Mission Mission

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Have you ever noticed how when someone else makes a sandwich for you it tastes better than if you made it yourself? Even if your sandwich-making companion puts exactly the same stuff in the same amounts as you would, it just tastes better when someone else does it.

The same principle holds true for juice. I’m a big green juice fan (exhibit A) and I have a Jack La Lanne power juicer (yup) which I use regularly, but I still find myself drawn back to Sidewalk Juice every month or so to partake in the holy ritual of buying a green juice and then walking down Lexington to see if the disco ball is lit up. (It wasn’t today.)

SWJ is so rad. Even since they took down the little drawings of all the employees, I still love the establishment and all the sometimes-stoney employees. Also, they have frequent buyer cards, so you get every 11^th juice free. Today José took this photo of me so you can see how happy I am about their continued neighborhood presence.

On the way home I saw this guy in an elaborate camouflage coat having an extremely heated conversation about vegetarian spaghetti sauce.

Mission Local is following the progress closely:

Betty and Luna Barrios, the grand-daughters of La Rondalla’s original owner, have toonce again delay the re-opening of their family restaurant. Earlier this week, crews were busy putting tiles in the dining area.

The Barrios have had to apply for a liquor license transfer with Alcohol Beverage Control and that permit is pending.

They now expect to open by June at the latest.

Read on for more pics.

Oh, and it’s all thanks to David Lynch (the sommelier, not the filmmaker). Eater SF reports:

Today there’s more to share on the late Spring advent of St. Vincent. To begin with, chef Bill Niles—who, you’ll recall, comes from Bar Tartine—says he’s nailing down the specifics of a “simple, seasonal, yet modern and creative” approach to wine tavern food. Since the concept is the love child of sommelier David Lynch, wine will be of equal if not greater focus than the food. Niles menu will play into that with French, Italian and British influences, and he worked in the Philadelphia area before moving to San Francisco, so a take on the classic Philly-style pretzel will definitely available. Other items mentioned: a beef shank filled with “deviled” marrow that’s whipped with foie, a mixed roast plate of aged lamb cuts, and a seasonal take on the classic British dessert, spotted dick. Also: an in-house bread program.

Ooh, I like takes on classic pretzels. Read on.

The Unresolved Love Life of Evelyn Lee is nearly here, people! From the official Facebook page, about two hours ago:

Ok, it’s happening tonight. Logos are being banged out by the amazing Micael Klok and we’re and gearing up for a party. It’s gonna get weird.

Can’t wait!

Del Popolo, the mobile pizza party housed in a transatlantic shipping container crate was spotted recently on Flour+Water’s Instagram page. John Darsky, former Flour+Water pizza chef and Del Popolo mastermind spoke with the Tablehopper earlier this year about his upcoming “of the people” portable Neapolitan vision.

Here’s the deal on Foreign Cinema:

With a flicker of an 8mm reel, Foreign Cinema has created an audio
visual soundtrack–

Hey wait this sounds just like the restaurant! Sorry, please continue:

–with influences cross pollinating elements of shoegaze, trip hop, and dub. The band’s noir sound balances light and dark, with ethereal warmth and interjected groove to create a romantically dark world guided by interpretive lyrics about the human condition.  Founded in 2008, the symbiotic core is comprised of Astral singer/guitarist, Dave Han of San Francisco and bass courtesy of Natty D from Goiania, Brazil.

They perform tonight at Brick & Mortar, and you can win tickets by telling us your best anecdote regarding Foreign Cinema the band, Foreign Cinema the restaurant, OR foreign cinema the type of cinema. Contest ends at 2pm today. Winners will be selected based on merit.

Our pal Matt just happened to see it in action, minutes after we asked if anybody had ever seen it in action:

Heading out the door for work and lo & behold. Not a crappy photo, just going for the blurry bigfoot aesthetic I swear. Incredible balance, deplorable sidewalk riding.

Thanks, Matt!

Earlier today, our own Ariel Dovas speculated as to the origins of Saturday night’s street fight. And commenters added bits and pieces to the tale. Now here we have a lengthy eyewitness account, from a reputable source who wishes to remain nameless:

Person X: i was at that bar fight
Sent at 10:30 AM on Tuesday
me: what happened!
Person X: it was all those skater kids from the mission
i can tell u the whooooooooooooooole story
and yes, someone actually came out of nowhere with a snowshovel and started attacking people
me: what started it? how many people were actually involved?
Sent at 10:34 AM on Tuesday
Person X: ok, so this one young party girl i always see around with the skater dudes
at then end of the night when they were kicking people out
starts yelling i nthe bar at some taller random creepy guy
trying to push him and was saying he was touching all of her friends and herself’s private parts
and she supposedly told the staff at the bar to kick him out earlier and they didnt
Sent at 10:37 AM on Tuesday
me: dang
Sent at 10:39 AM on Tuesday
Person X: so they all go outside and start fighting the dude
cuz the girl is all hooting and hollering that he touched her coochie
and u know those crazy 20 yr old skater kids who r just looking for any excuse to fight
well the girl starts fighting the guy
i look over and the dudes jump in the middle of it as the guy is holding a huge bottle to her neck
Sent at 10:52 AM on Tuesday
me: wow
i gotta run out, but feel free to keep telling the story
Sent at 10:55 AM on Tuesday
Person X: next thing u know everyone is punching everyone and some short hispanic looking kid with curly hair comes running from across the street to where everyone is in front of gestalt and starts hitting people
Sent at 11:00 AM on Tuesday
Person X: thank god it was a snow shovel because if it was a real shovel there could be a lot of dead people right now
anyways
Sent at 11:01 AM on Tuesday
Person X: i run down the block for safety and people are coming up to to other people over there swinging and suckerpunching people left and irght
i heard a window shatter cuz people were through big glass bottles (which they must have got out of the trash outside on the street) at the window of gestalt
the fight kinda disperses into segments
a group in front of gestalt
a group across the street
and then a group walking down the street toward mission
Sent at 11:04 AM on Tuesday
Person X: at that point the cops roll up and i see the dude with the shovel running down the block so i point them at him cuz he was sketchy as fuck
tha dude is trying to pumch people down the block still
we are leaving and all these ambulances come to that corner with the sketchy guy went
after we left people are saying they “hear” people saying someoneone “got stabbed in the head”
now that seems kinda crazy, but then again it is the mission so…………………..
and i dont know anything else than that
i tried looking up police reports online but couldnt find anything

[file photo by Ariel Dovas]

Anybody have any evidence of this guy in action?

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