Here’s the deal, from an message to their mailing list earlier this week:

Dear friends and neighbors of The Royal cuckoo Market,

Will you join us on Thursday, Sept. 7th?

The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not.  The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show that they would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.

WHEN AND WHERE:

September 7th Thursday

City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)

AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda.  The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available.

Full text of the email after the jump:

Dear friends and neighbors of The Royal cuckoo Market,

Will you join us on Thursday, Sept. 7th?

The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not.  The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show that they would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.

WHEN AND WHERE:

September 7th Thursday

City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400

1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place

San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)

AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda.  The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available.

http://sf-planning.org/meeting/planning-commission-september-7-2017-agenda

This is an invitation, and a very heartfelt request for your presence, at The Planning Commission Public Hearing for The Royal Cuckoo Market on Thursday September 7th.

As most all of you know, we are a grocery store with food prep, and we now need to be called a grocery store with restaurant through planning department permits.  The store has been making food for 3 years so nothing will change. No construction, zero changes, already approved to serve food , beer and wine, but need this new permit due to planning department technicality.

Since we have already been operating in this manner for quite some time, the effects of not obtaining this permit will be devastating to our little market.  We have already invested in how it is, and can’t afford to go backwards.  We are barely making it by serving a little food and having our cute lunch counter which allows people to hang out a while and then shop, so the option to operate without food is not a feasible option for us.  We love the market in the back and the lunch counter in the front.  We believe in our business model and it is helping us survive the retail struggles that are happening because of online options. We chose to create an experience by keeping our retail and also having a neighborhood counter to hang out at.

The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not.  The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show we would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.

WHEN AND WHERE:

September 7th Thursday
City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)

AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda.  The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available.  http://sf-planning.org/meeting/planning-commission-september-7-2017-agenda

We embrace the neighborhood we have been a part of for 30 years, and we hope to continue serving our friends and neighbors in an environment that we care about deeply and have created with heart.

Your attendance is golden to the outcome of the market!

Very truly yours,

Paul and Debbie

The Royal Cuckoo Market

Remember, corner of 20th and York, across from Jay ‘n’ Bee, used to be a salon called L’Burget I think? With a big “L’Burget” on the sign? And so every time you’d go past it, even after the like 1000th time, you’d still momentarily think maybe it was a burger joint? Remember?

(Now the only danger with the new sign is you might momentarily think it’s Lil Tuffy’s house.)

(Not.) (And also, Pizza Joint & Grill and the Fizzary.)

UPDATE: Marisa says, “saw a sign up that said it was being turned into some kind of pinball hall/game room …”

UPDATE: Sorry, didn’t mean to be all flippant.

[Editor's note: Wow! Historic! A new addition to SF's proud 6am bar tradition!]

It’s always 5 o’clock somewhere, and starting in 2016 Pops Bar is open at 6AM daily. Enjoy a selection of morning drinks such as regular coffee, irish coffee, mexican coffee and bacon bloody marys guaranteed to put a pep in your step whether you are winding down from a night shift or gearing up for the day ahead.

Check out this week’s entertainment line up at Pops Bar:

12/28/15 MONDAY

Metal Mondays

Hosted by BFF.fm & Cult of Riffs

9pm-2AM

Keepin’ it real and playing all things heavy! If you’re false, do not enter! Classic 60′s, 70′s, 80′s deep cuts, black metal, death metal, thrash metal, NWOBHM, proto-metal, psychedelic, heavy blues rock, hardcore punk, d-beat, noise. ANYTHING WITH RIFFS!

No Cover

12/29/15 TUESDAY

Trivia Tuesdays

Pops Quiz

$2 to play

8:30-10:30PM

Join us every Tuesday of the month and test your wits at Pops trivia night “POP’s Quiz” where your brain may get stump on categories such as Pop’s culture, Sports, Movies, Music and more, with little snippets of audio and visual effects too! It starts at 7:00pm ends at 10:00pm. So come on in for some good ole fashion competition and a night of drinking with the crew! It is a 2 dollar cover and winner gets the pot!! so tell friends and family because the more peeps the steeper the cash prize is!!

