Mission Mission

Here in the Mission there’s Wise Sons of course. Here’s their special menu:

Charoset (sweet, dark-colored paste made of fruits and nuts eaten)
Chopped Liver, & Matzo
House Made Gefilte Fish with Chrain Bitter Green Salad
Matzo Ball Soup
Red Wine Braised Brisket with Potato Kugel
Tzimmis Chocolate
Matzo & Coconut Macaroons
Coffee & Tea
(Vegetarian options Available with Prior Notification)

Dinners are April 10, 11 and 12; tickets are $95, available here.

And then you can also venture up the hill into Noe Valley for the feast at Firefly. Here’s what to expect:

Firefly will be serving our full passover menu from April 10th to the 19th which will include braised brisket, homemade gefilte fish, chopped chicken livers, matzo ball soup and other delicacies inspired by the holiday and the bounties of California.

Firefly’s a little further from home I know, but always worth the trip. Regular ol’ reservations taken here.

Happy holidays!

Here’s the plan:

Come celebrate the 2nd year anniversary of Make me a mixtape! We are bringing our whole vinyl collection. Let’s get weird.

We have a very special guest DJ for the ocassion: Jason Beebout from Samiam !

FREE as fuck. 21+

RSVP and invite your friends!

This lil list will hardly do the place justice, but we’ve had some good times over the years. My favorite one is still the Lou Reed one, but they’re all (mostly) good:

• The time the Thrift Town building went up for sale for $15 million, 2009
• Thrift Town, the gym, 2010
• Australians in Thrift Town, 2010
• The OC (RIP) at Thrift Town (RIP), 2010
• Lou Reed (RIP) at Thrift Town (RIP), 2011
• Robin Williams (RIP) at Thrift Town (RIP), 2011
• Kreayshawn at Thrift Town, 2011
• A nice photo by Ariel Dovas (RIP), 2012
• The time when we thought Thrift Town was in danger, 2013
• The time a month later when the new property owner said Thrift Town was probably not in danger, 2013
• “Nasty fun” (huh?) at Thrift Town, 2013
• A moving poem about contemporary life in SF, 2015

RIP, ol pal(s).

Just got a message from reader Justin L. (not pictured):

Thrift town is closing and it’s final day is Friday march 31st.

UPDATE: Actually, it’s already closed I think. Here’s some more info…

[Photo by Andrew G.]

Only at Turner’s Kitchen on 17th Street.

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Local writer Omar Mamoon got the scoop and put it in Esquire Magazine. Check it out.

From a series by local photographer Ronuae. See the rest here.

Now please enjoy this other post about the longest BART train of all time.

When your bar opens at the wee hour of 6am, one thing better be on point: a killer Bloody Mary. Pops Bar is proud to serve up a Bacon Bloody Mary for those of you seeking the ultimate hair of the dog remedy or to simply kick off your brunch with a nice buzz.  Last year Pops Bar was voted Best Bloody Mary in SFWEEKLY’s Best of San Francisco.

Consider voting for Pops Bacon Bloody Mary again in the Best Bloody Mary category so we can keep our title!  VOTE NOW:

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This week’s entertainment line up at Pops Bar:

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[via Burrito Justice on Tumblr]

Now please enjoy all this previous BART coverage dating back like a decade…

Via the world-famous Molly Young, a “[p]assage in 1984 that could also describe most start-up workplace environments in 2017″:

In principle a Party member had no spare time, and was never alone except in bed. It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping, he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself, was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity.

Is it true?

[link] [Unrelated photos also by Molly Young]