Man, I remember back when you had to be raised by an abusive foster family, hang out with a crazy wizard that kept turning you into animals, and then pull Excalibur out of an enchanted stone to prove you were king of the Britons. But now I guess the Lady of the Lake is just handing these out to anybody.
[pawn shop on 18th and Mission]
Tomorrow, January 3rd, Mission Pie will be celebrating five delicious years with their 5th Anniversary Party from 3-8pm. And what better way to start 2012 than to forego any health-related New Year’s resolutions and stuff your face with pie?
[Photo via Organic Nation]
Update: Here’s a flyer with more details!
The Summit, that laptop-centric cafe only employed by elite-trained baristas and once thought to be the Mission’s neighborhood game changer, is scheduled to shutter its doors at 780 Valencia on January 28, 2012.
Mission Local has more details, including the following quote from one of the owners of the space:
We at I/O own the building. The Summit was simply our coffee shop vendor. They weren’t able to pay the market rate for rent, so we’re going to have a new vendor in going forward. The incubator is definitely still open and will be having the next group of companies in the new year.
The Rite Spot Cafe was shut down last month for health and safety violations.
While this isn’t the first time, usually the closures have been limited to the kitchen and this has definitely been the longest one we’ve seen yet. People and musicians close to the establishment are skeptical it will be revived this time, with repair costs and real estate pressure being major factors.
The Rite Spot has been around for 60 years. It has was a starting place for Jolie Holland, the Dodos, thee Oh Sees, Toshio Hirano, American Idol contestant Emily Anne Reed and even once hosted Norah Jones. The spot can be hit or miss, with service ranging from cold to downright crabby, but I would be seriously bummed to see it go. It is one of the few places you can sit at a table without waiting, get a drink, eat a good burger, and watch some great live music. As a musician myself, some of my first San Francisco shows were there and I met a lot of great people through it.
We’ll keep an eye out for any developments, but in the meantime you may need to settle for Charlottesville, VA’s segregated alternative, the White Spot.
I don’t care how good their spicy eggplant dish is, being spotted in a butt-chair is totally not worth dining in.
The Communication Company is a local letterpress studio run by Mission resident Katherine Wong, who promises to never print an owl. She made these gorgeous bifold greeting cards, and they’re now available on Etsy.
Also available: these colorful condensed bold purrs and exclamations:
Ooh, chihuahua indeed.
Local comic Chris Garcia made this astute observation via Twitter:
“Pancho Villa aka Juan Swanson”
Local taqueria Pancho Villa’s bust of Pancho Villa resembles a certain character on NBC’s Parks and Rec, seen below, in an official character photo.
Ron Swanson
Allan Hough (7858)
Brittany Janis & Katie Cruz (104)
