Mission Mission

Ryan Farr has been the king of the meat scene in SF for a few years now, and he’s a very bloggable dude (see the “previously” section at the bottom of this post), so we’re very happy for him and 4505 Meats that they’re finally opening their very own shop. Here we go:

It’s with great excitement that I share the news that 4505 Meats is opening up a small butcher shop in a couple weeks at 1909 Mission St. (at 15th St.), four blocks from Rainbow Grocery, just around the corner from the 16th street BART station and a block away from Four Barrel.

Opening a shop is something we’ve been talking about for four years, and now– after two babies, over 100 classes, and two books (4505 Meats’ Sausage Book will be released by Chronicle Books in the spring of 2014), we are finally doing it.

The shop’s opening hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday to start. My wife Cesalee and I have lived a block away from this space for over 10 years; we believe in this neighborhood and think our butcher shop will help make it an ever more dynamic place to live and work. We’re also working on a larger concept in a different location of the Mission, which we hope to open next year.

I will be there daily, cutting and grinding meat to order, and will always be happy to answer your cooking and butchering questions. The shop will also be serving ready-to-eat hot 4505 sausages and dogs with house-made sauerkraut and mustard, and smoked meat by the pound. We’ll also have the infamous ’Zilla Dog: our bacon- studded hot dog smothered in chicharrones and Namu kimchee, in addition to the sexy Kink Dog and other tasty dogs in the normal 4505 fashion.

A variety of cuts of beef, pork, lamb, chicken, sausages, bones, fat, stock and other prepared items like pork green chili, deli meats and terrines en croute will be available for you to take home and enjoy. In addition, we’ll have your holiday needs covered with smoked hams, stuffed pork roasts, truffled geese, and an abundance of festive holiday treats. And of course, there will be chicharrones!

We will continue to be at the Ferry Plaza Farmers’ Markets on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays, the Mission Community Market on Thursday nights, and the Montclair Farmer’s Market and Divisadero Farmers Market on Sundays as well.

With gratitude,

Ryan and Cesalee Farr, and the 4505 Meats Crew

Congrats, y’all!

[Photo via Inside Scoop]

Eater SF reports:

Starting today, the Mission’s Tacolicious is featuring a hot pastrami taco to get in the Hanukkah spirit. Chef Telmo Faria gets his pastrami from Peter Temkin at Machine Meats, and serves it with mustard mazano aioli and cabbage slaw. The Hanukkah taco will be on the menu through Wednesday. [link]

Also, don’t forget that the fine folks at Old World Food Truck are hosting a pair of full-on Hanukkah dinners this weekend.

What’s the deal with this building on Chavez with a diagonal facade for no reason? Bernalwood figured it out.

Yesterday’s blog post about an 1888 photograph of the intersection of Mission and Army (Cesar Chavez Blvd.) generated a lot of great comments… including a very geeky digression about the apartment building at 3365 Chavez, right next door to the Principality of Chicken John.

You can see the building above; it’s set back from the street, with an unusual, angled facade. The oddness is even more obvious from above.

So what’s the deal? Read on for the answer.

Whenever I see a cool car around the neighborhood, I take pictures and send them to my pal Eric up in Portland who runs Other People’s Things, my favorite car blog. He responds with some knowledge and we post the results here and it’s called “Car Beat.” Here’s what Eric has to say about this sporty little Honda:

Looks like you found a pretty sweet first generation Honda Civic.  This one looks like is a 78-79 and it seems to be in fairly good original condition.  The JDM (car nerd speak for Japanese Domestic Market) fender mirrors are certainly not original as this is a US spec car, but they add a little eccentricity to it.  I’ve always wanted to ride in car with the mirrors so far forward; apparently it eliminates the blind spot and you don’t have to take your eyes off the road as much, but it seems like it would be a little disorienting.  Looks cool though.

Anyways I digress. This car, much like the similar BMW 2002 was really a case of having the right car at the right time for America. Introduced during the Oil Crisis in 1973 this “larger” Honda was a good fit for most people, got great mileage, and could run on leaded or unleaded gas, sort of like having a car today that can run on E85 or standard fuel, but actually useful. For those who want to level up such a vehicle, they can opt for services like Ceramic Coating Gold Coast.

One last strange thing I noticed is the hatchback of this little Civic doesn’t open like you think it would.  Though they changed to the more traditional method we see on hatchbacks today, this one works similar to the the way the original Mini Cooper’s did, only more annoying because it doesn’t drop down like a truck tailgate, it opens up into your face so you can’t see what you’re doing.  Strange.

Thanks, Eric! Now let’s take a look at this strange hatchback:

Grapefruit instead of lime. Pret-ty good. But messy.

Our pal Cosmic Amanda has been a community radio DJ for like a million years, and today (in 15 minutes actually) her popular show Radioculars makes its Mission debut on Mutiny Radio:

Each week on Radioculars Cosmic Amanda scours the Interwebs for the best new underground music. Wednesdays 4-6pm on Mutiny Radio

Amanda killed it those couple of times we tried to make the Mission Mission Radio Hour happen last year, and yesterday on Facebook I said something about how much I love the new Mean Jeans single, and she promptly responded that it’d be a great fit on Radioculars, so tune in — or drop by the studio — if any of that means anything to you. (Or even if it doesn’t!)

Plus, there will be shirts!

Bummerdude! Nothin’ but sausage fests back then

[via SF Public Library's 6th Floor]

What fun!

[via marmotilla]

Our pal Stella from SF MOMA says:

If you are in the mission tonight (let’s face it you never leave) come by Galeria de la Raza and watch some rad artist videos (and eat el metate and drink beer)

Done and done! And according to Stella’s Instagram, apparently at least one of the videos addresses the issue of class warfare. Read more about the event here.

Local photographer marmotilla snapped this pic. Here’s the story:

I was walking down Valencia Street when I saw a little bird on the ground. Apparently he had fallen out his nest. I asked a man to go get a ladder so I could put the baby bird back. When I climbed the tree I found these guys asking for food like crazy. I don’t know if the tiny one survived. I hope he did. [link]