Comments on: Takeout menus rubberbanded to your house

By: Lynae

Lynae — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:12:01 +0000

Maybe Chinese food is just really subjective or something, because there are several Chinese places in the Mission that I really enjoy:

Heung Yuen on 22nd and Bartlett: Very friendly waiters, happy to customize things. Everything is made fresh but FAST. Their Hong Kong style noodles are especially good. I like that their food isn’t MSG-y or greasy.

Punjab on 24th and Bryant: Felicia, the waitress/owner(?), is super sweet. Everything on their menu is delicious and freshly made. They use really good-quality non-gristly meats in their food. They have American dishes on their menu too (sandwiches, pizza, etc.) and shockingly, it is ALSO really good. And although it’s not Chinese, I *highly* recommend their Sunday brunch. You get a free mimosa and it’s way tastier than St. Francis Fountain, for like half the price. For whatever reason, their to-go food is never nearly as good as when you eat in, though.

And I love Mission Chinese Food. It’s not traditional, sure, but it’s damn tasty.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:09:29 +0000

1. oooooooh my. i’m not arguing wastefulness, just saying, put it in the recycle bin.
2. at least one of these restaurants got my business.
3. the intranets isn’t always right or actually tell you if a restaurant is open on holiday.

By: Cranky Old Mission Guy

Cranky Old Mission Guy — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:36:34 +0000

There’s actually some perfectly decent Chinese delivery adjacent to the Mission — try that newfangled thing they call “the internet”. The real trick is to find a good Chinese restaurant for walk-in eating since that place on Valencia (where Urbun Burger is now) closed.

By: GG

GG — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:14:32 +0000

1) I hope that’s a joke. Do you really have no idea of what happens to recycled paper before or after it’s been recycled and/or do you think that recycling something, unused, means it’s not wasteful? This boggles my mind.
2) Nobody is saying it’s a “big deal,” people are saying its a wasteful and annoying practice and it would be useful to let these businesses know that they are driving away potential customers by engaging in it, in hopes of curbing the practice.
3) There’s this thing called THE INTRANETS where you can find out what restaurants are in your area, what their menu is, whether they are open, and what their phone number is. You should check it out. It even works on holidays!!!

By: GG

GG — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:11:50 +0000

That’s awesome. You should tear them up into little pieces of confetti first, to make cleanup more annoying.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:26:05 +0000

agreed.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:25:38 +0000

on new years day (with so many spots closed) i ordered some food from one of the menus left on my door. they delivered and it was tasty. while it’s “wasteful” most of these are printed on recycled paper anyway. what’s the big deal? just put it in your recycle bin or move, dudes.

By: Chalkman

Chalkman — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:12:59 +0000

This would be less of a problem if there was actually some decent Chinese delivery in the mission, great Chinese delivery of multiple Chinese styles and the ocean are the only things I miss from 10 years in the sunset

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:00:25 +0000

“It’s the city, you’re gonna get menus on your door.”

seriously people. If you dont like it, move to the hills of Marin.

On a side note, Advertising is expensive… used to work for the Chronicle and that shit aint cheap. Menus on your doors about as affordable as it gets when it comes to gettin the word out.

By: Sledge

Sledge — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:15:35 +0000

EH, please stop by my door since you are so gracious. You can just put them in the recycling. ¿No big deal eh? Gonna.

By: EH

EH — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:07:30 +0000

You people are so parochial. It’s the city, you’re gonna get menus on your door. I don’t like ‘em either, they rarely advertise something that I didn’t already know I didn’t want to visit, but it’s a big kid pants moment whenever they show up. Just put them in the recycling, no tears necessary.

By: wizzer

wizzer — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:59:20 +0000

I hate these disgusting flyers too. Sometimes I just call up the resto on the flyer and in some really bad fake chinese accent, pretend to order some food, then say a fake address.

they hate that.

By: En-Chu Lao

En-Chu Lao — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:55:58 +0000

“I see people who have those “no soliciting” signs on their doors, but they don’t seem very effective.” — Have the sign printed in chicken scratch.

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:25:00 +0000

Is your name Cosmo Kramer, by any chance?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:27:07 +0000

I like it. I like it a lot.