Mission Mission

Workshop starts at 6:30 this evening, and Leonard Flynn Elementary. More info at the San Francisco Planning Department City Design Group’s Cesar Chavez Street Design page.

Previously:

Imagine a New Cesar Chavez

Dave Schumaker, live on the scene, says:

If you want to be a judge for the Grilled Cheese Invitational, you better get here quick. Long lines!

Link.

Update: Oops, too late. Sister Mable says, “just heard anyone not at grilled cheese yet wont get grilly toasty goodness! dangle!” Link.

Also, Emily Wood highlights what a bummer this is: “San francisco maxes out by 1215 on grilled cheese judge wristbands. Hundreds in dolores park devastated.” Link.

That’s right! Studies have been undertaken, and plans have been drawn up. So what’s the holdup?

Burrito Justice has the story here.

Related:

BART Shit

BART Swing

BART Boner

Healthy Development Measurement Tool provides sets of metrics, demographic and otherwise, from which we can learn various things about neighborhoods in the city.

Here are some things we learned about the Mission: Proportion of households with 1/4-mile access to a community garden and density of take-out alcohol outlets are both better than twice the citywide averages. Win!

More Mission metrics are here.

[via MAC SF]

Coming February 24th, after work, after school, there’s the third in a string of community meetings at which the future of Cesar Chavez will be decided upon. Mark your calendars.

Link. (Thanks, Todd!)

This week’s Bay Area print edition of The Onion — their Best of SF issue — includes a feature on Mission Street Food and other local piratical restaurateurs. Burrito Justice and Mission Mission get mentions. So if you’ve ever wanted to see our URLs in print, now’s your chance.

Go Mission!

If you haven’t yet had the pleasure, tomorrow just might be the perfect day to check out the bevy of unique businesses that make up the delicate flower that is Valencia Street between 14th and 22nd Streets.

Special events and discounts await at every turn. For instance: McSweeney’s is having a sidewalk sale, Ritual is offering $2 double shots of espresso, Curiosity Shoppe is hosting a Valentine making workshop, and Gestalt is pouring $3 beers.

See GetLocalSF.com for handy-dandy map and complete details.

Thanks, mcas!

Got that? Ping pong AND foosball. Go to work!

Thanks, Andy!

Business owners worry about Valencia’s unique flavor being changed.

Valencia between 15th and 22nd is the place to be if you’re trying to open up a unique business.

Stephen Elliot apologizes for his absence. He is in New York promoting a new web magazine.

Everybody loves the community.

Local businesses know what makes local tuckuses look good, in a way a chain could not.

ATA believes AA is a Trojan horse.

Ritual owner thanks commissioners for doing the right thing, and calls Valencia a delicate flower.

Now I’m going to MSF. See you guys later.

Ryan Holiday of American Apparel, at the hearing:

None of our other stores are accessible by BART [...] This one is.

Our [basics] complement [the wares of] other businesses on Valencia.