Last Saturday, a car crashed into the bike rack area in front of Zeitgeist, destroying a bunch of bikes and breaking some poor guy’s leg. Uptown Almanac has the scoop and some more bike snuff pictures.
In case you bailed early, dragging your useless pile of spokes and gears home while sobbing uncontrollably, you’re entitled to an insurance claim from the car’s owner. That’s right, bikes are vehicles too, and are covered under standard collision policies. The SF Bike Coalition informs us:
If your bicycle was one of the bikes damaged in the crash, go to the Mission Police Station and provide a description of your bike. You will receive a case number and details to file an insurance claim.
[photo via Uptown Almanac]
So this means that I can finally *actually* use the marvelous bike lines that were striped over a year ago! Although they were a much-needed addition to a very hectic section of the street, the problem used to be that the concrete over which the bicycle lanes were painted was jacked up so badly that riding within would at worse cause one to wipe out or at best come away with a serious butt-massage.
Now we are treated to the smooth buttery bliss of fresh pavement and I don’t have get in the way of cars anymore! Everyone wins!
Previously:
Armed with a paint scraper, this guy came blustering down 17th clearing our city’s telephone poles of xeroxed flyers and other like debris. Unfortunately, his cleanliness≈godliness approach did not extend to the sidewalks, where he discarded newly created trash as he continued on his rampage. I tailed him until Guerrero (well, I was on my way home) where he ducked through a doorway to pick up his dry cleaning.
Fashionist spotted these “painfully well-worn leather chukkas” on Valencia Street and just couldn’t ignore them. That’s a whole lotta wear!
See the rest of Tyler’s Pretty in Pink-inspired ensemble here.
That there is a “bacon butter burger” from Maverick, in which the beef is ground along with sticks of cold butter, so it’s all buttery — and then topped with cheese and sauce and egg. It is but one of several Mission-based burgers that Grub Street SF deemed worthy of inclusion on its 50 Best Burgers in San Francisco list.
Here’s another, an off-menu specialty at Heirloom Cafe:
What’s inside?
To make it more wine-friendly for this wine-focused restaurant, the beef is mixed with mildly stinky Epoisses cheese, making it extra-good with a lean French red. It’s an incredibly juicy, flavorful burger that taste redolently of the cheese, and less of the beef, but for that reason it’s one of the most unique burgers in town.
Butter and cheese make everything better!
[via SFist]
More off-menu secrets in the Mission:
Allan Hough (7858)
Brittany Janis & Katie Cruz (104)
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