Comments on: Taqueria Cancun is without a lease, could potentially be evicted at any moment

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:03:05 +0000

Minus one (million) for “the asian one” and/or not writing “the jewish one”, too. ‘Cause obvious half-assed assholes be obvious.

By: YeahBut

YeahBut — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 19:49:43 +0000

Allan took the pics. Ban all mission bloggers except the asian one and Ariel.

By: Fact-Checker

Fact-Checker — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 23:33:01 +0000

I believe this would be illegal under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title II.

By: YeahBut

YeahBut — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:54:09 +0000

Foresight. Maybe. Did you know that buying property often requires loans? Did you know that Banks are often unwilling to give these loans to brown people? So if they couldn’t raise the capital from friends/family to buy the buildings(if it were even an option)then they may not have really had the choice and have to stay on a lease. It’s not like they clear more than 8-12%.

By: arse

arse — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 19:30:24 +0000

the horror

By: J

Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:16:45 +0000

Wow thank you. Forgot about that post. Timeless. Very special people. With so much to offer. And he rattles the base now. Haha. But I digress I remember reading that post and knew this city was fucked.

By: Yo Mama

Yo Mama — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 02:10:01 +0000

Non white natives should move to Vallego and take BART in when they want to eat here.

By: Valenchia

Valenchia — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 00:10:05 +0000

maybe it hasn’t been for sale.

By: truf

truf — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 21:58:14 +0000

that’s a pretty funny piece

By: small donkey

small donkey — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 18:42:53 +0000

That’s a funny pair. La Taqueria has stayed awesome, maybe even gotten awesomer over the years. So you’d say that owning the building has freed them to focus on making good carne asada.

La Cumbre has really gone to shit — it used to be really good 20 years ago. Now it’s all meat dried out and not tasty, poorly steamed tortillas, and the staff doesn’t appear to give a crap. So maybe owning the building has freed the owners to sit home running the numbers on their exhilarating property appreciation while the business becomes no sabroso.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:36:31 +0000

La Taqueria, La Cumbre are 2 examples of popular taquerias that had foresight to buy their buildings. They are here to stay.

Hopefully we’ll be spared the “evil” landlord discussion should Cancun lose their lease.

By: truth

truth — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 07:59:44 +0000

Well, at least we will have that time when a recent transplant from the east coast got all bro style in Cancun. Of course this was when he was still a tech guy. Now he rides a fixie, dresses like a hipster, and hates on techies. I think you call that a hypocrite. Yes, Kevin Montgomery from Uptown Almanac did things that would make the marina bro's he goes all nimby on cringe. EXHIBIT A: this is the face of gentrification San Francisco. Gringo's do Cancun

By: Joe Shlabotnik

Joe Shlabotnik — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:01:02 +0000

White natives should have to pay double.

By: Doctor Memory

Doctor Memory — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:31:16 +0000

Chris: I'm a little surprised too, but remember that it's not just a matter of buying the building (easily a 7-figure deal even in the less-gentrified parts of the mission): you either have to buy an already-existing restaurant (and even then you would probably have to substantially renovate it) or worse yet a space that isn't zoned for food service yet and go through the nightmare of trying to get the permits to convert. And even if you get a good deal on a building, don't go bankrupt setting up the kitchen, and the stars align to get you your permits before you run out of capital, you could still easily end up in a protracted street fight with your neighbors. In short, it's hard to blame any restaurant owner for staying put in a space that's working for them.

By: singlespeed

singlespeed — Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:01:54 +0000

too many customers?

charge more.

but that would price out some of the locals …

okay, just charge white people more.

i’m actually not kidding.