Mission Mission

Kevin Monty reports:

Seitan shortage in the Mission!!! Bender’s and Weird Fish out of seitan

Bender’s was running low Wednesday night too. Is this a legit deficit? Link.

Don’t know how I missed this, but the other day Eater SF got a sneak peek inside Flour + Water, learned how the menu’s gonna work, and declared the Mission official bearer of SF’s pizza crown. Go Mission! Link.

Last night I was running late for a thing at the Brava, but on my way out of Bender’s I’d borrowed what looked like a french fry dipped in ketchup from someone’s basket. It turned out to a french fry dipped in third-degree-burn sauce, so I decided to stop into Humphrey Slocombe for a cooldown. My friend Mike and I both got Secret Breakfasts, in cones. They were pretty good, but not as good as they got when paired with shots of Beam procured at Pop’s with zero minutes to spare before the curtain went up at the thing.

Half-running from the ice cream shop to the theater:

“Hmm, think we should stop at Pop’s and get some bourbon?”
“Hmm, yeah, we probably should.”

I wholeheartedly encourage everyone to try this out.

Secret Breakfast photo by niallkennedy.

Pop’s photo by el_tim.

Pal’s Take Away, first day. The asparagus-and-egg (above) was the star of the show, and quite beautiful as you can see. I never thought a roasted pork sandwich could be summery, but this one with its herby mayo and big fluffy bun was SUM-MER-Y:

For dessert, strawberry jam and almond butter, gooey and sweet:

Coffee Bar and Ryan Farr’s 4505 Meats just called to invite everybody to their Pig-Out party, Sunday May 3rd. It’s $35 per person and includes:

-Chicharrones and other Meat Goodies
-Red Waddle Heritage Pig Roasted on the Grill and the Rotisserie
-Charred Carrots, Potato and Leek Salad
-Market Greens and Grilled Spring Vegetables
-Bacon, Peanut Butter and Chocolate Brownies
-Big Daddy IPA

Whoa. Butcher demo and beer and snacks starts at 3:00. Dinner’s at 6:00. RSVP to PigOutCoffeeBar (at) gmail.

Full press release after the jump:

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Pal’s Take Away just published its opening-day menu, and IT IS GOOD. Here are the sandwiches:

Vietnamese-style Banh Mi w/ grilled marinated beef, pickled carrot -daikon, cucumber, jalapeno and cilantro and herbed canola mayo on Acme roll -$7.25

Slow-roasted Marin Sun Farms pork shoulder w/ wild arugula on Acme sesame kaiser roll-$7.25

Full Belly asparagus tossed w/ Meyer lemon and Regianno, Riverdog soft-cooked ranch egg, greens, herbed canola mayo on Acme whole wheat seed-$6.75

Our own strawberry jam and Massa Organics almond butter on Acme whole wheat seed ( with or without banana)-$5.25

There are salads too. Pal’s opens Wednesday at 10:30AM.

Say it ain’t so!

On the other hand, Strawberry Galettes and Meyer Lemonade.

Two weeks ago, my friend Mike and I ran into Mai from Fashionist in line at Mission Street Food. Mike and I are quite fashionable, so Mai took some pictures and the whole thing resulted in probably the best Fashionist post to date.

As part of tonight’s fan appreciation night, MSF and Fashionist are teaming up for real. Mai will be out front meeting fashionable diners all night long, photos will be posted soon thereafter, at which point voting will commence. The best-dressed folks get a free future dinner (wine included). Link.

Plus: The cheesesteak is back!!

Kevin Montgomery just snapped this shot of 24th Street’s newest restaurant-to-be, China Fun Fast Food. Kevin wonders, “I wonder how fun it will be.” Link.

Thanks, Kevin!

Plebiscite just unleashed a flurry of photos of porky goodness. Drool over all of them right here.