Comments on: Weird Fish is closing forever, because the Mission

By: GG

GG — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:42:25 +0000

Good point — I don’t eat fish, and I lived in SF for years assuming that I should avoid the place, just based on the name. Eventually a fellow vegetarian took me there and introduced me to all the vegan stuff. I was very surprised!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:54:20 +0000

Seriously – this is not about healthcare – of COURSE you should provide a living wage that includes healthcare. Or get a new business model. Has anyone who runs a small business in the mission NOT been hit by crazy higher rents? That’s why many unique places are closing leaving room for the gentrificaiton that is coming to 16th and Mission with a new highrise high rent condo. Honestly weird fish you were fine and all, but you had about 4 tables, hard to make revenue up in there I’m sure. and now I find out you’re blaming healthcare for your closing woes? Lets hope your former employees land somewhere the owners care about them, and not begrudge them HEALTHCARE AND A LIVING WAGE.

By: john

john — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:48:45 +0000

HUH? who gives a shit about a store closing? NEXT!

By: James O'Boston

James O'Boston — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:54:52 +0000

Rock on, G. I like your style.

BTW I’ve been a retailer in a service industry but don’t have a company now. Back in the day, a chargeback cost at least $35 for the investigation, even if the charge was retained.

By: James O'Boston

James O'Boston — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 04:53:07 +0000

Agree. Totally agree. It’s a pissy, whiny, pass-the-buck step by restaurant operators and it’s kinda vile, actually. With Healthy SF they’ve been upset that they’ve had to provide (very minimal, crappy, NOT ACTUALLY INSURANCE) health care coverage for their workers… and are bold enough to shove it in their own customers’ faces as if it’s an injustice.

By now you have guessed that i’ve really cut back on dinners out in SF. And now that I think about it, the only places that do this are places I really don’t go back to for many reasons, not just the health surcharge but the mediocre /everything/ about the experience.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:40:45 +0000

- I wanna start a restaurant in the Mission. It’s like a license to print money! I’m gonna be rich and retire to St. Lucia when I’m 40!!

- Oh wait, everyone else is starting restaurants in the Mission. Better make up some horse shit reason that I have to go out of business, like not being able to get away with paying my workers almost nothing AND not giving them healthcare…

Screw you dude.

Also, the person who said that if the average tip was included in the price and there was no tipping expected, that ‘No one could afford to eat there’? DID YOU PROOFREAD THAT STATEMENT? BECAUSE IT SORT OF WINDS UP COSTING THE SAME TO THE CONSUMER, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT FOR MORE THAN HALF A SEC.

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:09:52 +0000

Bring back 3 Jays!

By: Pacific Standard Simon

Pacific Standard Simon — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:08:27 +0000

By: S

Fri, 10 Oct 2014 00:25:56 +0000

Not sure if that’s true. In most of Europe people in the service industry do not get tipped. The food is slightly more expensive as a result but at the same time, how often do you go out to eat and not tip? You’re going to pay the same whether it’s on the bill or at your discretion.

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:46:47 +0000

Sorry, Google failed you. In this context ‘coperto’ literally means place setting and coberta is not a word in Italian.

By: scum

scum — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:22:22 +0000

Not as shitty as your spelling.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:56:39 +0000

The food and services at all his places too a turn for the worse a couple years ago.

We used to go to weird fish a couple times a month. It was a fun cheap enough place for a semi-nice night out with my girlfriend. Then they changed the menu to make it less vegetarian friendly and then the food also got crappier.

More restraints need to send in unrelated people to independently report back on the service and food.

Also any restrain owner complaining about paying his staff makes me want to go elsewhere.

Maybe that’s why the service has gotten shitter.

By: troll

troll — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:47:34 +0000

i’ll just talk to myself again here and clarify place setting is coberta, not coperto

By: troll

troll — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:46:24 +0000

i should say, in this context. otherwise, yes, it means coverings.

By: troll

troll — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:45:31 +0000

nah, it means charge/cover charge.