Comments on: Mission Bowling Club opening Monday

By: nrdxyz

nrdxyz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:32:45 +0000

NOPA burger comes with fries, fancy aioli, bun is housemade, and beef is grass fed (unlike other hamburgers mentioned in this thread).

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:57:39 +0000

The “literally hundreds of places in San Francisco that serve GOOD hamburgers, for less than an extortionate $15″ don’t have bowling lanes.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:49:47 +0000

Yup. They were immensely successful for more than half a century. Then they lost their lease.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:46:46 +0000

Yup. I absolutely agree.

Except why bring your own ball and bowling shoes? I’ve never heard of a bowling alley that didn’t have both available.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:43:25 +0000

So maybe he’s doing something pretty special with his burger? According to the Mission Burger description from Duc Loi, he probably is. That’s wrong, in your book? All burgers should conform to your happy medium of burger production? Seems to me, you just got through dumping on McDonald’s burgers for being “god-awful”, and someone else might feel that way about the burgers YOU like.

By: D. Jon Moutarde

D. Jon Moutarde — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:33:29 +0000

Even if the burger was LESS than $10, I think you would have to be crazy to go there very often for it UNLESS YOU WANTED TO BOWL, too.

So go to those OTHER PLACES and bowl your heart out while eating their more reasonable burgers. Better bring your own ball and shoes.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:25:22 +0000

Then he’s doing something wrong. As I have pointed out, there are bazillions of places charging reasonable prices for good-quality burgers in this burgh. They are clearly profitable. Therefore, if he is forced to charge the aforementioned unreasonable prices in order to make a profit, there is a problem somewhere in his process.

By: thefrederale

thefrederale — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:19:54 +0000

From my ass comes prices from Anthony’s post above.
It might be nice if people read it.

He couldn’t make it work for 9 bucks at Duc Loi. Now they have to actually pay cooks, servers plus presumably big rent. It’s not a stretch to come up with 13.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:44:10 +0000

Yup. $10 for a burger is absolutely reasonable, I concur.

And, yes, I also endorse people voting with their wallet, that is an eminently reasonable suggestion. *shrug*

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:43:00 +0000

Oh, are we pulling figures out of our ass, now? Ok, I like this game!

I estimate that it takes about 12 cents to make that particular burger and deliver it in this place. However, the bun takes about $314 to make, so really they’re LOSING money on each one they sell.

By: thefrederale

thefrederale — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:35:46 +0000

I am The Frederale!

By: thefrederale

thefrederale — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:31:30 +0000

I figure that it takes about $12 bucks to make that particular burger and deliver it in this place. 3 bucks is too much profit for you? I guess we should make it 10 bucks and just take the 3 bucks from the chefs in the back. They’re Mexican and won’t complain right?

By: GG

GG — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:57:41 +0000

$10 for a burger is reasonable, IMHO, and I’d rather pay that then see it go by the wayside for not being sufficiently profitable (and Mission Burger’s is one of my favorite veg burgers in SF) — but why isn’t it $7 at Happy Hour, when the meat burger is 1/3 off?

As to the more general discussion of prices, you’ll get more mileage by voting with your wallet and not buying the food if you think it’s too expensive. It’s not like there aren’t 40 other places to eat within a block or two.

By: Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable

Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:47:19 +0000

Sooo… asking someone to charge enough to still make a good profit but without gouging their customers is asking them to “slowly go broke” in your mind?

You have an interesting interpretation of basic business models, friend.

By: thefrederale

thefrederale — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:31:38 +0000

You people are asking Anthony and the new bowling alley folks to slowly go broke so you can save a few bucks on a burger?

Do you think Anthony is rich?

Do you think he will get rich by selling these burgers?

You don’t want a bowling alley to last here beyond the 2 years you’ll hang out here?

You don’t want to help support a very local guy who has scrapped his way into the food scene?

Why?