Distillations: At the Rite Spot, the sum is greater than the parts

Aug 16, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

“So do you want to hear my story about painful personal growth?” I asked Stuart. “No!” he said,...

A hole in the donut world as Jelly Donut on 24th closes for renovations

Aug 9, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Saturday will be Jelly Donut’s last day of operation before shuttering for the next four to six...

Frjtz, the Mission’s hip Belgian style fry shop, could be taken off the menu

Aug 6, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Frjtz might not be serving up new batches of fried potatoes anytime soon. Makras Real Estate...

Distillations: The 500 Club, like the Mission itself, has changed. But don’t panic yet.

Aug 2, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Laura, an old-school San Francisco punk with dyed red hair, has been fighting with her landlords...

While El Trebol plans to open a second, new location, its bawdy regulars are fine with the old

Aug 2, 2019 | Business, Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Immigrant Life, Instagram, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

From the outside, El Trebol on 22nd and Capp looks like a bar that’s either closed down or soon...

A night of delicious food and intimate storytelling at the Brava Theater Center

Aug 1, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Earlier this summer, nonprofit organization La Cocina hosted their biannual performance series...

Distillations: Not feeling the buzz at The Beehive

Jul 19, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Waiting at the bar in The Beehive on Valencia between 19th and 20th, I am sipping “A Beehive”...

Filling a void: The Mission now has exactly one Indian spice and grocery store

Jul 18, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Bay Area restaurateur Surinder Sroa, 62, sees Indian Spices and Groceries, which opened on July 1...

Dirty dozen: These are the Mission District restaurants with the lowest food safety scores

Jul 16, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Working with Mission Local, Victoria Beckley, a volunteer, created this map to display up-to-date...

On today’s menu at Mission Pie: Existential thoughts and sadness, with a side of empathy

Jul 15, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

It’s warm and a bit gamey down here in the basement of Mission Pie; it feels a tad like a locker...

Nobody leaves hungry from the Women’s Building food pantry

Jul 9, 2019 | Business, Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission

A sanctuary with no judgment — that’s what Tania Estrada, the community programs director at the...

Distillations: Taking stock of Bear vs. Bull, the Cadillac of ‘transit bars’

Jul 5, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Never once, not for a moment, in the Bear vs. Bull bar, do you forget that you’re also in a...

Distillations: Locanda does not get an A for effort

Jun 21, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Food, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

There’s a thing people sometimes say about Hollywood: For a collection of people that talented to...

Last meal: Mission Pie will soon close its doors

Jun 17, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics

Mission Pie, the 12-year-old restaurant and bakery at Mission and 25th, deploys the clever slogan,...

The decline and fall of Mission Beach Cafe was even messier than you thought

Jun 17, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Today's Mission, Topics, Trouble

Former cafe proprietor admits failing to provide toward workers’ city-mandated healthcare —...

Rodents. Bankruptcy. Wage Theft. Eviction: Behind the implosion of Mission Beach Cafe

Jun 11, 2019 | Eating Now, Featured, Front Page, Mobile, Newsletter, Topics

Mission Beach Cafe, a popular brunch spot at 14th and Guerrero streets, announced its likely...

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