The Neighborhood

2013-08-09T14:54:27Z

50.0.92.193: /* Mi Ranchito */ correct spanish. carne is meat, carnicero is butcher.

''What's in the neighborhood around 2169 Mission?''

== Restaurants ==

Noisebridge is of course located in the birthplace of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_burrito Mission burrito], with an abundance of Mexican places in the area, but there are many different restaurants within walking distance of the space.

===Taqueria Cancún===
YUMMY burritos and stuff. People love it. CASH ONLY! They have an ATM, but who really uses those ripoff ATMs...
2288 Mission St

===[http://thesycamoresf.com/ The Sycamore]===

Really nice gastropub with yummy sliders (mini-burgers), roast beef sandwiches and pork belly donuts. Does takeout!

* 2140 Mission St. (between 17th & 18th)
* Open daily from 11:30 a.m. - midnight
* Kitchen hours: 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. Mon-Thu, 11:30-midnight Fri-Sat
* Happy Hour: 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - dollar off drafts
* Free wifi ("Sycamore Public", no encryption)
* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-sycamore-san-francisco Yelp]

===Yamo===
A tiny place, maybe six or eight seats at the counter, that's it. Almost as many Burmese grandmothers working behind the counter. Some of the food is great. Rubin's favorite: #10, Mango Chicken, $5.25 (and maybe a coconut for $2.50).

* 3406 18th St. (between Mission St. & San Carlos St.) [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3408+18th+st+sf+ca Map]
* (415) 553-8911
* Mon-Thu 10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
* Fri-Sat 10:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
* [http://sanfrancisco.menupages.com/restaurants/yamo/ Menu]
* [http://www.yelp.com/biz/yamo-san-francisco Yelp!]

===Whiz!===
On South Van Ness and 18th, good burgers and fries. Since 1955.

===Minako===
Organic Japanese, is across the street on Mission street. Vegan friendly.

===Weird Fish===
A few doors south of Noisebridge, at 2193 Mission. Quite likely named after a Radiohead song as its clientele are almost uniformly Radiohead fans. Vegan friendly.

===El Herradero===
Good cheap mexican, on Mission just south of 18th.

Uh... looks like they closed in 2010...

===El Castillito===
Another taquería, excellent Mission-style burritos (order the vegetarian or a "Super"). Across the street, just past 17th.
*2092 Mission St.

===Grand Mission Donuts & Bakery（美新餅家）===
I know this isn't a restaurant, not really, although it does have tables and chairs... but it is doughnuts, and you ''can't not have doughnuts!'' They're not even really great doughnuts, but mediocre doughnuts are still doughnuts, and it's less than half a block away. Surprisingly decent apple fritter, however, and at a buck twenty-five one of the cheapest you'll ever find. Also a modest selection of Chinese pastries.
*2195 Mission St., next door to Weird Fish
Their operating hours are discernable to no man or beast.

===Vegan food (that's really good for everyone!)===
Incredibly good [[Vegan_food_near_2169|Vegan food]] nearby (that really is good for everyone).

==Markets==
===Mi Ranchito===
[[File:Noisebridge front entrance.png|thumb|250px|Confusingly, arrow is pointing at entrance to Noisebridge, away from entrance to Mi Ranchito]]
Mi Ranchito Produce & Carnicería is located directly below Noisebridge, or, rather, Noisebridge is located directly above it. It is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 7 days a week. 
As its name indicates, in addition to a reasonable selection of produce and albarrotes, there is a butcher counter in the back. For a cheap snack you can get pan dulce, 3 for a buck - Mexican pastries, cookies, rolls and småkaker. They also, among their produce and Hispanic groceries, have a decent supply of typical snack/junk food, as well as an impressive selection of Latin American soda pop, including the world's best apple soda, Pepsi's entry into the market, [http://www.manzanitasol.com/us?wptheme=English Manzanita Sol], and now Toronja ("Grapefruit") Sol, a competitor to another soft drink popular in Mexico, Squirt.

===Mission Grocery===
There's a liquor store across the street, just past Sycamore, at 2128-2130 Mission. I'm pretty sure they're open 24 hours; if not they're open later than pretty much everyone else. They accept credit cards but charge a dollar per transaction, even though that contravenes the Merchant Agreement every vendor must sign with Visa and MasterCard. Despite the sign out front don't expect to find any actual groceries here. Lots of heavily processed junk food and delicious cheap alcohol. A dangerous place to find myself when I've got the munchies.

===[http://www.rainbow.coop/ Rainbow Grocery]===
Rainbow is is a co-op grocery store run on many of the same principles as Noisebridge. It's, like, three blocks down and a couple blocks over. They have lots of sustainable foodie type stuff, bulk food, health supplements, natural body care products, etc.
* 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
* 1745 Folsom St.

==Drug stores==
There's a Walgreens right next to 16th & Mission BART, which is nice because you can get cash back from ATM purchases without having to pay a fee.

== Bookstores ==
A few doors to the north of Noisebridge, at 2141 Mission:
====[http://stores.ebay.com/Valhalla-Fine-and-Collectible-Books Valhalla Books]====
*2nd floor, Ste. 202
*"Mostly hardbound fiction," sf + fantasy section, but also some interesting non-, a few cool older books about computing (i.e. not manuals), philosophy, history etc.

====Bolerium Books====
*3rd floor, Ste. 300
*American social movements, etc.
====[http://www.libroslatinos.com/ Libros Latinos]====
*3rd floor, Ste. 301
*Libros de México, Centro- y Sudamérica y el Caribe
*Books from Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean
*Art, literature, photography, environment, immigration, history, religion, archaeology, sexuality
*Ephemera, rare, new, used, antiquarian
*We take requests.

On 16th between Mission and Valencia:
===Adobe Books===
*3166 16th St.
*(415) 864-3936
*Used books

===Forest Books===
*3080 16th St.
*(415) 863-2755
*Used books

And on Valencia between 16th and 17th:
===Dog Eared Books===
*900 Valencia St.
* (415) 282-1901
*Used books
===Borderland Books===
*866 Valencia St.
* (415) 824-8203
*Science fiction and fantasy
===Goteblüd===
* 766 Valencia St.
*Sat-Sun, noon - 5 p.m.
*Zines, literary ephemera

Most of this info is courtesy of Joe from Valhalla.

== Hardware and Related ==
(Hardware hardware, not computer hardware)
* '''Lasts Paints''' Not a good range of supplies, but two doors away.

==Crafts==
* '''[http://www.fabricoutletsf.com/ Fabric Outlet]''' If you're [[sewing]] + need something this is just a couple doors down.

[[Category:Sustenance]]

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