Comments on: Are you ready for more food trucks in The Mission?

By: wrybread

wrybread — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:34:48 +0000

I find it hard to imagine being against food trucks. Its one of the few food businesses that require so little startup costs that almost anyone could start one. With that comes amazing creativity, experimentation and variety. Even if you don’t like most specific trucks, what’s not to like about the concept?

And even if you’d prefer everyone have to mortgage their entire life to start a restaurant, how is simply ignoring food trucks so difficult for you?

Or are you simply so style conscious that you have to dismiss anything you perceive as trendy?

By: Schlomo Rabinowitz

Schlomo Rabinowitz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:16:27 +0000

I’m a small part of the streetfood hub happening at 11th and Harrison (old uhaul lot). Interesting part: there will be beer.

By: chalkman

chalkman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:02:11 +0000

if this is what he really wants, he should push for closing Dolores northbound between 18th and 20th Friday-Sunday and put the food trucks along the median

By: GG

GG — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:43:38 +0000

BUT OH GOD THINK OF THE CHILDREN

By: MrEricSir

MrEricSir — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:48 +0000

This whole “x distance from schools” thing is ridiculous and nonsensical. Don’t they realize that kids will inevitably walk past liquor stores, food trucks, etc. etc. on their way too and from school? Hell, it’s not like kids are allowed to leave during school hours to go pick up a 40.

How about repealing ALL of these laws instead of the one involving the latest fad?

By: truth

truth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:51 +0000

I agree, which is why the argument is better by analogizing to brick and mortar fast food places that are way less restricted instead of pot clubs that aren’t similar to food trucks.

By: scum

scum — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:42:08 +0000

I am still saving up for my corndog truck.

By: Zonal

Zonal — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:20:04 +0000

Liquor stores are required to be buffered 600′ from schools. Public notice for a McDonalds (or similar formula brick and mortar fast food)would go 300′ from a site that could be right next to a school. Why not concentrate on upping the quality of the god awful crap that SFUSD dishes, rather than unevenly limiting choice?

By: what

what — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:07:48 +0000

It does have to move away from the school during school hours. Not a full 1500 feet, but I’m unclear what their agreement was. There was a whole city council fight about it and everything. Exciting.

By: what

what — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:06:25 +0000

Help me out here. My friend’s saying you’re just stoned, but I’m pretty sure you’re a cokehead. What substance were you on when you wrote that?

By: Pinched Nerve

Pinched Nerve — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:06 +0000

That’s stupid. There’s a taco truck that parks right behind John O’Connell High School all the time. What’s up with that?

By: truth

truth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:56:26 +0000

The analogy is ridiculous. My guess is the schools want to try and limit the trucks from poaching kids from school lunch or whatever.

The dispensaries can’t be entered by someone without a card or scrip, which is a barrier few school kids should be getting around. Not so for the food trucks.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:17:12 +0000

They’re not on Potrero Hill on Thursdays, they’re in the Design District on De Haro @ Alameda.

By: Burrito Justice

Burrito Justice — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:20:09 +0000

Here's a map of the Mission with 1500' circles around schools that I made several thousand years ago.

By: Chris D

Chris D — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:04:01 +0000

Just in case you were wondering the food pictured above is from Liba Falafel. Every Thursday in Potrero Hill and alternating OTG Wednesdays and Fridays. http://libasf.com/locate.html