Mission Mission

It was reported a couple weeks ago that the old Delano’s space was close to becoming a Fresh & Easy. Now it appears there’s a new possibility. Reader Lisa C. explains:

Heard from Supervisor Campos’ office last week that there are bids in
from two places to lease the building that was Delano’s: a place
called FRESH AND EASY and then one called Grocery Outlet.

They both seem kinda weird but the latter seems less desireable from
what I’ve heard.  Apparently the contact person in the Mayor’s Office
is Lisa Pagan, in the office of workforce / economic development or
something like that.

I wonder when the public hearing is?

Yes, I wonder.

[Original image by Curbed SF]

Previously:

Delano’s Going

Going

Gone

If so, get in touch with your Romeo here.

(Hmm, another clue?)

Want some theater with your beer and salty snacks for a change? Chelsea G. has a deal for you:

I work at Z Space, over at Project Artaud at Florida and Mariposa. We’ve got a play running right now, The Companion Piece, that’s getting rave reviews and want to invite more of our Mission neighbors to it. We were wondering if you might be able to share this discount? For just $10 locals can get a ticket, a beer and a popcorn to any of the four remaining performances if they enter the code “neighbor” when ordering tickets here.

Thanks, Chelsea!

In case you were wondering about what all those crows have been doing in the Mission lately, it’s obvious from this flyer that they’re raging about the Alcoholocaust show at the Knockout tonight.  If you’re not doing anything on this fine Tuesday evening, check out my band La Corde at one of your favorite Mission bars/venues.  We’re playing last after two-piece punk brigade Culture Corpse and Oakland stalwarts High Castle, so come on down and check out some local tunes (but please leave the Marina party bus at home).

Damn, I can’t believe they hired local tagger Jewish to guerilla market the new Gumby movie!

(Damn, I wish there really were a new Gumby movie.)

[Photo by Talent Is An Asset]

Whoa! That’s some mail!

[Photo by Talent Is An Asset]

Country Music Television, an undeniable authority on the discipline of stand-up comedy, has chosen SF’s own Sean Keane as a contestant! Now, I’m not sure how “country” he really is, but he does have a joke about mullets.

Sean Keane performs every Wednesday at the Dark Room theater on Mission and 18th as part of the Business along with Chris Garcia, who you’re already a fan of. A bunch of us went last week and let me tell you, it’s the best $5 you’ll spend on a Wednesday. Ok, second best.

Here he is doing a bit on the SF Giants:

Vote for him here, because the rest of those contestants don’t even live anywhere near you.

Menu changes and restaurant closings are never easy. The least they could do is open source (is that a verb?) those recipes so you can relive the glory on your own.

Reader Kori, for example, does not approve of Monk’s Kettle’s recent developments:

Can you find out what the hell happened the old chef at Monk’s Kettle?
Don’t get me wrong, the new menu is tasty but it doesn’t hold a CANDLE to what it used to be.

There’s NO MORE Mac & Cheese, NO MORE Chicken, Bacon and Brie sandwich (and don’t tell me their new chicken sandwich is just as good, because it isn’t), and NO MORE fries set-up with the trio of sauces.

What am I supposed to do when I’m drunk at 10am and need my chicken sandwich fix? Where am I supposed to find a place that lets me dip my fries in both chipotle ketchup AND curry sauce?

Any light you can shed on the subject is appreciated.

Eater SF points out that this all came with a recent Chef change:

Now said new chef and former Coloradoan Adam Dulye is ready to release his new menu today. The press release says it’s “more delicate and elegant”

The definition for “delicate and elegant”? Buttermilk-fried rabbit. Hmm.

Well, at least they kept the awesome pretzel. So long, amazing Mac and Cheese. Thanks to you, I will never look at a box of Annie’s Shells and White Cheddar the same ever again.

[photo by SFRichardT]

Update:

MrEricSir delivers the Monk’s Kettle Mac & Cheese recipe on the chef’s blog.

As she came out, the plainclothes guys confronted her, indicated they knew she had something in her purse. She protested, tried to keep walking. They grabbed her, and she kept trying to push past. They were frustrated. They even offered her a pretty sweet deal: “Fine, just give it back and you can go.” But she didn’t bite. Kept trying to fight her way out instead.

So they overpowered her, cuffed her, while the uniformed guy came over and showed her a photo on his iPhone: “Look,” he says, “It’s you.” She’d been busted earlier trying to make off with the same item. And she didn’t even change her outfit for the second attempt.

We all know that Google Street View values the privacy of the luchador crowd. But it turns out Google also hides the faces of colonels with secrets whose factories convert chickens into weapons of mass destruction tasty snacks, as we see here on Duboce & Guerrero (thankfully not in the Mission).

The irony here: given their questionable meat content (and uncomfortable proximity to taquerias), Taco Bell really is the one that ought to be blurred out.  But it’s a bell, not the dog, so I am not sure how effective that would be. Or maybe it’s a witness protection program for the Colonel?