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Pal's Takeaway's Fourth Anniversary Party, Expansion Plans

It's a little-disputed fact that some of the city's best sandwiches come from Pal's Takeaway, the tiny counter ensconced in Tony's Market at 24th and Hampshire (though you may remember a few months ago when they were raising Kickstarter funds for a move/expansion; more on that in a moment). Anyway, ... More >>

Cops Bust Alleged Robbers Linked to Violent Jewelry Heist

San Francisco police have nabbed a trio who they say is responsible for a series of robberies, including a gas station and a jewelry store. The three suspects are identified as Arthur Gonzalez, 34, Gary Green, 20, and Socorro Santiago, 18, all of San Francisco. Police say they found a loaded firea ... More >>

Pal's Takeaway Looking to Move, Raising Funds on Kickstarter

If you've ever enjoyed one of the superlative sandwiches from Pal's Takeaway, you know it's located inside the cozy Tony's Market at 24th and Hampshire. Now the shop, which took top honors on SFoodie's Top 10 S.F. Sandwich list earlier this year for its Mrs. Binh's sausage sandwich, is looking to ex ... More >>

To Do This Weekend: Eat Dungeness Crab

It's Dungeness crab season, guys! The waters opened up for commercial and non-commercial fishermen a few weeks ago, but we just got around to having our first taste of the sweet, sweet crustacean at Swan Oyster Depot yesterday. Served expertly cracked, with the creamiest Louie sauce imaginable (just ... More >>

Tow Jam: When the City Makes a Victim Pay For the Crime

Sunday Streets to Take Over the Mission This Weekend

Sunday Streets, a reoccurring event where stretches of pavement are usurped by happy cyclists, unicyclists, walkers, runners, and people just milling around, returns to the Mission this Sunday. A 2.2-mile route hooks in the Mission on Valencia from Duboce to 24th Street and down 24th to Hampshire. T ... More >>

San Francisco's 10 Best Sandwiches

​Given the care that San Francisco cooks lavish on the humblest of vegetables, it's no surprise that sandwich-making in this town qualifies as an artisanal pursuit. Even journeyman makers hunt down the perfect bread for their masterpieces and whisk together small-batch mayonnaise. In fact, we're s ... More >>

Tim Lincecum Sued for Allegedly Trashing Mission Townhouse

​Tim Lincecum's ex-landlord is suing the Giants pitcher, claiming he trashed his Mission District townhome, causing more than $200,000 in damages. According to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday in San Francisco, Lincecum, better known as The Freak, broke plaintiff's personal property and stai ... More >>

Gun Violence Continues: Man Shot in Ingleside District

More gun violence​A 18-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot yesterday morning while driving through the Ingleside neighborhood. Police say the victim and another man were driving along San Jose and Geneva avenues at about 11:17 a.m. yesterday when two men in another vehicle drov ... More >>

Another Shooting in the Mission

What's up with all this violence in the Mission?​A man was critically injured after being shot in the Mission District, marking the fourth shooting in a weeklong streak of gun violence in the neighborhood. Police issued very few details about yesterday's shooting, which occurred at shortly before ... More >>

Dwayne Spruell Identified as Man Killed in Labor Day Argument

Another homicide ​The man who was shot and killed Monday morning during a heated argument in the Mission District has been identified as 45-year-old Dwayne Spruell. Neighbors told reporters that they heard loud arguing sometime after 2 a.m. on Monday morning near Camp and Guerrero streets, where d ... More >>

Man Shot and Killed During Argument in the Mission; Homicide No. 35

Tex Texin via Flickr ​The Mission District suffered a grim holiday when a man was shot and killed Monday morning in what witnesses described as a heated argument. It's the neighborhood's third murder in the last seven days. Medical authorities told SF Weekly they have not yet identified the victim ... More >>

Sidewalk Eats for Sunday Streets

Sunday Streets on 24thDustin Jensen/SFwiggle ​ Where: La Victoria Mexican Bakery and Cafe, 2937 24th St. (at Alabama), 642-7120; Pal's Takeaway, 2751 24th St. (at Hampshire), 203-4911 When: Sun., May 8, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The rundown: For Sunday Streets' Mission edition, a couple of our favor ... More >>

