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"Opening tomorrow, August 17th, I learned Stagecoach Greens will be an 18-hole mini golf course, bar, and food-truck park at 1379 4th Street in Mission Bay that transforms a previously empty lot into a seriously intricate course with miniature San Francisco landmarks. Conceived by retired mini-golf fanatics Jan and Esther Stearns—whom Parklab founder Carlos Muela calls “the most passionate people about mini golf I’ve ever met”—and realized by fabricators One Hat One Hand of the Bayview, the course includes a Chinatown Dragon Gate in miniature, a Gold Rush–era saloon, and the Salesforce Tower and Transamerica Pyramid depicted as dueling Rock ’Em Sock ’Em robots. The site offers tables for dining, cabanas for chilling, space for five food trucks (with Hookt Donuts, Jeepney Guy, and newcomer Al Pastor Papi from chef Miguel Escobedo permanently stationed and two more trucks rotating), and a punny bar called “The Watering Hole” serving adult refreshments. Operated by Parklab (which also runs Spark Social and SoMa Streat Food and has a reputation for giving life to unused lots), Stagecoach Greens sits adjacent to Spark Social on land slated to become permanent park space; it will be open daily 11 a.m.–9 p.m., with $8 tickets for kids and $16 tickets for adults available at the course or online." - Caleb Pershan