<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[gratitude - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports]]></title><description><![CDATA[SFist is San Francisco's source for fun, witty, & serious news. With updates about restaurants, events, sports, politics & more, SFist reaches millions of users in California.]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/</link><image><url>https://sfist.com/favicon.png</url><title>gratitude - SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, &amp; Sports</title><link>https://sfist.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 2.12</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:59:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sfist.com/gratitude/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Books and Burritos: A Mobile Match Made in Heaven]]></title><description><![CDATA[We gasped at the sight: the <a href="http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/">San Francisco Public Library's</a> Bookmobile cozying up to our favorite <a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/award.php?award=563218">El...]]></description><link>https://sfist.com/2008/05/07/books_and_burri/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5c2431ff44ad066cdcf9cebd</guid><category><![CDATA[SF Restaurants, Food & Drink]]></category><category><![CDATA[bookmobile]]></category><category><![CDATA[burrito]]></category><category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category><category><![CDATA[harrison]]></category><category><![CDATA[library]]></category><category><![CDATA[paradise]]></category><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[toñayense]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[SFist_Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry160552_thumb-thumb-640xauto-204696.jpg" medium="image"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://img.sfist.com/assets_c/2009/04/entry160552_thumb-thumb-640xauto-204696.jpg" alt="Books and Burritos: A Mobile Match Made in Heaven"><p>We gasped at the sight: the <a href="http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/">San Francisco Public Library's</a> Bookmobile cozying up to our favorite <a href="http://www.sfweekly.com/bestof/award.php?award=563218">El Tonayense truck</a> on Harrison near 20th. Now we truly have everything we need. Well, almost. Maybe the folks at <a href="http://www.cafegratitude.com/">Cafe Gratitude</a> will let us us the restroom.</p>

<p>A recent <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-nguyen21apr21,0,3026545.story&lt;br%20/&gt;%0A">Los Angeles Times op-ed</a> called taco trucks "oases of meat and cheer in the night" -- an allusion, perhaps, to those famous early lines of Virgil's <em>Aeneid</em>:<br>
</p><blockquote>The jolly crew, unmindful of the past, <br>
The quarry share, their plenteous dinner haste. <br>
Some strip the skin; some portion out the spoil; <br>
The limbs, yet trembling, in the caldrons boil; <br>
Some on the fire the reeking entrails broil. <br>
Stretch'd on the grassy turf, at ease they dine, <br>
Restore their strength with meat, and cheer their souls with wine.</blockquote>

<p>They don't sell wine at the El Tonayense truck, but maybe you can get a copy of the Aeneid from the bookmobile to cheer your soul while you savor your burrito.</p>

<p><strong>Warning:</strong> do not read this passage from the <em>Aeneid</em> aloud in the vicinity of Cafe Gratitude - it just wouldn't be nice.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>