Wednesday at Pal's Takeaway, Il Cane Rosso's Lauren Kiino

​The Lauren Kiino-wich Where: Pal's Takeaway, 2751 24th St. (at Hampshire), 203-4911 When: Wed., Mar. 30, 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. The rundown: Not content with moonlighting at Coffee Bar, Il Cane Rosso partner Lauren Kiino has signed on to take up the guest-chef gauntlet at Pal's Takeaway Wednes ... More >>

Barbary Coast Brown Bagger

Liza Gershman 2010Carlo Espinas.​The Carlo Espinas Sandwich at Pal's When: Today, Feb. 9, starting at 11 a.m. Where: Pal's Takeaway, inside Tony's Market, 2751 24th St. (at Hampshire), 203-4911 Cost: $9 The rundown: Today's installment of Pal's guest-chef sandwich series: Carlo Espinas of ... More >>

Grenades Found in Potrero Hill

This looks fake ​Police closed down streets in Potrero Hill after grenades were found in the garage of a 92-year-old man who had recently died. According to media reports, police have not yet determined whether the possible explosives were real or fake.

Nopa Chef Designs Guest Sandwich for Pal's

Luis Chong​The Laurence Jossel-wich at Pal's Where: Pal's Takeaway, inside Tony's Market, 2751 24th St. (at Hampshire), 203-4911 When: Wed., Jan. 26, 11 a.m. till it's gone The rundown: The Wednesday guest-chef series is back after an extended holiday break at scrappy little Pal's, this we ... More >>

Beyond Banh Mi: San Francisco's Best East-West Sandwiches

Alvin P./YelpHRD's Sloppy Jo-Jo, $5.75.​SFoodie could eat banh mi every day ― and has, at times ― but as we have traced that hallowed route between our offices and Larkin Street we've been distracted by more and more Asian-themed sandwiches. Here are our favorite of the past five months, in no ... More >>

This month's literary events

Onigilly, Pal's Takeaway: Two Lunch Options Outside the Ordinary

OnigillyOnigilly rolls out its six-day-a-week food cart in Justin Herman Plaza today.​Looking for an al fresco lunch option? The Wednesday guest-chef sandwich at Pal's is designed by Ryan Ostler, the guy who (with Kat Zacher) spawned a cult of adulation first at Broken Record, then at Bruno's. ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Anthony Myint Goes 'I-Thai-lian' at Pal's Tomorrow

Anthony Myint.​It's getting as predictable as garbage pickup ― the Wednesday guest-chef sandwich at Pal's. Tomorrow's creator: Anthony Myint of Commonwealth and Mission Chinese Food. Myint is masterminding something he calls the "I-Thai-lian meatball": Thai-style meatballs with something Pal ... More >>

Tomorrow at Pal's Takeaway: Crack-Rub Beefwich from Gialina's Sharon Ardiana

Sharon Ardiana, with the highly red pizza oven for soon-to-open Ragazza on Divis.​Following last week's doughnut-wich from Dynamo's Sara Spearin ― part of Pal's Wednesday guest chef series ― would be a particularly thankless pursuit. Thankfully, Gialina's Sharon Ardiana has a secret weapon ... More >>

The Doughnut Sandwich Comes to San Francisco, via Pal's/Dynamo Mashup

Like absolutely anything used as a base for bacon, the doughnut burger ― two Krispy Kremes bracketing a greasy meat puck ― is a potent American meme. Mistress of the meme: Paula Deen, who in 2008 managed to combine bacon and the doughnut burger in an immortal moment of television excess. Tomor ... More >>

Slow Opens Fast, Market and Sixth Corner Leaves Market and Sixth

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. From the anonymous elves at Thrillist, we learn that Kyle Anderson's Slow is opening in Berkeley next week (1966 University, 510-647-3663). The pitch: quick-serve restaurant from a Boulud-tra ... More >>

Forget What We Said: Pal's Takeaway Is Opening This Saturday

Genevieve Y./YelpPal's won't look so dead this Saturday. We think.​Okay, so it's not just new-launch bistros tripped up by opening delays in San Francisco. Even sandwich counters hoping to add an extra day of service can miss a target date. Earlier this month, we reported that Pal's Takeaway ... More >>

