Mission Mission

If you haven’t taken care of your holiday shopping yet, what better way than to take a look at some of your favorite local neighborhood businesses tonight as 40 different places from 14th all the way to 26th Street will be showing off their stuff from 5-10pm!  If memory serves from past incarnations, some places will probably be serving (free!) drinks while you shop too!

Check out the Facebook page here.

And it worked! I saw this in the bathroom at Brick and Mortar (where there was free Drambuie for days) and immediately walked out and headed for Dear Mom and ordered an Anchor product, and then another.

Be on the look out! SFPD needs your help identifying a “person of interest” in a few sexual assault cases that happened along 24th Street as recently as this morning. According to the SFPD:

One incident occurred in November and another on today’s date. In these cases both victims were attacked by a suspect identified as a black male, mid 30’s, 5’9” – 6’00”, medium build last seen wearing a black hoodie, and dark pants.

Both victims were walking in the early morning hours between 3:00 am and 6:30 am. when they were attacked from behind. A struggle ensued and the victims were sexually assaulted and then robbed of their belongings in both incidents. The suspect then fled on foot in an unknown direction with the victims items.

Read on for further details. If you have any tips, please call the anonymous tip line at 415-575-4444 or “Text-a-Tip” at Tip411. Include SFPD in the text.

(Thanks for the tip, Jenny.)

[via Pen Pop]

If you’re excited about having a bowling alley (whose kitchen serves the beloved Mission Burger) here in the neighborhood, you just might wanna show your support by contributing some some cash to their fundraiser. Depending on your pledge amount, you’ll be rewarded with thank yous, drink tickets, opening night party passes, hours of free bowling, sneak preview access — and for $2,000 you can even contribute your own signature cocktail to the bar’s cocktail menu. Check it out.

Eater SF reports:

Madam Fofo, Djenane St. Juste and their family, who are part of the Afoutayi Haitian Dance and Drum Company, are now cooking up traditional Haitian food at the Senegalese restaurant Bissap Baobab in the Mission from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. A taste of Friday’s menu includes pumpkin soup (also known as Haitian independence soup), crunchy fried plantain, fried pork (griyo), and coconut fish (Pwason Nan Sòs Kokoye). Vegetarian options are available daily and proceeds are donated to Afoutayi.

Read on.

What if BART actually ran everywhere you needed to go?  Imagine getting on the train in the Mission and going to grab some spicy noodle soup from the Richmond, then taking it to Petaluma to catch a show at the Phoenix!  Or going wine-tasting in Napa without worrying about a designated driver?  That’s the idea behind this provocative BART diagram by Jake Coolidge.

And as long as we’re dreaming, let’s get rid of the carpet, extend service to 24 hours, and have a dedicated bike car too!

[via Chris Clark, Muni Diaries, 10x1]

Cool new painting by Mildred.

Somebody’s planning a pretty weird birthday dinner for a friend tomorrow. Here’s the full ad:

Ty Segall look-alike (north beach / telegraph hill)

Whatup y’all. We’re looking for a dude who looks like Ty Segall to come join us at a Thai restaurant for my buddy’s birthday THIS THURSDAY at 7:30pm in North Beach. See, he really digs Ty’s grooves, and we thought this’d be a funny idea. Thus, this ad was born. Offering $10, a meal, and a beer for an hour of your time. You can always stay and chill afterwards, BUT you cannot admit that you are NOT Ty until the hour is up. Dead serious.

If the real Ty Segall sees this ad, well, we’re down to throw you $15, a meal, and two beers. It’ll be SO rad.

Also, if you can bring a Ty Segall photo and “autograph” it, we’ll toss in another beer.

If responding, please send us proof of your Ty look-alikeness via headshot. The link below goes to GIS of Ty:
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Again… this is for real, brah.

PS. UPDATE We don’t know if Ty has long or short hair… I’m pretty sure it’s short. I saw him at Brick and Mortar recently, but dude, I was fucking drunk.

Best of luck, all!

(Thanks for the tip, Scott.)

Old World Food Truck has been doing pop-up Eastern European and Jewish dinners out of La Victoria Bakery every Wednesday evening for a while now. Tonight’s edition sounds extra special. Here’s the full menu:

Chicken Schnitzelwich

Breaded chicken schnitzel, caraway-paprikah honey, apple, cabbage and red onion slaw, and horseradish mayo, on a brioche bun $8 (Eggplant version $7)

Brisket Borscht

Brisket stewed with beets, cabbage, and potato, with russian spices, served with rye crouton and dill sour cream $8

Mushroom and Cabbage Pierogi

Pierog stuffed with mixed mushroom and tangy red cabbage, blanched and fried on one side, comes with caraway sour cream, and fried shallot $8

Persimmon and Cured Cucumber Salad

with Straus yogurt dressing and herbs $5

Yum!