Mission Mission

Killer street art!

[via We Built This City]

Bummer!

(Thanks, Hap.)

Janey Smith is one of our favorite poets (and blog commenters), so we were excited to find this curious bit of performance on YouTube.

Purchase Janey’s book Animals here.

You can’t play pool at Pop’s anymore, but YOU CAN PLAY AIR HOCKEY. Everyone is excited:

[Photo by Carlos]

Mission Local reports:

Once vilified with the stamp of gentrification and viewed as a service for out-of-town visitors, valet parking has increasingly become accepted in the Mission, as a dozen or so restaurants and parking lots now offer the service. With new restaurants moving in, the likelihood is that even more will be needed.

If approved, a 50-space lot at Builders Exchange of San Francisco, on South Van Ness Avenue near 20th Street, will be the latest to adopt valet parking.

“What we can see in the immediate future is that the demand for parking, especially in the evening, is going to rise quite noticeably,” said Phillip Lesser of the Mission Merchants Association, who is spearheading the proposal for valet parking at the Exchange. “The supply of parking is going to diminish quite considerably.”

Read on.

[Photo by tastr]

Our pal Matt delivers the bad news:

Was running late for work so didn’t have time to snap a pic but saw a city maintenance worker cutting down the swing on Valencia. Swinggate continues! SOPA! Obama!

Capitalism! Christianity! Society!

This teaser ad looks pretty phony, but it’s making the rounds and getting some serious coverage. I sent the link to our in-house punk expert Lizzy and asked her if it’s for real:

Lizzy: WHAT
i don’t know….
i’d give it like a 40% chance maybe
mostly given all the other emo reunions that have gone around the last few years
where’d you get that?
me: josh yule
Lizzy: i don’t know
i’ll believe it when i see it
it doesn’t seem likely, but then i also though at the drive-in were gone forever
Sent at 11:21 AM on Thursday

Excellent point. Here’s hoping the band responsible for “the sound of the Mission” indeed comes back to life. Thanks, Lizzy! Thanks, Josh!

This turtleneck wearer explains, succinctly:

turtleneck, no. scissors & glue, yes. [source redacted]

Southern Pacific Brewing opens for real this Friday, but we were lucky enough to get a tour yesterday. Here’s the view from the mezzanine. Two trees inside, one tree out on the patio, lots of light, lots of space. Capacity is 175 seated, 300 standing, so, yeah, lots of space.

Long communal tables give it a classic beer hall feel for sure, and in addition to the beer there’s a well-stocked full bar:

Inside Scoop published a first look at the menu yesterday as well, and it looks good. Here are the sandwiches and burgers:

Sandwiches

Smoked Pastrami, rye bread, pickles 11
Confit Chicken salad sandwich 10
Bahn mi, ipa roasted pork loin, kohlrabi slaw, cilantro, black garlic aioli 11
Sandwiches are served with Fries or Yukon gold chips

Burgers

House Burger, crispy shallots 8
Black and Blue, chili rub and bleu cheese 9
Lentil Burger, spent grain, fontina, grilled onion jam 11
Add bacon, avocado, aged white cheddar, 1.5

Opening weekend they’re only open in the evenings, starting at 7, but come Monday they open at 11AM every day, and push through ’til 2AM Thursday through Saturday. It’s on Treat just south of 19th. Here’s a map in case you can’t quite visualize it:

[Map by Google]

All photography by Ariel Dovas. After the jump, pictures of the brewing setup, and the grain silo (to give you another idea of just how huge this space is):

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[via Meesha]