It's not really "Mid-Market" and it's not really revitalization, either, but Market Street is much improved with the addition of Bun Mee, Denise Tran's wonderful Franco-Vietnamese sandwich shop that was previously available only in the Fillmore and via bicycle courier, and is set to open any day now.
See Also: Bicycle Bánh Mì Brings a Taste of Vietnamese Soul Food to Mexican Restaurant
Drakes Bay Oyster Company is still fighting for the right to stay open, but today brought another blow to its legal battle. It's been a very complicated story to follow -- I wrote a long feature about the whole situation last April if you want the background -- but really all you need to know is that the oyster farm near Point Reyes has been legally appealing for the right to stay open since November 2012, when then-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar ordered it to close.
In a 2-1 decision today, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Drakes Bay Oyster Company's appeal for a rehearing on a previous ruling: the court's September 2013 decision to uphold Salazar's order.
See also: Shuck and Jive: Drakes Bay Oyster Company Forces a Redefinition of Environmentalism
There's not really such a thing as a bad happy hour. When a couple of bucks are knocked off a beer, a glass of wine, or a cocktail, a feeling of contentment washes over us, and we're able to forget the obstacles, transgressions, or missteps of hours past. When an establishment throws discounted food into the mix,this satisfaction is turned into sheer bliss, especially when these options include inventive, untraditional versions of tacos and fries.
It was very coy of Sweetmue Baked Goods to be open for months while barely telling a soul. But the world has found them. A tiny, brilliantly white shop on a leafy bit of 22nd Street just off Guerrero, it might be the Mission's most isolated commercially-zoned spot, but its Asian-inspired classic French pastries were never going to be anonymous for long.
See Also: Flour & Co. is an Oasis in the Nob Hill Pastry Desert
