much what happens to my personality whenever I drink a few of these.

Heads up: volunteers from the Bay Area Fair Trade Coalition and TransFair USA will be handing out free Divine Chocolate Thursday evening from 5-7 p.m. outside of four BART stations:  24th & Mission, Montgomery, Rockridge and Ashby Street.

Divine is  a fair trade-certified chocolate and it’s Fair Trade Month so, you know, do the math and go get it.