Comments on: Local’s Corner guy admits maybe calling it Local’s Corner was a mistake

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:44:16 +0000

When he contacted the group, which focuses on issues affecting immigrants and low-income families, a representative told him, “‘This is like the soda fountains in the South,’” Milgrom recalls. “I said, you’re losing me right away if you think this is systemic planned racism against an entire people.”

While I think his restaurants and store are ludicrous–$28 for a chicken dish?–I have to agree here. As the granddaughter of people who actually grew up in the South with segregated soda fountains (and everything else), I find that kind of offensive.

By: Dahlia Wright

Dahlia Wright — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:23:59 +0000

These views are soo extreme. I’ve tested it out and the restaurant was cautious and had good service. It’s easy to judge and complain about others and believe there is a lot of jealousy and projections onto others for things people didn’t obtain for themselves. Didn’t your mother teach you that life isn’t fair but keep trying? If you aren’t already a “tech tycoon” and that’s what you want – it’s your job to go find it. Mexican, black, old, young, or otherwise – go do it yourself instead of complaining that some restaurant represents racism. I’m not in high tech myself -but smart enough to read through the lines. Go do your life and become what you envy!

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 08:32:22 +0000

From what I’ve heard from many people, including fellow merchants, is that Milgrom behaves arrogantly and goes back on promises. Perhaps other businesses have not been targeted as he has in part because they are not run by such overtly arrogant people. He has contributed to making himself a lightening rod. As for whether events at Local’s Corner were racist or not, I think that the delivery of the “we can’t serve you” messages were done quite poorly, and I would attribute that to at least a form of classism, which of course can involve subtle and not so subtle threads of racism., A Latina mom and her child went into Humphrey Slocombe’s, and the gal at the register, thinking she was being helpful, said to the mother,”I don’t think you’ll find the flavor you want here and it’s expensive.” This is the kind of “subtle” classist stuff going on in the Mission now. Milgrom has kindled bad feeling though he does not deserve vandalism.

By: BabaBooey

BabaBooey — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:33:19 +0000

Liar

By: Change the name devils corner

Change the name devils corner — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 22:21:17 +0000

See you guys at the next acce rally. Save your keyboard courage and show up speak your minds snakes.

By: Allan Hough

Allan Hough — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:10:46 +0000

I think you used vis-a-vis right.

By: D

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:15:07 +0000

The sad irony is that if you succeed in driving him out, a new business will gladly take his place, charge even more, and probably have fewer ties to the community.

At least Milgrom lives here and raises his children here. His wife is a doctor at General. He says this is a misunderstanding, and I believe him.

By: Sleeps

Sleeps — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:20:39 +0000

Empty a usual. @sfnola: What qualifies as racist goes beyond what you have read in the article. Doesn’t sound like you care to scratch the surface so why bother. There are enough credible people from the community that are aware the practices to justify a boycott and smearing campaign. Businesses like this have a right to exist and we have a right to take action when there is an injustice in our Barrio!

By: scum

scum — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:14:48 +0000

He’s a racist jew, burn him!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:13:22 +0000

Thanks for linking to this. Re the parenthetical remark in the first sentence of this post: Am I being paranoid, or is the implication that we should sniff a bit at the article because the magazine is owned by a company with a stupid name? Seems ironic, given the point of the article vis-a-vis getting distracted by lame names.

Not sure I’m using vis-a-vis right.

By: vecina

vecina — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 17:55:57 +0000

No, it is not.
I am latino, husband is black. Our kid was 4 something when we went to have brunch. We had a great time. We were treated with respect.
I live in the mission, my family represent the diversity of the mission. We don’t work in the Silicon Valley. We don’t hate them.
I have NO association to this business at all. We have not gone back because my son was not fond with the food, so we make a case of returning places where we all can have our desired meal since we don’t go out often.

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:57:17 +0000

His first mistake was probably bringing the attitude that it was the “Wild West” in the first place…

By: Justine

Justine — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:48:07 +0000

Describing the area he opened his places at as the Wild West filled with derelict buildings and prostitutes might have been his second mistake

By: Local Resident

Local Resident — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 16:05:36 +0000

Fuck these racist scumbags.

By: drgregori0

drgregori0 — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:57:45 +0000

This is an example of arrogant attitude of many recent Mission business owners who marginalize the local residents. They ignore the history of this neighborhood and will be haunted by the ghosts of those who made the Mission a unique cultural mecca.