Doc’s Clock trying for legacy status
August 9, 2016
Already beloved, Doc’s Clock is on track to becoming a legacy business, a move that could mean more money to help the dive bar navigate its uncertain future.
Last week, the city’s Historical Preservation Committee voted to approve the bar for the city’s legacy business program, which offers financial incentives to protect the city’s older vulnerable businesses. Doc’s Clock will cement its new status if the Small Business Commission votes in its favor at a meeting later this month.
Doc’s Clock has about a year and two months remaining on its lease at 2575 Mission St., which changed hands in July of last year. The new owner has decided not to renew the bar’s lease.
If approved, Doc’s Clock would be eligible for an annual grant of $500 per employee. The program, open to historically or culturally significant businesses that are 30 years or older, also offers a yearly grant of $4.50 per square foot to property owners who extend 10-year leases to legacy businesses.
While bar owner Carey Suckow doubts the grant money will help to change her landlord’s mind, she said it could help as she looks for a spot to move Doc’s Clock.
“We get a small stipend and the landlord will get a stipend as well. It is a new program so we are not sure how beneficial it will be yet,” she said in an email. “Since we have to move, we are taking any help we can get.”
Once a store, the bar was established in 1951, originally as “The Clock Bar,” according to nomination information submitted to the city. It became “Doc’s Clock” in 1961 and “has also become a well-known host for fundraisers and charity events for various causes at the local level and on a broader level.” Also noted are the bar’s neon marquee, the “interior wall mural from the 1970s or 1980s,” its shuffleboard table and its historic bar and back bar.
Back in February, Suckow told Capp Street Crap that the landlord plans to remodel the bar’s space and the Lipstick salon and beauty supply store next door. While she had hoped to find a way to buy the building, it “sold before it hit the market well over asking.
“I am trying to stay positive since change can be really good sometimes,” Suckow said.
The Small Business Commission meets at 2 p.m. on Aug. 22.
[Photo via Thomas Hawk/Flickr]
Authorities: Marijuana candy may be to blame for illnesses at Mission party (updated)
August 8, 2016
A photo of the gummy candy [Courtesy of the San Francisco Department of Public Health]
ORIGINAL POST: More than a dozen partygoers sickened while attending a Quinceañera in the Mission Saturday night ate may have eaten pot candy, authorities said.
While final test results on the gummy candy rings are not yet in, 12 of the 19 people who were transported to hospitals from the event tested positive for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, according to Rachael Kagan, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
“Anyone who attended the Quinceañera and may have taken some of the gummy rings is urged to discard them immediately,” Health Office Dr. Tomas Aragon said in a prepared statement. “If they are sickened, they should report to the California Poison Control Center for advice. If they are feeling severely ill, they should call 911.”
Authorities were called to the Women’s Building at 3453 18th St. around 11:20 p.m. on Saturday after partygoers complained of dizziness, heart palpitations, nausea, confusion and other symptoms consistent with ingesting marijuana, Kagan said. Thirteen of the patients were 18 or under; the youngest was six years old. As of this morning, all of the 19 patients had been discharged from area hospitals.
The party was catered by a company based in Oakland and the Alameda County Department of Public Health is investigating, Kagan said.
[Bottom via the San Francisco Fire Department/Twitter]
New art space “The Laundry” unfolds in the Mission
August 5, 2016
Artist Locust Songs paints a new mural on the back wall of The Laundry, a new art gallery/cafe in the Mission. [Photo courtesy of The Laundry]
Opened two months ago inside the former Lacrouts French Laundry on 26th Street near Capp, The Laundry offers monthly memberships for artists, crafters and other creative types that provide workspace and a venue for teaching classes. In addition, there are community memberships that allow people to take workshops for free or at a discounted rate.
‘We wanted the artist community to have an affordable, spacious environment to hone their craft and showcase it to others who might benefit in learning a new skill,” said Cynthia Boedihardjo, The Laundry’s general manager.
