Mission

A well-known and well-liked restaurant owner chalked up a big victory this week in his fight to expand his beloved establishment in the Mission.

A massive,, block-long mural currently being painted at Cesar Chavez and Bryant Streets is a high and mighty sign of the forthcoming new dispensary Poncho Brotherz.

The Mission Street location of tapas bar Cha Cha Cha will close down Friday night after the last sangria and shrimp are swallowed, but the Haight and Shrader Street location is still sticking around.

Aww, f***! The rotisserie chicken, shawarma, and kebob hotspot Goood Frikin' Chicken has shut down, after an 18-year run at Mission and 29th Streets.

The nonprofit kitchen incubator La Cocina expands on their popular Tenderloin Municipal Marketplace with a new monthly Friday happy hour marketplace Ferry Fridays at the Ferry Building, with live music and mural painting.

The Mission District’s Armory Club didn’t make much sense after Kink.com skipped town, but the new cocktail destination Dahlia Club has bloomed in its place.

Tom Silargorn, the acclaimed chef and founder of the Lers Ros chain of local Thai restaurants, appears to be on the move with another restaurant concept, just a few doors down from the 16th Street location of Lers Ros.

Music, dance, and colorful costumes filled the streets of the Mission District this past weekend for the 44th annual Carnaval San Francisco.

Saturday marks the 21st anniversary of Mission-Bernal home-cooking favorite Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, but COVID wrecked the 20th anniversary, so they’re celebrating both with DJs and a new Entertainment License.

A new affordable housing complex at 16th and Shotwell Streets drew the likes of Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, as Casa Adelante will be home to more than 300 low-income people, plus provide on-site childcare and a rooftop farm.

City Hall has approved plans to demolish the Phoenix Irish Pub building on Valencia Street, and from the wording of the documents, it does not seem the Phoenix will rise from those ashes.

After 11 years of dazzling the Mission with an out-of-this world mural, Asiento is going out with a big bang on Friday and Saturday nights. But stay tuned, because ownership is promising a “remodel and rebrand.”

Sour Cherry Comics (3187 16th St.) is a brand-new bookstore run by and geared towards the LGBTQ+ community.

The new Valencia Street studio Ephemeral Tattoo is inking tattoos with a twist — their biodegradable ink tattoos will disappear from your skin within 9-15 months.

Market Street dive bar Lucky 13 may be gone, but its legacy lives on as its sign (and bar stools!) have relocated to a highly appropriate new home at Bender’s Bar & Grill.

There used to be two Giordano Bros. sports bars in SF serving the famed “All-in-One Sandwich,” but as of Sunday night there will be none, as 16th Street sports bar Giordano Bros. will close permanently.

Fast-casual chicken and rice restaurant Gai has opened its second location at 1001 Market Street (at Sixth), formerly Homeskillet.

The owners have turned the temporary Liholiho space on 18th into an entirely new restaurant called Good Good Culture Club, under the helm of some up-and-coming chefs.

A new law took effect January 1 allowing streets with dining and retail to lower their speed limits, and San Francisco wasted no time implementing this on seven retail-heavy streets.

Perhaps best known for its packaged chips and salsas, Casa Sanchez became San Francisco’s 100th legacy business back in 2017 — and its longtime location at 2778 24th Street might soon be recognized as a City landmark.

16th Street gastropub the Monk’s Kettle has eliminated indoor dining for the time being, as more restaurants go outdoor-ony or close down entirely as the Omicron surge upends the restaurant sector.

Over the holiday weekend, multiple Castro neighborhood bars and restaurants announced they would be temporarily closed due to the recent surge of Covid-19 infections brought on by the Omicron variant.

A boutique brunch pop-up just got the keys to its new forever home at Harrison and 18th Streets, as Poppy will bring its Australian brunch stylings to the Mission this summer.

SF cult-hit drag queen horror movie sensation Midnight Mass has its first in-person show since shelter-in-place, with a little-known Brian De Palma rock musical and, of course, a lip-synch competition.

The era of San Francisco Patrol Special Police officers patrolling the Castro is set to conclude at the end of the year with the departure of current officer Cody Clements.