Pal's Takeaway to Open Saturdays

John BirdsallPal's pulled pork.​The U.S. Postal Service wants to make it impossible for you to get a Netflix copy of New Moon delivered on a Saturday, but on 24th Street in the Mission, you'll soon be able to get house-cured Kobe pastrami on rye. Starting July 17, the sandwich guys at Pal's Ta ... More >>

Pal's Takeaway Marks One-Year Anniversary Friday with Sliders

Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshJeff Mason (left) and Dave Knopp.​Pal's Takeaway is celebrating its one-year anniversary Friday with a slider fest. Not so much a fest, really, as a normal day of business, only one filled with three types of mini sandwiches. Pal's Jeff Mason says there'll be a slow-r ... More >>

Fresh Eats for the week of April 7-13, 2010

Fresh Eats for the week of March 30-April 6, 2010

New Restaurants

Act Now for Citrus Party Boxes and Hot Sauce at Slow Club Next Week

cookhereandnow.com​Mariquita Farm's Ladybug Buying Club is coming to town next week and bringing a citrus party in tow. More precisely, tree-ripened "Citrus Party Packs" ($30 for 15 pounds) from Bernard Ranches in Riverside, a fruitpourri of navel oranges, ruby red grapefruit, tangelos, Meyer ... More >>

New Restaurants

Corned Beef Worthy of a Saint: Your SFoodie Lunch Planner

Luis C./YelpWhere house-corned beef meets bouse-made mustard.​Weds., March 17, 2010 Pinch us: Pal's Jeff Mason called us last week to let us know that his partner, sandwich master David Knopp, was planning something drop-dead Irish for today, the day guys bust out shirts in shades of green so ... More >>

Thai Barbecue Chicken from Manivanh

noreylee/FlickrThe flesh is ridiculously soft.​As a daily windup to the Weekly's Best of S.F. 2010 on May 19, we've teased out 92 of our favorite local dishes that taste like here. All the tasty details after the jump.

Holiday Recipe Hookup: Hangover-Busting Squash, Pear, and Bacon Sandwich from Pal's Takeaway

Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshJeff Mason (left) and David Knopp​In other cities, partiers self-medicate with morning-after remedies like cheeseburgers and McGriddles. But here? Jeff Mason and David Knopp of Pal's Takeaway (2751 24th St. at Hampshire) have devised a hangover -cure sandwich steeped ... More >>

August Book Events: Joyce Maynard, Goth Hop, Hillwide Garage Sale, Melanie Gideon, Josh Healey

Sandwich Day, Mojito Nights, and a SOMA Classic: A Foodie Day Planner

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Let's do lunch: Pal's Take Away (2751 24th St. at Hampshire, 203-4911) can single-handedly rekindle your love for the sandwich, says our food critic Meredith Brody. A good place to start: today's slow-roasted pork with balsamic Knoll Farm figs, Gorgonzola, and house-pickled ... More >>

Local Flavor: The Five Best Doughnuts in San Francisco

m.bibelot via FlickrDoughnuts from Dynamo: The maple-bacon is in the top row, centerThere may be no American food more enduring than the doughnut. Food snobs, vegans, cops -- who doesn't love a crusty sinker or a fat glazed dunker? In honor of National Doughnut Day, we thought we'd offer our guide ( ... More >>

Pork Sliders, Peach Gobs, and Carrot Soup: A Roundup of the Weekend's Street Food

Get a taste of the street this weekendTonight at 7:30 at the usual Friday Night Street Supper spot (19th St. and Linda), the Sexy Soup Lady of the SexySoupCart plans to ladle out carrot-ginger-coconut soup with baguette, which she tweeted is "suitable for omnivores, veggies, and vegans" alike. A ... More >>

New Restaurants

Meals Under $8: Salads and Sandwiches at Pal's Take Away

Just opened last week inside a Mission District liquor store, Pal's Take Away features salads and sandwiches made with fresh, local ingredients on a menu that changes once or twice weekly. On opening day, I picked up two sandwiches and had a hard time eating just half of each and saving the rest ... More >>

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At the Fringe

Chloe Veltman's roundup of the notable in this year's wacky stage fest

Best Cross-City Hike

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The Bay Guardian has railed for years against the illegal use of live-work lofts. So guess who's using a loft as an office?

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