Comments on: Save Esta Noche! http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: William Preston http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-77533 William Preston Fri, 24 May 2013 19:50:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-77533 Yep, we Latin Gay folks folx go to the 500 now.

]]> By: siderside http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-77530 siderside Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-77530 Marga! You must know Tabatha, right? Invite her down to Esta Noche!

]]> By: siderside http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-77529 siderside Fri, 24 May 2013 18:13:45 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-77529 Sounds like they need Tabatha to take over!

]]> By: david http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76747 david Thu, 16 May 2013 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76747 hmmm, yeah, the valencia street corridor does need to make room for all the new duochebags

]]> By: Miguel Andrade http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76670 Miguel Andrade Thu, 16 May 2013 06:27:43 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76670 Roller23rd, I agree. The reason they aren’t a cash cow is because the two owners are notoriously unfriendly to their regular customers and they’ve driven many of their loyal customers away. The bartenders routinely complain that their paychecks bounce. Marga, there are a couple of wonderful bartenders, but they don’t mitigate the many other snotty and insufferable staff that have driven away so many of Esta Noche’s regular customers. Lindylula, I, too, remember the golden age of Esta Noche, but sadly those days are long gone. The Mission deserves a fabulous gay Latin bar, but Esta Noche is not fulfilling that role anymore.

]]> By: roller23rd http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76632 roller23rd Wed, 15 May 2013 17:39:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76632 how do you run a business & not have $9K on hand? That makes no sense to me. Bars are cash cows & most people I know who own/run them make good money.

If this bar can not make any money, then it is time for it to revamp, relocate or call it day.

]]> By: Marga Gomez http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76563 Marga Gomez Wed, 15 May 2013 09:12:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76563 Correction: not entire staff- just some maligned.

]]> By: Meowingtons http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76526 Meowingtons Wed, 15 May 2013 06:42:49 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76526 I think we need another Walgreens.

]]> By: lindylula http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76525 lindylula Wed, 15 May 2013 05:56:16 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76525 \aI do love this place. Or what it was. And what it still can be. But I appreciate your comments Miguel. Constructive criticism. It’s been years since I hung out there. But oh the glory days… Either way, I’ll be at the fundraiser.

]]> By: fuggit http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76516 fuggit Wed, 15 May 2013 02:29:50 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76516 Wow! A well thought-out, non-hateful, eloquent comment on the MM comment boards that isn’t bashing techies, gentrification, hipsters, each other etc. Remember this day, people. Bravo Mr. Andrade.

]]> By: Miguel Andrade http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76513 Miguel Andrade Wed, 15 May 2013 01:08:34 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76513 As a long time patron of Esta Noche for over twenty years, I’ve witnessed the bar bring about its own decline with poor management, indifferent owners, inconsistent bar staff (a few quite friendly, others quite toxic), a switch to disco type music at happy hour instead of Latin music, as well as a lack of upkeep of the dirty and faded interior. I think the bar’s financial problems have a lot more to do with faithful customers abandoning the bar to the point where the place is often empty due to poor customer service and owners who are tone deaf to their customers. I used to defend Esta Noche as my neighborhood gay bar, but no more.

]]> By: MrEricSir http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76512 MrEricSir Wed, 15 May 2013 00:57:21 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76512 Yeah, maybe if we’re lucky they can put a Chipotle in there so there will finally be a place to get burritos in the Mission.

]]> By: Old Mission Neighbor http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76510 Old Mission Neighbor Wed, 15 May 2013 00:47:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76510 Agree.

]]> By: not a republican http://www.missionmission.org/2013/05/14/save-esta-noche/#comment-76504 not a republican Wed, 15 May 2013 00:26:25 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=48504#comment-76504 It might be nice not having a seedy looking, dirty bar taking up space.

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