At least, that's the word from a tipster to Eater SF:

A tipster spotted a sign in the window of Duc Loi Supermarket (2200 Mission) advertising the arrival of “duc loi kitchen coming 3/15 - 11am-7pm” with “sandwiches.” “Authentic Vietnamese” options will be offered among other things.

I would head over there right now to corroborate the story and gather some additional details (like, for example, will they have bánh mì and will it be delicious?), but it's raining outside and that's hella cramping my style.  So in the meantime, let's just speculate as to what the level of deliciousness this might be and hope La Niña gets bored and stops sending us rain by Thursday.

[Eater SF]

Kosher Jews (or, if you are familiar with the comedic stylings of Larry David, Woody Allen, or Lower East Side grandmothers, “Good Jews”) are bummed—bummed!—that the premiere Jewish deli in the Mission is not kosher, as the taker of the above photo observed, “fffuuuucccckkkkkk bacon this sucks.”, nevermind, we're idiots (and, in my case, vegetarian, so please excuse my bacon-pastrami-prosciutto-italllooksthesametome ignorance).

A few weeks back, Grub Street also got curious about the lack of kosher certification and spoke to the owners of Wise Sons to get their thoughts on the matter:

[While] we know that keeping kosher hasn't been important for some of the biggest, most long-running Jewish delis in the country (Katz's, Canter's, Langer's), we thought we'd ask co-owner Evan Bloom for this thoughts on the issue. “For us Jewish Deli has always been a cultural eating experience,” he says. “Judaism and kashrut [Jewish dietary laws] are not intrinsically linked though we do choose not to serve shellfish and pork.”

Uh, isn't bacon pork? (We're still idiots). Well, no matter.  In the Grub Street mini-interview, Evan goes on to explain that their meat is more “ethically raised” than the kosher equivalent at the same price-point, so they opted for the animal-welfare over certified kosher.

Anyway, should you find yourself born a goy, or just unconcerned with 'keeping kosh', might I recommend trying their challah french toast?  It'll change your life, and by change your life, I mean you won't stop eating it until you balloon 20 pounds and people cease finding you sexually attractive.

A worthy cause of obesity, if I do say so myself.

[Thanks Ben!]

I've been trying to figure out what's up with Silver Stone Cafe (which is moving into the old Carlos Club spot on 24th and Mission) crossing out breakfast and lunch from their coming soon signage alllll morning.  Are they returning us to a time before coffee shops felt compelled to serve small plate nonsense, offering up a little “fuck you, we don't mess with that shit” smack talk in the process?  Perhaps they tasted their coffee and realized the line would be out the door regardless, so why bother?  Just an honest mistake?  Their oven broke?

Guys, this is important.  Someone deliver me from this maddened curiosity and produce a suitable explanation forthwith.

There's a real lack of acceptable bagels in this town.  Wise Sons was a step in the right direction, but their bagels are only sold on Saturdays.  Luckily, now there's Schmendricks, who'll be having their bagels sold out of local cafes (beginning with Fayes on 18th) STARTING TOMORROW:

So, how about we finally let you taste some bagels? This Sunday (February 26, 2012), we'll be selling some Schmendricks outside of Fayes Video & Espresso Bar on 18th Street in the Mission. We're viewing this as a sort of baby step in the direction of our official launch, but we hope a few of you will be able to come out and join us. A fresh bagel with a schmear and a cup of Faye's coffee should be a pretty good way to start your Sunday.

There's a really long SF Weekly article if you want to know more about their roots.  Or, you could just show up tomorrow morning and START STUFFING YOUR FACE.