The MissionA collection of 123 posts

When the first round of urban settlers came to the Mission in the 1850s, the landscape was not flat. There...

By Caleb Pershan Heath Kessler, owner of Tiny Warrior Coffee, checks his smart watch before shaking up one of his...

For a minute there, I actually thought it wouldn’t be that bad. In the 7th inning, everyone in the...

By Caleb Pershan As has been widely (and a bit hysterically) reported, the owners of the Elbo Room space might...

By Caleb Pershan Sex and fear are well known bedfellows at the world’s largest producer of BDSM pornography: SF’...

By Caleb Pershan Dante’s Weird Fish, the eight-year-old beloved oddball restaurant on Mission at 18th, will close up shop...

By Caleb Pershan The real devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, as history buffs never tire of noting, didn’...

Anyone who’s spent some time in Dolores Park has probably seen couples making out in varying degrees of exhibitionism....

Kicking back at Dolores Park is an SF institution, and with this weekend’s weather, it’s almost mandatory. We...

By Caleb Pershan When a mainstay like Mission’s Sunflower Vietnamese Restaurant shuts its doors — even briefly — a pall is...

By Caleb Pershan While some San Franciscans will recall all too clearly the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project of the late...

By Caleb Pershan Call me Caleb. Some years ago — never mind how long precisely — having little or no money in...