As those of you who are actually reading this ongoing raggedy manifesto, we were graced with the presence of our favorite food critic/writer/chicken farmer L.E. (Dani) Leone two weeks ago. As you can see, it pays to know celebrities, for, lo and behold, this week, the MBC's exploits were cataloged by Hedgehog in the Cheap Eats column!
Have a read, preferably with a handful of succulent BBQ.
9/12/12
Nailed it
Southpaw BBQ is more than a pinch-hitter
CHEAP EATS Hedgehog got me this Groupon for a fancy pantsy mani-pedi at a place in San
Mateo puts flower petals and orange slices in your feet water! It's hard for me to hold a grudge,
however, because at the time-of-purchase we were living in New Orleans. For all she knew, San
Mateo was a suburb of San Fran, like the Sunset or the Richmond.
Nope. You have to drive.
So I was driving back, all relaxed and pretty and shit, and there was Candlestick ... and it was
very nearly (at the time) football season ... and the only thing I don't like about getting my nails
done is the way you smell for the rest of that day. I mean, I am, at heart, a chicken farmer.
Lookswise, I can handle being beautiful, but it's my nature to smell like hay. Not mimosas.
It takes about 30 minutes to drive from San Mateo to the Mission.
Around about Candlestick, I'm saying, enough became enough. Deciding finally to change the
smell of my fingernails, I swerved off the freeway in search of barbecue. In search, specifically, of
Franks, where I had eaten once recently on account of another goddamn groupon, this one
courtesy of Earl Butter. Who, to his credit, did apologize for eating all the brisket off our threeway-
combo before Hedgehog and me ever even knew what hit us.
Turns out the brisket is Frank's best meat! It's tender, smoky, and doused in a really good, hot (if
you ask for it) basic barbecue sauce, I now know. I got it to go, and they gave me a fork.
But I used my fingers....
CHEAP SPORTS
by Hedgehog
Sunday's baseball was Mission vs. Mission at Balboa. In my copious notes I dubbed the home
team the Good Guys and the away team the Better Guys. Chicken Farmer and our friend Long
Tall Phil were playing for the Better Guys, hence that side's upgrade.
Unfortunately, I don't know many of the other players' names and resorted to nicknaming them
mostly based on what they were wearing, who they reminded me of, and the few scattered facts I
remembered about them from previous games. For example, there was Big Blue, Hairdo,
Walnut Creek, Old Timey, Lost Horizons, and In'N'Out. After a while, my play-by-play reads more
like I'm calling a horse race.
Anyway, I don't know how many folks are interested in rec league games, but I think more are
probably into Fantasy Baseball. Then again, I don't know which side of the fence the readership
of Cheap Eats falls into demographically so I'll cover both bases with one bird and say that in my
opinion, Fantasy Baseball should allow for at least one Rec League player per team.
My
reasoning is as follows:
1) Rec Leaguers steal a ton of bases. I am in a Stolen Bases race in my Fantasy League right
now and if I had In'N'Out or Gray Shirt Tony, or even Chicken Farmer herself, I wouldn't need to
put all this imaginary pressure on Michael Bourn to do what I'm pretend-paying him for.
2) Rec Leaguers are almost all multi-positional and thus, very useful when setting your lineup. I
mean someone who plays left field, short, third, second, catcher and pitcher? And steals three
bases in one game?! I mean come on...
3) Major league starting pitchers don't hold a candle to Rec League pitchers. Unless you count
speed, accuracy, or variety of pitches. But the Good Guys starter pitched a complete game! And
the Better Guys pitcher went seven innings. Colorado Rockies: take note.
Better Guys, 4. Good Guys, 7.
After the game we went to my new favorite barbecue, which isn't Franks, but only because you
can't walk to it from our house. You can walk to Southpaw. What my beloved and bristly
sportswriter couldn't have known from the press box was that the whole game in the dugout we
were talking about barbecue.
The box score for the Mission's new smoke house reads: weak, weak 'cue. At least the ribs and
brisket. Go for the sides, which are awesome. Pulled pork with beans and (get this) bechemel
over warm potato chips, brussels sprouts with bacon, and my favorite: smoked goat served with
fry bread. For that, I will be back.
SOUTHPAW BBQ
Mon, Wed-Fri 5-11:30pm; Sat 3-11:30pm; Sun 11:30am-11:30pm
2170 Mission, SF
(415) 934-9300
AE,D,MC,V
Full bar
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