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Remember [how] the Alamo [Drafthouse] is opening?
It’s so close! We’ve now got an opening date for the Alamo Drafthouse at the New Mission. In a post this morning, the company announced its new theater at 2550 Mission Street will open its doors Dec....
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Pops (not the good kind) at the old Fizzary
Shots were fired from Mission Street early Saturday morning, striking a man in the leg who was inside a location that authorities said was an illegal gambling den. Neighbors confirmed the shooting was...
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How the Roxie got her moxie back
With recent upgrades that include a makeover and, now, new management, the Roxie Theater is getting back in fighting shape. Over the past year, the nonprofit has purchased a state-of-the art...
View ArticleComplaints bubbling up at former Fizzary spot, records show
An alleged gambling den, the former site of The Fizzary soda shop has been a hotbed for complaints since the beginning of September, police dispatch records show. In a period of just more than a month,...
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Denied by BART, artist stages guerrilla art exhibition
Vic De La Rosa in front of “Mickey.” Photo by Nash Bellows. After months of work, Vic De La Rosa wasn’t about to let BART put the brakes on his art installation. Denied permission after he was...
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Health department to store: Something’s rotten
The former Apple Market, near the 16th Street BART stop, has gotten too ripe, it seems. Following complaints about bad smells wafting from the market-turned-produce-storage site, the San Francisco...
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Should church goers be absolved of their parking sins? City wants to know
Wish you owned a bulldozer when you see cars parked along the medians on Dolores and Guerrero streets? Consider the practice a necessary evil? The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency wants...
View ArticleReports: Armed man killed in Mission possibly tied to earlier robbery, suicidal
Police also have Valencia at Cesar Chavez shut. pic.twitter.com/0P8goLrzC8 — Jonah Owen Lamb (@jonahowenlamb) November 12, 2015 More details have emerged about the armed man who was shot and killed by...
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After 64 years on Mission Street, Marian’s is going out of business (updated)
UPDATE 11/17: Marian’s Apparel will shut its doors on Dec. 31, according to Joe Anker and Andy Thompson, owners of the 64-year-old business. Thompson said he and Anker actually decided to call it...
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Business ordered to shut down, clean up (updated)
The former Apple Market on Friday evening, hours after the health department ordered it emptied and closed. UPDATE 6 p.m: A walk by the store tonight found it empty of produce. ORIGINAL POST: A Mission...
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Stunning new details about shooting at alleged gambling club
Officers take people into custody following a raid at 2949 Mission Street in late October. Sparks flew – literally – in the minutes before a shooting last month at an alleged Mission Street gambling...
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Modern Times Bookstore is for sale
A progressive, independent resource for more than 40 years, Modern Times Bookstore Collective is for sale. An ad posted to Craigslist this morning said the store, at 2919 24th St., is seeking a “buyer...
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Thanksgiving for everyone
In what’s become a yearly tradition, the Duc Loi Supermarket had hundreds over for Thanksgiving dinner last week. On every turkey day for the past seven years, the Mission and 18th Street store has...
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Art gallery proposed for troubled Mission Street spot
Art on Lilac Alley, which runs behind the former Fizzary soda shop. After months of all-night parties and allegations of illegal gambling, a proposal is being floated that could turn a troubled retail...
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Former Fizzary spot turned nightclub vandalized this weekend (updated)
UPDATE 3 P.M.: Taylor Peck, the owner of the former Fizzary soda shop, told Capp Street Crap that he spray painted the messages on the front of the building yesterday in hopes of forcing authorities...
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Median parking, church goers love it; residents no so much
The results of a survey to gauge public sentiment about illegal but tolerated median parking in the Mission are in and, if you’ve heard all the grumbling over the years, probably aren’t all that...
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10 homeless after fire at former Palace Steak House
Two people were rescued after a fire broke out early this morning at the former site of the Palace Steak House, fire officials said. At 3:24 a.m., firefighters were called to 3047 Mission St., a...
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Fizzary owner evicted but exit plan for after-hours club unclear
Woman operate the security gate outside the former Fizzary, now an alleged gambling den. [image via Google maps]The business owner who says he unwittingly subleased his Mission Street storefront to an...
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Fire Department: Nothing sinister behind recent Mission fires
“Arson” may be spray painted in giant pink letters on fencing around the recently demolished Rolling Stock tire store, but that wasn’t behind a devastating fire there last month, authorities said. San...
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No last call for Mission Bar
Lovers of stiff drinks with no pretense rejoice: neighborhood staple Mission Bar is safe for the foreseeable future. Laura Callahan, who owns the 2695 Mission St. dive bar, told Capp Street Crap that...
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