Francisca’s Is Born, Mockingbird Returns and America Rides On

FROM PERKS Iconic Rock Albums Signed by Iconic Rock Stars The Beatles. Led Zeppelin. Janis Joplin. Jimi Hendrix. They’re all music legends. And they all sold a lot of albums. But none of them were as valuable as these rare signed albums—autographed by the aforementioned rock gods and more—that we’ve assembled for you here.

BACK IN STACK The Long Weekend Is Nigh. This Sale Can Help. You need a Robert Gellar anorak and some Our Legacy chinos. Maas & Stacks has those and many other things for you at 30% off as part of their summer sale. Thus concludes the part where we tell you what you need and what Maas & Stacks has.

COURSE WORK 10 Courses of Date-Friendly Deliciousness in the Mission Francisca’s just soft-opened in the Mission after a fire shuttered Palace and allowed the chef/owners to rebuild their restaurant exactly as they wanted. Step one: name it after one of their grandmothers. Step two: 10-course tasting menu. Sounds about right.

FOR THE BIRDS An Oakland Favorite Is Born Anew, This Time With Booze You were sad when Mockingbird closed in order to move into their new space. But you’ll be happy to hear that they’re finally open again, this time with a full liquor license so you can enjoy their overnight pork sugo with a Manhattan. All pork sugo and humans should be so lucky.

SO ON AND SO FOURTH On the Drinking of Beer and the Celebrating of America Celebrate the 4th before the 4th at this food-truck-catered party with fire pits, cornhole, giant Jenga and a tap takeover from High Water Brewing. And s’mores. There will also be s’mores.

BETTER WITH AGE Fine, We’ll Just Say It. This Is a Cougar Ball. Come Saturday, you’ll want to don your finest attire and head to the Monroe lounge for a party geared toward women of a certain age and the men who love them. Feels like we can probably just gingerly leave those words there and be on our merry way.

IN OTHER NEWS… We’ve Overanalyzed Emily Ratajkowski’s Instagram We did that here. While we were at it, we took a look at one of LA’s best menswear shops’ new online store and had a little fun with the rumors circulating about Brad Pitt’s new lady friend.