What does the Valencia Street’s new salad lounge say about the Mission? (Not what you may think.)

Summary: Ask me to characterize the Valencia Street restaurant strip in 2018, and I offer up the following evidence: I am eating a grain bowl in a salad lounge. Taxonomically speaking, Mixt’s new Salad Lounge, one of the two rooms in its expansive new Valencia Street location, falls between the ultra-lounge (chill beats, the smell of pheromones smushed into the entire Macy’s cologne counter) and the airport lounge (dried-out cheese cubes, overly stimulating carpet).