Lou Reed lunching at St. Francis Fountain?

Maybe he’s in town working on another collab with Metallica? Or making street art about his pal David Bowie? Or maybe he’s trying to scope Ty Segall’s butt crack?

Mission Vegan: Muffin mission

[Caroline has been writing this weekly column about being vegan in the Mission for a few weeks now, and as of today we decided to officially call it "Mission Vegan." Look forward to it every Wednesday!]

Can you tell the difference between the vegan bran muffins at Mission Beach Café and the ones at Four Barrel?

They’re the same shape, size and color; they both contain dried cranberries and yellow raisins, but no nuts. Both are sweet and toothsome, crunchy on top and chewy on the bottom, substantial but not dense. In other words, I consider myself a muffin connoisseur and I don’t think I could tell the difference if you paid me. I tried to do a side-by-side comparison for you, but 4B didn’t get any muffins delivered this morning (!) so you’ll have to trust me I guess.

The nice girl who works the coffee counter at MBC on weekday mornings says the muffins are made for them at a nearby bakery. Hmmm… if it was in the direction she was pointing, it was also near Four Barrel.

Well, Mission detectives, what do you know that I don’t? Same baker or just same recipe?

A Raiders fan and an actual ’49er walk into a bar

[via Stay Sick Turn Blue]

Who does Bowie love?

(Thanks, Ann B.!)

New Mission Theater space might possibly become an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema!

SFist has the scoop:

Medjool owner Gus Murad, who we know has been sitting on and contemplating a use for the historic New Mission Theater for several years, has finally made his plans known via an agenda item at tomorrow’s Historic Preservation Commission hearing. He’s planning to restore and reuse the theater as a five-screen cinema to be operated by Texas-based, beer-slinging movie chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas.

Woohoo! Those rule! Read on.

[Photo by Paul Lowry]

Valentine’s Day underwear dance party

RSVP and invite your friends!

Thoroughly ’80s Japanese soda commercial stars SF bike messengers

I don’t care how cute they are, I bet none of the TCB guys have ever pulled this stunt.

http://youtu.be/OqdeXEteVH0

[via Ice Tubes]

Portishead piggybank

Mission Street repaving project means Muni moves to South Van Ness

Mission Local reports:

Work along Mission Street is set to begin in March and will last six months, according to DPW.

Muni buses that run along Mission Street, including the 14 Mission — the third busiest line in the city — and the 49 Van Ness-Mission, will be rerouted onto South Van Ness Avenue.

Read on. (Thanks, JP.)

Awkwardly serenading Mission ladies

For Valentines Day, I bring you this Blammos video of Mission women scanning for an exit route.