A day at La Pulgita, the Mission’s free outdoor street market
La Pulgita is a city sanctioned outdoor market place where vendors can come on Saturdays to sell their goods.
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Two family-owned businesses arrive in the Mission: District Tea and Eterna Primavera
Two family-owned businesses owned by first-generation immigrants opened this summer in the Mission District – District Tea, a Boba tea shop on Mission Street and Eterna Primavera, a Guatemalan bakery in the spot on 24th Street that was once occupied by Dominguez Bakery.
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First in line for last day at Mission Pie
Kimberly Aleman, a student at San Francisco State University who grew up in the Mission, arrived...
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Piri Pica on Valencia closes abruptly, gets evicted the next day
Piri Pica, a Portuguese style restaurant at 590 Valencia St., closed its doors abruptly on Tuesday...
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Eclectic Bernal variety store Heartfelt to close at the end of the week
For 20 years, Heartfelt at 434 Cortland Ave. in Bernal had been the go-to place to find a unique gift – everything from a popsicle holder to a flag or a ceramic wall cone – but on Saturday the business will close, citing a sharp decline in sales.
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Zaytoon Mediterranean restaurant to set sail from Mission after 10 years
Owner Christopher Totah said a combination of a staffing shortage and a rent increase caused him to rethink staying.
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Young Nepali-born siblings open second Nepalese Mission restaurant
Goodbye Germany. Hello Nepal. In the former place of Schmidt’s German restaurant on 20th and Folsom, which closed last year amid rent hikes, a new Nepali tapas restaurant, Base Camp, will open in November.
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Laundré’s cafe shutters. But you can still ‘wash your fashion.’
Laundré, the splashy laundromat/cafe on 20th and Mission, is a cafe no more. “As of Monday, August...
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Old-school to some, travel agencies still flourish in the Mission
In a neighborhood where travel apps thrive and tickets, hotels and cars are booked on one’s mobile...
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A night of delicious food and intimate storytelling at the Brava Theater Center
Earlier this summer, nonprofit organization La Cocina hosted their biannual performance series...
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Scores of small business threatened with eviction from Mission’s ActivSpace building win reprieve
After seven months of eviction purgatory, more than 100 small businesses at ActivSpace at the...
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On today’s menu at Mission Pie: Existential thoughts and sadness, with a side of empathy
It’s warm and a bit gamey down here in the basement of Mission Pie; it feels a tad like a locker...
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Barbers from the recently shuttered Willy’s describe chaos, unpaid bills and a demanding owner hounding them for money
When she started cutting hair at Willy’s Barber Shop in 1999, Gladys Cañas enjoyed working at a...
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Casa Bonampak on Valencia Street to close at month’s end
Casa Bonampak will officially close its doors to customers on July 31. And, after 23 years spent...
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Ali Baba’s Cave closing after 36 years on Valencia
“The newcomers to the neighborhood, they’re young, high-tech, making a lot of money. They need...
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Mission vape shops bracing for San Francisco e-cigarette ban
A walk down Mission street is a tour of nearly a dozen smoke and vape shops, mostly...
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Mon
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Manny’s: A Conversation w/ Congresswomen Sharice Davids & Xochitl Torres Small
September 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Tue
17
18 Reasons: A Wandering Cook: Creative Uses for Your Global Pantry
September 17 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tue
17
Manny’s: Conversation with Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Social Media Director
September 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Tue
17
Manny’s: Book Talk: Vivian Ho’s Those Who Wander: America’s Lost Street Kids
September 17 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
