Mission Mission

Anybody got a kid I can borrow? I want to eat all of those things. (And connect the dots.)

[via Namu Gaji on Twitter]

Here’s the deal:

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!
Wednesday, October 17th at Beauty Bar
6pm-2am

Join Ruby White, The Biz, and The Whiz while we spin 60s soul clappers, the sassiest girl groups, garage, surf, r&b, sweet sugary pop, bubblegum, and more!

We’ve invited our favorite female DJs to join us: Jackie Sugarlumps, H-bomb, Amy A, Cassandra, Wam Bam Ashleyanne, and Tylawave.

Besides NINE babes ruling your Wednesday night, we’ll have cake, drink specials, and a vintage sale from 6pm-10pm.

As always our night is FREEEEEEE FREEE FREEEE!!!

xoxoxoxox

Ryan P. writes:

Never be lost in Dolores Park again! “Hey, where are you?” “D4, you?” “B3, you sunk my battleship!”

Our pal Valerie (pictured) reports:

ken ken ramens/suika’s fancy $40 plant from flora grubb stolen from outside their store 3x. Who’s responsible? Angry neighbors? Hipsters? Homeless hipsters?

They’ve tried chaining it down, adding rocks etc. plant theif won’t give it up. Everyone be on high alert for some sexy succulent looking thing!!!

Sad! And just when things were going so good for Ken Ken/Suika!

It’s like French onion soup but in a sandwich, with roast beef that melts in your mouth! This is me eating one on Treasure Island yesterday (or… wait, what day is it?) (anyway…), but you can eat one everyday (and I think I’m gonna eat one everyday) at The Galley.

The Bold Italic takes a look at Suika, the Ken Ken offshoot just opened on 18th near Mission:

What’s special about Suika is that it has no set menu. “Everyday is different,” said chef Taka. “We decide on the menu the night before.” He likes to get experimental, so customers can experience all the endless bento combinations. The only thing you can count on is that there will always be a meat, fish, and veggie option available. Some past creations include saba (mackerel), pumpkin croquette, kimchi pork, minced beef katsu, and even hamburger bento. Each lunchbox also comes with assorted sides such as rice, tamago (egg), burdock potato salad, hijiki seaweed, nasu eggplant, or kabocha squash.

They’ve also got desserts and Boba Guys boba drinks. Read on for lots more info and pics.

Those kids look so pumped, the little shits.

[via Kristin]

There it is, all lit-up in the yard off Bryant. What’s the deal? I Googled it and all I found was a comment on a Burrito Justice post that says it’s been gone since ’88.

It’s been around since 2008! So why did nobody start drinking it until a minute ago? I have two theories so far:

1. I heard it’s huge in the south, so maybe they introduced it there early and it didn’t make its way to California til more recently? Or,
2. Maybe we had it here all along, but nobody gave it a try because, let’s face it, it doesn’t seem super appetizing at first. It’s not until someone raves about it that you decide to get to work.

But the main thing is, they have a super-hot spokesmodel which I think is a big reason for its rise in SF.

P.S. Thanks to the Treasure Island Music Festival (and mostly Girl Talk) I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about how great 2008 was. Too bad for me I wasn’t a BLL early adopter.

[via Abby]

Photo and headline by Valerie “Sublet SF” Luu