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sense. The line wraps around the corner for salted caramel ice cream with housemade
hot fudge, or Sonoma honey-lavender ice cream packed into waffle cones. For a
quicker fix, get balsamic strawberry soft-serve at the window (1pm to 9pm).
Dawdle in Dolores Park
The Mission's living room is
Dolores Park
(
www.doloresparkworks.org
;
Dolores St, btwn 18th &
20th Sts; ; 14, 33, 49, Z16th St Mission, J)
, site of semi-professional tanning, free
shows and Mayan pyramid playground (sorry kids: no human sacrifice allowed). Join
serious soccer games and lazy Frisbee sessions on flat patches; tennis and basketball
courts are open to anyone who's got game. Don't miss Downtown panoramas from
hillside benches.
Mellow Out at Mission Cheese
Wrought-iron dancing skeletons embedded in Valencia St sidewalks mark your path
to
Mission Cheese
( 415-553-8667;
www.missioncheese.net
; 736 Valencia St; 11am-9pm Tue-Thu
& Sun, to 10pm Fri & Sat; 14, 22, 33, 49, J, 16th St Mission)
. Place your order at the
counter, then grab sidewalk seating to gloat over creamy California goat cheeses, sip
Sonoma wines and trend-spot Mission street fashion.
