SFist: Fozen Yogurt Wars: Survivor Winner Out

katerose26

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:15:54 -0800

Chris "Weekly" (and gee, aren't YOU clever?!): A quick review of your comments leaves one to ponder whether the reason you're such a cranky douchebag is because you're on the rag 24/7 or you're mad because you're balls haven't dropped yet. Hard to tell

katerose26

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:15:01 -0800

Generic

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:17:09 -0800

aj, I'll take Venice. You can have Sacramento. Such growth! And Chris ... sadly, no. Californian, born & raised. It is rather an aversion to the prairie's McWalChains that Hitlerizes me so. Godwin!

Chris Weekly

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:18:52 -0800

You just know "Generic" grew up in Kansas and decided to bless our fair city with his own personal brand of prairie fascism.

aj

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:57:30 -0800

Damn Generic, I am really glad you don't live in my neighborhood. Not that I like frozen yogurt (hello 1980s), but that "Hope he lost a lot of money" attitude you can keep in North Beach. Yet another reason why San Francisco is turning into Venice - a pretty little postcard town perfectly preserved for the tourists, with no life of its own.

bluecanary

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:33:03 -0800

This neighborhood is full of Italians, such that I'm going to have to take lessons. I want to know what those old men are saying when I walk by!!!

Dan Berkes

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:04:14 -0800

Yeah, I was spouting the "there are no Italians left in North Beach" line before I moved to this part of town. It may not be what it once was, but it's far from dying out. I hear Italian spoken by the tourists, locals and especially in the local shops. As for this whole yogurt thing, now that Peskin and that ninny from the neighborhood association have exiled Red Mango, does that mean they've got the "let's ban a fro-yo stand" bug out of their system and Honeydoo will be allowed to open?

Generic

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:48:06 -0800

Hardly a real Italian to be found left there. Surely you jest. North Beach Restaurant? The Steps of Rome? Panta Rei? Brocce Cafe? Danilo? And those are just off the top of my head. It sure ain't Pig Latin those guys are speaking. The Guinea juice is strong in North Beach. For there are many Guineas.

underachieving

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:47:32 -0800

So instead of Red Mango, we'll get some other, not-yet-a-full-blow chain frozen yogurt place there instead? What's the difference whether it's a Red Mango, Jubili or SoGreen, besides their number of locations? I guess I should be relieved that the President of my Board of Supes is tackling real issues, like a fervent hatred of entrepreneurship and "formula chain restaurant" definitions, and not worrying about trivial issues like, you know, public transportation and crime.

zig

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:40:18 -0800

Generic, I don't believe you can retroactively bounce chains so the fantasy might have to die They might not be chains but the whole of North Beach has turned into a tourist trap of Italian restaurants run my Palestinians and others of indeterminate (but not Italian) swarthy origins. Lets be honest here. Hardly a real Italian to be found left there. My buddies great grandmother from Sicily is still there but she is close to 100

Generic

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:16:34 -0800

Exactly, ievens. His beef is with the franchise. Not our problem. A chain is a chain is a chain. He has degrees in law from Stanford & Yale. Dude can figure it out. "Outwit", remember? Call me cynical, but I think if he can navigate legislation through the United States Senate, he can wrap his brain around the business ordinances of big bad North Beach. Besides, this douchebag helped draft that foul piece of law known around the spy-van as the Homeland Security Bill. Thanks for that, Kwon. I relished writing a nice long letter to both Peskin's office and the Chamber of Commerce detailing my objections to his entry into our fine hood. And I got my entire building to sign it. Felt good. Hope he lost a lot of money. And yeah, WTF is up with Pasta Pomodoro? Why aren't they bounced? The Italian theme fooled me there. If I find out it had anything to do with diverting revenue from the now-defunct WashBag, there will be Hell. To. Pay. And BTW, freaking watch us bounce the Stinking Rose if it ever ballooned to 11 sites. NIMBYism? You bet your ass.

ievans

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:04:53 -0800

It's not the city's fault he tried to sneak in under the wire when choosing the location of his yogurt place. If he could get a franchise, it's probably not difficult for 7 other people around the country to get one too, endangering his poorly-thought-through business plan. I'm sure San Francisco's restaurant landscape will suffer without Yul and his braintrust, but maybe Foster City could use a Survivor champion with a dream of slinging frozen yogurt.

pdx6

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:03:09 -0800

manys: Not all districts and neighborhoods have this ordinance, that's why there are chains in other 'hoods.

manys

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:57:43 -0800

fsharp: maybe we can extrapolate from existing cases: shoe biz? pasta pomodoro? when was the last new opening of either company? looks like there's about 30 pinkberries out there...

Joel

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:57:21 -0800

look out, here comes the whaaaaaaambulance. You do mean for this ridiculous town's Board of Supervisors, right?

fsharp

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:47:40 -0800

The dude checked it out first. He got his permit before Red Mango had 11 stores. It only had 4 when he applied. Now I wonder what would happen to the Stinking Rose if it opened 11 restaurants in the mid west?

captain disco

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:28:36 -0800

look out, here comes the whaaaaaaambulance. dude, before you go signing leases and committing money, do a little research, a little due diligence, and make sure that you're allowed to do what you want to do. (that said, the city should do a better job of screening these things as well.)

captain disco

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:28:27 -0800