18th Street Block Party in the Mission

Delfina's Craig Stoll, Bi-Rite's Sam Mogannam, and other Mission business owners organized a huge party two summers ago that took over 18th Street and spilled into Dolores Park. The free event was swarmed by people who ordered brick chicken, corn, beer, ice cream, and a grand display of spit-roasted pig. It was a one-day event, but took months to plan, thus the decision to make the block party a biannual event. It happened again this Saturday, Aug. 28. -- Mary Ladd All photos by Hanna Quevedo.