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Local Links: Sand art Sunday, CSA boxes, restaurant shuffles & more

Posted on by Sarah B.

Here are some local links to get you through your Wednesday…

  • Want to catch sand art in action? Head out to Ocean Beach on Sunday at 12noon to see Andres Amador at work. He usually wraps up the piece in about 2 hours.

  • Foggy Notion is now a pickup spot for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) boxes from Say Hay Farms’, a 20-acre farm in Yolo County, California that raises certified-organic vegetables, melons, and eggs. Subscriptions start at just 4-weeks and as little as $16/week and can be picked up on Wednesdays from Foggy Notion (256 6th Avenue) between 3 – 6pm. More info

  • Parking alert: The metered lot on 8th Avenue between Clement and Geary will be closed for repaving from February 16 until March 14th.

  • The Chronicle recently highlighted some historic, long-running brands from San Francisco and we had a couple on the list. Its-It ice cream sandwiches started at Playland in 1928, and Boudin Bakery is still using the mother yeast from created by Isadore Boudin in 1849. The yeast was saved in the 1906 quake and the bakery moved from downtown to its current 10th Avenue location.

  • The start of the year restaurant shuffles continue… Reader Sarah tells us that Japanese restaurant Kaminari at 7th and Balboa is closing. And Francisco reports that the former Ju-Ku location at 19th Avenue and Clement is being taken over by a restaurant called The Flame (Hot Pot), with an opening date of March 1.

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  3. I +1 the question about where Mescolanza is moving. I want to support that awesome place.

  4. It takes FOUR weeks to pave the tiny lot on 8th?! That is a very long, slow project… perhaps a more efficient contractor could be found?!

  5. @Susan – I know, I thought the same thing when I read how long it would take. Do they work 1 hour a day for 4 weeks?

    Sarah B.

  6. Re: Mescolanza, I ran into one of the servers in GG Park a couple weeks ago and he said the owners may have found a spot at 6th and Geary, but it wasn’t certain yet. He said they were hoping to get it up and running within a month or so, but you can check their website for updates.

  7. Vee – that’s great – just the sort of info I was hoping for. My fear was that they would actually close up.

  8. Yeah, thanks for the info. Vee; even though it’s been a while since I ate there, it’d be nice to see them reopen. But 6th and Geary; how will they ever compete with KFC… ?

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