Artists can work Monday through Friday at The Laundry and hold up to three monthly workshops for as many as 20 people for a monthly fee of $300, Boedihardjo said. Community memberships are $60 a month.
There will also be food in the near future. The Laundry is still waiting on its permit to operate a cafe inside the 3359 26th St. space, but the hope is to open at the end of September. Think panini, pasta and salads, with discounts offered to neighbors in the 94110 Zip code.
“We want to try to bring affordable, healthy food to the neighborhood,” Boedihardjo said.
The sign for The Laundry [via Burrito Justice]
The Laundry will participate in ArtSpan’s open studios on November 5 and 6, while an exhibit featuring virtual reality is planned for October, Boedihardjo said. Yesterday, local artist Locust Songs began painting a mural on one of The Laundry’s outside walls. Those already working inside include a fashion designer who teaches kids how to sew and a member who uses LED to make interactive art, but space and workshop opportunities are still available.
Boedihardjo said The Laundry’s ultimate goal is to foster creativity at a time when affordable space for artists is dramatically shrinking.
“I think that’s the biggest thing,” she said. “We want [The Laundry] to be a hub for artists to come and use the space in a way we wouldn’t even know how to use it.”
The Laundry is inviting members of the public to bring paintbrushes and help paint its new mural this Saturday, Aug. 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children must be 10 years of age or older. If you’re interested in joining, email them at info@thelaundrysf.com.
[H/t Eric D]
Party in a box
August 4, 2016
“The ‘Hey, let’s go to The Mission and drink Tecate’ starter kit,” according to Shaun O., who spotted this box of fun on 16th Street between Dolores and Guerrero.
Good times.
Video: Politicians chase Pokémon in the Mission
August 3, 2016
Not content to wait until the polls close in November, state senate opponents Scott Wiener and Jane Kim duked it out this weekend in a pre-election Pokémon Go contest.
Kim, who challenged her fellow San Francisco supervisor to play the ridiculously popular game via a tweet last month, was the winner, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, grabbing the most Pokémon in a two-hour period and netting a $500 donation to the charity of her choice.
Ok @Scott_Wiener— one last challenge. This is it. Maybe this will get a yes! Will you #PokemonGo?
Play on! #November2016
— Jane Kim (@JaneKim) July 12, 2016
The above video posted by Jamie Stark, which features San Francisco Examiner reporter and contest judge Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, captures some of the fun.
Clown-faced toy terrifies 23rd and Florida
August 2, 2016
Friend of Capp Street Crap Malaika recently chronicled the goings on of a terrifying children’s toy as it moved around the intersection of 23rd and Florida streets.
Look at its smeared lipstick! Seriously, this is why we need 311.
The next day, it had moved ever so slightly closer to the “RIP Neil” stencil.
And here it is a day after that, across the street. Yikes!
Found something weird, wonderful or ridiculous on the streets of the Mission? Share it with Capp Street Crap on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
Pokémon? No!
August 1, 2016
UPDATE 8/2/16: The above Instagram photo appears to have been taken down. But you can still view it Capp Street Crap’s Facebook page.
ORIGINAL POST: Is this Mini, on its side in the street in the Mission, the latest casualty of the Pokémon Go craze? Instagram user Lando Uno suggests so in his caption. Considering people have already fallen off cliffs and tumbled down stairs chasing Pokémon, it’s hard to tell whether he’s joking or not.
I’ll just weave these here
July 28, 2016
Unbraided at Capp and 22nd streets via 0xEugene
Locks lurking near 18th Street.
Deady bear
July 27, 2016
On Monday, reader Avi sent me the above picture of this grisly — not grizzly, obviously that is some species of blond bear — scene at 18th and Capp streets. I happened on more carnage later that day.
Previously:
Modern landscape of the Mission
July 26, 2016
Beauty is everywhere — even in a great big hole in the ground, it seems.
[Photo taken Monday at the site of the big 22nd and Mission fire by Beth Winegarner]