Mission Mission

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!

[via Mike A. on our Facebook wall]

I’ll get my shovel.

[via @concernedpanda]

[via Angela May Chen]

[via Brock Keeling]

Our pal Mai “Fashionist” Le has a radio show on BFF.fm, and today’s edition, airing from 4-6pm, is very special:

I’m doing a “locals only” show with Thao Nguyen as a guest and Nicole Browner as a guest co-host.

I’m programming about 20 years of local Bay Area indie rock: The Fairways, Pavement (Scott lived in the East Bay, while his wife attended Cal), Citizens Here and Abroad (once had a song play for 8 seconds on the OC), Mikal Cronin, Mates of State, Toro y Moi, tUnE yArDs, etc… John Dwyer will be represented by either Ty Segall or the Coachwhips (sort of wish I had music from his “German Gay S&M” electronic duo).

Nicole has not revealed her song choices for the show.

We will also have a ticket giveaway on BFF’s facebook page. 2 tickets to Thao’s show with Sonny and the Sunsets at the Fillmore on Feb. 14th/V-Day.

Listen in!

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!

Here’s the scoop:

This month Haçeteria is beyond proud to present a very rare out-of-town guest, Heatsick, alias of Berlin-based producer Stephen Warwick. Occupying a space between experimental electronics and outsider house, Heatsick is a rising star associated with the ever-dynamic PAN records and just dropped his new hyper-modern, inventive, dystopian LP Re-engineering on PAN. Heatsick’s live P.A.s are famously both playful and heady, rhythmic and exploratory, and we couldn’t be more excited to see what he has in store for us.

RSVP and invite your friends! And watch this mellow but mesmerizing video:

[Photo by Wire]

SocketSite followed up on its original report, and found that the building owners are indeed pretty far along into the process of replacing Elbo Room with this big ‘ol condo complex:

A detailed set of architectural plans has been drafted for the project and the building’s owners have authorized the architects to act as their agents in submitting applications for environmental reviews, a historic resource evaluation, variances and Conditional Use. That’s every step required to get the project formally approved.

In fact, a month after the Planning Department provided their feedback on the preliminary plans, the application fee for which was nearly $5,000 alone, a follow-up meeting was scheduled between the Planning Department and architects to discuss next steps and plans for submitting the Environmental Evaluation and Historic Resource report for the project to move forward.

Read on.

I know it’s raining, but hear me out…..

1.) Back in 2009 we wrote about Forlorn Candy Corn on an almost daily basis. Some of you may recall. Today, the artist behind the phenomenon, Briar Bonifacio, debuts a show at Adobe Books. It’s called “Mostly True” and features a couple other artists as well. Know this: Forlorn Candy Corn makes multiple appearances! 6-9pm. RSVP and invite your friends!

2.) SFist is having a big happy hour party at Virgil’s Sea Room. Hang out with the best bloggers in town, score a tote bag, cash in on drink specials, and eat a Wes Burger for dinner! 5:30-7:30pm. RSVP and invite your friends!

3.) Finally, since you’re down in that part of the ‘hood anyway, Ping Pong Nite at El Rio (just like every Thursday)! 9-midnight.