Mission Mission

Wes “Wes Burger” Rowe, the man behind last week’s bagel shitstorm, is doing a “Fatty Melt” popup this Friday night at Virgil’s, and they look pretty damn good.

Let the shitstorm begin!

This is a still from a short film by Rice Paper Scissors (who recently opened a new brick-and-mortar on Mission Street). Watch it here.

This is at Dear Mom right now:

sliced rice-puff breaded fried chicken, kale+cucumber kimchi + yogurt salad, & spicy mayo, all on an epic english muffin! it’s on the menu today until 3pm [link]

On tap at Pal’s Takeaway (and whatever the place is called at night) right now!

These Thistle guys (note that their URL is thistlechangeyou.com) (wait, so is it pronounced “this’ll”?) were giving out sample shots of their 100% raw, cold-pressed kale juice the other day on Valencia, so we struck up a conversation and ended up buying some other juices to go. But, us being us, we needed to combine them with alcohol in order to consume. It was awesome. Fancy juice is the bomb.

Next I’m gonna try combining the kale juice (which is called “Verdance” and also contains apple, celery, cucumber, spinach, parsley, lemon and ginger) with mezcal!

(We got the idea of a carrot-orange mimosa from the new kitchen staff at Broken Record btw.)

It’s a Guatemalan street specialty known as a shuco, and you can get one at a new spot on 22nd Street called Los Shucos.

[via Mission Local]

Starting today, they’re open 11am-2pm Monday-Wednesday at Brick & Mortar on Mission Street just south of Duboce. Starting in March, it’ll be Monday-Friday. Congrats, Rice Paper Scissors! Here’s the menu:

Pate Chaud – 6
savory handheld pie with ground chicken, chicken liver pate and wood ear mushrooms

Mushroom Pate Chaud – 6
savory handheld pie with a shiitake mushroom and cream cheese pate

Banh Mi Op La – Fried Egg Banh Mi – 9
fried eggs with cha lua (Vietnamese ham), housemade mayo, chicken liver pate, daikon pickles, cilantro and jalapeños. can be made vegetarian.

Pho Bo – Hanoi-Style Beef Pho – 13
hanger steak and fresh rice noodles in a six-hour broth. served with shaved onions, cilantro and jalapeños.

Ca Ri Chay – Yellow Vegetable Curry – 13
Madras yellow coconut curry with fried tofu and market vegetables, served with rice.

Housemade Beverages

Cafe Sua Da – Vietnamese Iced Coffee – 3
a shot of slow-dripped Trung Nguyen coffee with condensed milk

Kumquat Ginger Beer – 3
fermented ginger beer with candied kumquats

Boom! See you there!

This morning Dear Mom was offering bagels via Wesburger that were overnighted from New York. A lot of people wanted them.

I guess we won't have brunch at @dearmomsf today. Also I need to buy an umbrella. http://t.co/2w4WnutKZ8 pic.twitter.com/mg8Wb1xkgf

— marta f. (@marmotilla) February 8, 2014

The line, almost to Folsom from Harrison, was just informed that if they're outside the building; they won't get #bagels.

— Andy Cooper (@terrapin_sf) February 8, 2014

UPDATE: Here they are, everybody. Yeah, I guess we’re so used to overpaying for gimmicky food that we might as well also wait in line in the rain for it. I’m being serious. I waited in line for 18 hours to see Star Wars Episode 1, even though I didn’t like the first ones and happily slept through it. Waiting in line with all the crazy fanatics, hearing their stories, playing with light sabers, that was the real fun of it.

This is what everyone waited for. #bagels pic.twitter.com/xvjUYRnPih

— Andy Cooper (@terrapin_sf) February 8, 2014

Bagel aficionados Sonya Haines and Wes “Wes Burger” Rowe are overnighting a ton of bagels from NYC tonight, and in the morning they’ll be serving up this menu at Dear Mom:

BAGELS
* Plain
* Everything

SCHMEAR
* Plain
* Jalapeno
* Charred Scallion-Garlic
* Olive

OPEN-FACED SANDWICHES
* Schmear / Pastrami / Slow Poached Egg / Bell Pepper-Potato-Caramelized Onion Slaw
* Schmear / Lox / Capers / Red Onion
* Schmear / Crispy Kale / Bell Pepper-Potato-Caramelized Onion Slaw / Roasted Tomatoes / Avocado

Damn. RSVP and invite your friends!