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If you’ve ever happened upon Amnesia on a Wednesday evening and was greeted by a gypsy jazz ensemble consisting of two guitars and an upright bass, a badass percussionist, an old Russell Crowe on horns, and a mad scientist on accordion, you have seen Gaucho. In fact, Gaucho has been delighting crowds and dancers weekly at Amnesia for nearly 10 years. And if you haven’t seen Gaucho, surely you have seen the mural over Amnesia’s entrance, which features Gaucho’s accordionist Rob Reich.

This fall, they’re releasing a new record, and like most Bay Area-based creative endeavors these days, they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the release. For those of you who like to support local businesses and the arts, there are 17 days left!

Bonus: Our very own Vic Wong is featured on two of the tracks! In Vic’s words, “it’s only rhythm guitar, so who cares,” but the answer to that is that WE CARE.

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Via our pal Jake, who pithily adds:

San Francisco: “A place to grow up.”

UPDATE!!! Commenter Jaime Q has the following to say about this:  ”I took this picture two years ago at B2B and it is still going around. I never got credit for it though.”

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It’s been way too long since the last Lusty Lady party at the Makeout Room, so if you haven’t made the trek across town to visit, now’s your chance to check out all the fun here in the Mission!  And if you have to remind yourselves why the Lusty Ladies are so rad, please refer to our pal Josh’s piece for the Bold Italic.

RSVP and invite your friends here!

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I’d seen a banana version before I think, but this beauty was news to me. Rocky’s Frybread is basically the best frybread, whether you get the sweet (like this) or the savory (with beans and cheese and salsa and stuff).

Follow Rocky (not pictured) on Twitter or on Facebook to keep tabs on where he’ll be at. (Mostly he’s at El Rio, on the back patio.)

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Mission Local reports:

Though the ribbon cutting was canceled for Mission Playground this morning, that didn’t stop strollers from rolling in, kids and adults from testing the new play field and a young boy from chasing bubbles across the soccer field.

City officials and the mayor were busy making the announcement on Piers 30 and 32 that the Golden State Warriors plan to move to San Francisco so the pomp and circumstance at the new play fields, courts and playground at Mission Playground will have to be postponed for now.

Ha! Fair enough. Read on for more pics and lots more background on the project.

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This party was supposed to happen last month, but was sadly postponed. Sadly, that is, until now — because it’s happening this Friday! I cannot wait! From the official invite:

AMERICAN TRIPPS history will be made when DJs Laser Tad (aka Tad Teste) and King Friday bring a dose of hip hop to our party for the very first time. It’s gonna be chill ’90s hip hop, upbeat, feel-good jams sure to go hand-in-hand with BERLIN-STYLE PING PONG ACTION. (Think De La Soul or “Feel Me Flow,” nahmean?) Don’t miss this.

Furthermore, we’re at Rickshaw Stop this time, so there’s FOOSBALL and SKEEBALL also, plus a full bar and lots of sofas and RICKSHAWS to sit on. Dance party on the main stage!

Dance party on the main stage! RSVP and invite your friends!

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Pop-Up nail salon today during happy hour. Get there early to sign up. Then drink beers wile in line.

— Shotwells Bar – Beer (@Shotwellsbar) May 22, 2012

This is happening from 5:30-9pm. We’re told Party Nails will be doing the nailing. (Thanks, Paul!)

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Aren’t backyard shows the best? Rob Little, from a local band called Psychic Hiking, opened up a show I went to on Sunday. Rob went on right after the the solar eclipse — a tough act to follow — and he killed. See for yourself:

Sorry the video is upside down. Either I have an accelerometer problem or it’s an homage to Rodney Graham.

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Ever since the legendary Bike Basket Pies folded up shop last year, I figured the heyday of bike-powered anything in SF was over. Not so. The Bold Italic last week profiled a handful of locals who do business on their bikes, such as Brad from Boozely’s:

Brad began his pickle peddling two years ago in the street food scene, with his DIY goods laid out on a blanket for passersby to stumble upon. Soon SF-dwellers caught on – as Boozely’s products started flying off the shelves (blanket, rather), Brad commanded the attention of some major SF institutions. Zeitgeist now features his pickled green beans in their infamous Bloody Marys, and Bi-Rite, Cheese Plus, and Tony’s Market have picked up his signature cukes, green beans, okra, and Brussels sprouts.

Read on for coffee, banh mi, flowers and curry!

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Eater SF spoke with the owners about their ambitious plans for their new place, coming this fall to the corner of 20th and Harrison:

So you’re going to flesh out the menu at the new place? Yes, in fact, my dinner tonight is going to be burger testing at Pinkie’s. We’ll use their amazing burger buns. Were going to be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Mission location, and our new dinner service is going to have a lot on it besides grilled cheese.

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We are going to rebuild the bar entirely. It’ll be a hyper-local beer bar. I’m friends with the guys at Brewtruc and Pacific Brew Lab, and very much in touch with the young, new artisan brewers in town.

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We’re also offering espresso service for the first time. I just bought a La Marzocco espresso machine. We’re speaking to De La Paz about the beans. No one else has them in the area.

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Our baking operation is going to grow. People think of us first for grilled cheese, but we do an amazing breakfast business. We make muffins in flavors like coconut pineapple and bourbon apple banana from scratch every morning. We also do blondies and cream biscuits. The flavors are always changing. Like we just did a jalapeno cheddar biscuit and one with smoked turkey and chive.

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We’ll also do some sort of casual brunch.

Sounds good. Read on for lots more.

[Photo by Octavia Minor]

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SFist reports:

At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Mayor Ed Lee and the Golden State Warriors front office are scheduled to make good on months of rumors by officially announcing a deal to bring the NBA franchise back to San Francisco proper. According to the Chronicle, the deal will bring a $500 million, privately financed 17,000 – 19,000-seat arena to Pier 30 along the southern Embarcadero. The new arena is expected to be completed in time for the team to start hosting home games on the waterfront during the 2017 – 2018 season.

This is so exciting! (But hopefully we can all still afford to live here by then. It would suck to have to commute from Oakland to SF to see the Warriors, am I right?)

Read on for lots more details and a pic of Gavin Newsom thanking everybody for not tearing down Red’s Java House.

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Anything Glob, my favorite Lower East Side blog, is pumped about MCF:

迎 簡 計 大MMIISSIIOONN CCHHIINNEESSEE FOOD NYC!迎 簡

MISSION CHINESE FOOD 100% DEEELISH.;D

You gotta gotta go, just opened!

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This is the only celly pic I managed to take because I was eating everything on the menu. Try The Braised Wintermelon soup, I use to have that every morning before school. Mission makes it with spicy flavor, super yum. Also try the Tea Smoked Eel.

And they’ve got Laura Palmer on the wall? Sounds cool. Read on for more pics and more recommendations.

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