Taqueria Cancun is without a lease, could potentially be evicted at any moment

I don’t mean to be too alarmist — chances are, no landlord would be dumb enough to dump a beloved landmark like Cancun — but this news is a bit alarming. Eater SF reports:

Taqueria Cancun may be in danger of disappearing. Co-owner Gerardo Rico says that Cancun’s flagship 19th and Mission location has been without a lease for more than a year after the death of their longtime landlord, and is currently going month-to-month until the landlord’s family decides what to do with the space. Asked what would happen to Cancun, he responded, “Who knows?” [link]

[Photo by Chenoa LeBlanc]

Rooftop optical illusion

What a view!

[via Wearing All White]

The art of Hip Hop & Ping Pong

This Saturday marks the fourth edition of “Hip Hop & Ping Pong” starring DJ Beauregard (formerly DJ Laser Tad) (I think he got a cease-and-desist from the Q-Zar people or something) and I just wanted to take a look back at all the great Hip Hop & Ping Pong art created over the years. (Full disclosure: I created all this art.)

The main thing is, Mission-based DJ Beauregard totally rules. Digs up all this old and undiscovered hip hop and puts together amazing sets that will *blow* *yr* *mind*. (Full disclosure: DJ Beauregard is one of my top 5 best friends ever.)

RSVP and invite your friends!

[via American Tripps]

More striking photos from yesterday’s fire on Mission Street

[Top by zeniiyaa, middle by Big H, bottom by kept absorbed] [All via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

Soul legend Sugar Pie DeSanto performs live at this Saturday’s Hard French

This month’s Hard French (on the patio at El Rio on Saturday afternoon as always) is gonna be historic:

Hard French is thrilled to welcome Sugar Pie DeSanto, a 60’s soul icon who performed alongside acts like Etta James and James Brown, to the patio at El Rio. Having spent over 60 years on the stage, Sugar Pie’s wild live shows have become a thing of legend. At 78 years old she can still out-dance, out-sing, and out-sass anyone in the room. We play Sugar Pie’s 45s at every Hard French and now you get the unique opportunity to hear the real thing. They’re even making a documentary about her – check out the website to learn more about this living legend: http://www.sugarpiedocumentary.com/the-music/

Advance tickets are already sold out, so you’ll wanna line up early! RSVP and invite your friends!

That’s It’s Torta Cubana, diagrammed

Note to self: since this week’s hot dog stunt was so popular, liveblog eating a 3-day-old leftover That’s It Torta Cubana sometime soon.

[via Lucky Peach on Tumblr, a really good Tumblr]

Fire!

Whoa, there was a lot of helicopter noise all of a sudden and I looked up and my backyard was completely filled with smoke. It was like something out of Apocalypse Now. And then it passed. And then MonkeyBrains tweeted us this pic:

UPDATE: CBS has all the info.

UPDATE: From reader Jesse F., some striking photographs:

Frying eggs on the sidewalk

[via The Heated]

Does the world need assholes?

If we’re talking anatomy, sure. If we’re talking figurative, I disagree. (Like if we’re talking about assholes like ISIS, we stand by our earlier statement.) Why can’t everybody just chill out and have a good time?

[via Schlomo]

An editorial regarding ISIS

Allan Hough

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Email: allanhough@gmail

Website: http://allanhough.bandcamp.com

Biographical Info:

"I joked that living in the Mission would be the end of me. And there were nights where it felt like the case.

One night I went out with my friend Allan to the bar that no one goes to on 16th Street, where I lost half my drink and money on the dance floor. Later we skated down 16th to Evelyn Lee, where I fell off my board and landed on my head as the 22 bus sped past behind me. A sobering moment. At the bar, I sulked and nursed my wounds until Allan put on Amy Winehouse’s 'Valerie.' We danced, he dipped me, and I felt better."

— My pal Valerie, writing about life in the Mission