Mission Mission

Inside Scoop has the inside scoop:

March 1, [executive chef Danny] Bowien will be moving to New York to open an East Coast branch of Mission Chinese Food, due on the Lower East Side later this year. They’ve got a space ready, and for the most part, the New York branch will incorporate many of the same aspects of MCF, including the menu and most notably, the charitable model.

Bowien — along with partner Anthony Myint — found a former takeout space on Orchard (between Rivington and Stanton), and will remodel it as Mission Chinese Food, though it will have the same DIY feel and shoestring budget as the original. A full bar is planned for the 39 seat-space. Lunch, dinner and takeout are the plan.

“It’s not going to be super fancy. It’ll be the same, but cleaner,” says Bowien. “But we know the food and we can design the restaurant where we’ll be more efficient.”

Cleaner!? That’s cool, I guess. Inside Scoop also hints that MCFNYC will be offering some sort of SF-inspired non-Chinese late-night menu. Sounds good to me. Can’t wait to visit! Read on.

[Map by Google Maps]

From the official invite:

You guys asked, we listened. “When are you gonna do it in that GIANT WAREHOUSE again?” Well we’re doing it, and starting at 5PM on a Saturday afternoon this time, so’s we can all get an early start.

• FOUR TABLES in one enormous room!
• Music by the HAÇETERIA crew!!
• FREE PBR for the first two hours!!!
• Food carts out front all night long!

After party at Coffee Bar right across the street, just like before. They’ll be running a kickass Berlin-style beer garden, just like before. With more ping pong in the back room, just like before.

Our pals from Sports Basement will be in the house this time, performing FREE BIKE TUNEUPS for the first two hours, raffling off a $50 gift card, and handing out coupons in case you’d like to pop around the corner to their store and pick up some ping pong paddles of your own.

RSVP and invite your friends!

Furthermore, American Tripps is giving away one of these kickass PBR paddles every day this week (courtesy of Dear Mom and PBR):

Contest details here.

They’re the biggest company in the world, but they still feel the need to keep it street? Curious. I guess if it worked for Microsoft.

Sorry for the short notice, but we only had five short years to plan for this thing. Here’s the deal: our first post ever was on February 14, 2007, so we figured we better celebrate somehow, and the nice folks at Dear Mom were kind enough to offer to help out. For the month beginning tomorrow and running through March 14th, they’ll be offering the Mission Mission Anniversary Special, a High Life and a shot of Fernet, for $6. And tomorrow evening we’ll all be there, so come say hi. We’ll probably buy you a drink.

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Gross, Jake. Gross.

[via chirp]

Okay, so it’s not quite as tantalizing a shot as yesterday’s picture of the meat version, but it’s a decent picture of THE BEST VEGGIE BURGER THIS CITY HAS EVER KNOWN. And guess what — it’s making a surprise appearance tonight. Laura over at Vegansaurus has more:

You all know how much we loved the Vegan Mission Burger while it was still around and if you don’t, you can read the insane tale of our mutual love here. I don’t think I’ve written so passionately about anything in my life, and I’m a very sensual person.

Well, TONIGHT, it is back for one night only! Along with drinks and Berlin-style Ping Pong, which we have no clue what it is but Allan from Mission Mission FUCKING LOVES IT so it must be alright.

Can’t wait! Read on.

[Photo by Kevin Montgomery / Mission Mission]

From a couple years back, in its heyday. Mmm. Now don’t forget, it’s back tonight, for one night only.

[Photo by porkbelly24]

Love your work, guy. Hope you found that copy of Tango and Cash you were looking for.

UPDATE: Some pics of the scene inside.

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(Thanks, hcopperm!)