Comments on: Alhambra Halal Meat Co. Shutters

By: JP

JP — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:46:11 +0000

Talked to another storefront renter near the old Alhambra spot. They said the Alhambra folks moved out because of trouble with the landlord, rent increase (?) and that the former proprietor is driving a cab now. Apparently the family lost a lot of money in the sudden closing.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:40:44 +0000

I am do sad too see them go. I found a place in San Bruno which is just as good, they have a Moroccan butcher who makes his own style of merguez and its amazing. the place is called Besan’s International Market on 480 San Mateo Ave in San Bruno. There is a middle eastern restaurant right next door too, they make their kebobs on wood burning fire!

By: giant fur diaper

giant fur diaper — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:40:02 +0000

@N., then quit yer bitchin, and use google.

butcher shops:

Salama Halal Meat, 604 Geary St. (at Jones); (415) 474-0359
Halal Food Market (Berkeley)

restaurants:

Cabbies Burger, 393 Eddy St. (at Leavenworth Street); (415) 931-3500

Naan N’ Curry, 478 O’Farrell St. (near Jones); (415) 775-1349

Old Mandarin Islamic, 3132 Vicente (near 42nd Avenue); (415) 564-3481

Pakwan, 501 O’Farrell (near Jones); (415) 776-0160. Also, 3180 16th St., (near Guerrero Street); (415) 255-2440

Shalimar, 532 Jones St. (between Geary and O’Farrell); (415) 928-0333

Star Thai, 791 O’Farrell St. (at Larkin); (415) 441-5635

Sultan, 339 Taylor (in the Ramada Inn); (415) 775-1709

Taj Mahal, 398 Eddy St. ( at Leavenworth Street); (415) 922-9055

By: emily

emily — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:27:34 +0000

This makes me so sad. I hope the family that owned this butcher shop didn’t lose too much in it. I went there every week when I lived on 24th street last year, and when I moved to a new neighborhood, I stopped going as regularly. I had just driven there on Tuesday night to load up on fresh, cheap meat to put in the freezer (a la the recession) when I saw they were closing down. It made me sick to think that though I had loved this place, I completely let it down by simply not continuing to shop there regularly. We need to support our local businesses and not just sometimes. If I could take back all the Safeway trips and put some money in New Halal’s pockets, I would. It was a great addition to the neighborhood.

By: tk

tk — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:18:49 +0000

@ SFDoggy -

Thanks for the tip on the merguez. You’d think most everyone would have ground lamb, but most places don’t. Alhambra would grind it fresh for me while I waited. It’s a shame.

By: Today’s Mission: 03.04.09 | Mission Loc@l

Today’s Mission: 03.04.09 | Mission Loc@l — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:21:30 +0000

[...] The story was all Noe Valley, all the time. Meanwhile, our 24th lost a little something today: Goodbye, Alhambra Halal Meat Co. We’ll miss you in the [...]

By: Candice

Candice — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:41:08 +0000

Super lame, I loved this place. I know that I can find halal meet in the Tenderloin or other neighborhoods but the point was to have it close to home.

By: guero

guero — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:31:36 +0000

I was walking by about 9:45pm when this was going on. I can totally relate. Last February and last May, my wife and I closed our stores in the middle of the night at two Westfield malls in San Diego County. Our combined leases were about $24k a month. No matter how much people love the store and the product, they need to keep shopping there constantly to pay those rents. All that perishable inventory and all the utilities he must have been paying, I can only imagine. That’s why when I read that post about the Bee store on Valencia, I cringed. I only hope this Halal guy is cutting his losses and moving on with what he’s got left, instead of losing everything he has like we did in San Diego. And good luck with the Bee business. I don’t know how people can do it this market and especially in an environment where no one wants you to be “too” successful, lest you cause everyone else’s rents to go up.

By: clongstreet

clongstreet — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:09:50 +0000

seriously.. ??? i thought i was dreaming when i found them. quality meat with an amazing price tag. not fair. someone needs to step up and realize our neighborhood needs a lil market…

By: N.

N. — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:30:49 +0000

we want halal, not kosher.

By: SFDoggy

SFDoggy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:15:24 +0000

@TK: The middle eastern store next to Old Jerusalem restaurant on Mission sells a good locally made merguez — it is frozen but I don’t think that matters. Ground lamb can be found at most butcher stores or groceries.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:56:36 +0000

Noooo!!! I guess you just can’t sell really high quality meat at a reasonable price in this town.

By: giant fur diaper

giant fur diaper — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:47:46 +0000

Israel Kosher Meat & Deli (richmond)

Tel Aviv Kosher Meats (outer sunset)

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:30:08 +0000

Ahhhh crap. They just got here, didn’t they? Great place. What happened?

By: fsharp

fsharp — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:20:34 +0000

We loved shopping at the Halal Butcher. Boooo!