MUSIC THERAPY

Electro-Cumbia Breaks, Hip Hop, Nu Latin Beats

9PM-1:30am

No Cover

21 UP

12/30/15 WEDNESDAY

Bill Cameron

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9PM

No Cover

21 UP

12/31/15 THURSDAY NYE 2016

Spill The Wine – NYE Edition

CUMBIA * CHICANO ROCK * LATIN SOUL * BOOGALOO

DJs Vinnie Esparza, Guillermo & Slopoke

No Cover

21 UP

9PM-1:30AM

1/1/16 FRIDAY

Uncle Rifkin

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with Uncle Rifkin:

Uncle Rifkin is a 4 piece, mostly-acoustic, homegrown San Francisco band mixing up styles into a beaker that just might make you dance. Country to Blues. Rock & Folk all with a funky edge and storytelling vibe for your listening pleasure.

TROPICANA
9PM-2AM

with DJ Mr. Lucky & DJ Santero

the latin themed dance party!

No Cover

21 UP

1/2/16 SATURDAY

Bub & The Playas

Happy Hour Entertainment 6-9pm with

Bdubs & The Playas is a S.F. -born band with an eclectic mix of funk, blues, & soul covers + originals! with Noel Rokswel

https://m.facebook.com/bdubsandtheplayas

https://www.reverbnation.com/noelrokswel

CHAMPAGNE CAMPAIGN

with DJs Sake One

A true veteran of the Bay Area hip hop and music scene, DJ Sake One is a born and raised renaissance man, known to doing anything from community projects to opening up for big acts such as Mos Def or Kanye West. Whether it’s soulful lounge tracks or bass-filled remixes, his talent and musical palate does not discriminate.

9:00pm-1:30am

No Cover

21 UP

1/3/16 SUNDAY

5-10PM

Spill The Wine

CUMBIA * CHICANO ROCK * LATIN SOUL * BOOGALOO

DJs Vinnie Esparza, Guillermo & Slopoke

No Cover

21 UP

POPS BAR

2800 24th Street @ York

San Francisco, CA 94110

www.popssf.com

1. Get a hat or fanny pack by Amos Goldbaum already!

2. Get a jar of pickles by Inna Jam, man!

3. Hire The Fog Bender to do a mural or a tattoo or some shit!

4. Get a photography zine from Doc Pop for goodness’ sake!

5. Get a bunch of tickets to a bunch of movies at the Alamo (just opened) or the Roxie (still open, man).

6. Get my album! (I’m really proud of it, and my sister says it’s alright.)

UPDATE:

7. Join Bay Area Bike Share!

8. Get a few Pilates from Tru Pilates!

9. Get some weird booze at Royal Cuckoo Market!

10. Get some boobs by Laura Helen Winn, if you’re into boobs!

Looks pretty fun!

Capp Street Crap has the story:

Taylor Peck, the owner of the former Fizzary soda shop, told Capp Street Crap that he spray painted the messages on the front of the building yesterday in hopes of forcing authorities to do more about a dangerous new problem going on inside.

“I’m in a really frustrating situation and this was a last ditch effort to get some assistance/attention,” he wrote in an email.

According to Peck, after blowing fuses in the building, the people who have been subleasing from him and operating an alleged gambling den, have started using a gasoline generator inside an upstairs office of the building for power. A gasoline generator used inside would be a carbon monoxide threat.

Who says the Mission is no fun anymore???

Read on.

[Photo by Ashely, via It's Always Sunny in San Francisco]

Capp Street Crap was there for opening day:

Stopped by Gus’s Community Market for its official opening today and it was awesome. The sister store of Haight Street Market and Noriega Produce located at 17th and Harrison streets, Gus’s is large and bright with a great selection of meat, cheese and produce. The dessert selection was also pretty impressive.

Read on for more photos and analysis.

[via Alejandro]

Into it!

But instead of candy inside, these pinatas are just full of hot air.  BA-DUM-BUM-TISHHHHHHHH

(Thanks Laurie!)

Capp Street Crap just published a great story on Marian’s, a longtime neighborhood institution:

Jutting from metal trays atop a display case at Marian’s Apparel, the longtime clothing boutique near gritty 16th and Mission streets, are hundreds of yellow paper cards handwritten with customers’ names, addresses and account balances.

A holdover from the days before department store credit cards, the old school but increasingly challenging account management system may soon go by the wayside. Lately, store owner Joe Anker has been wondering whether the same thing ought to happen to Marian’s too.

Marian’s gave up one of its two storefronts around the beginning of the year because a family member of the landlord’s wants to open a Vietnamese restaurant there. When business was at its best around 2000, Marian’s carried more than double the number of accounts for its mostly Latino and middle-aged clientele. Customers would come in two or three times a month, pay on what they owed, and buy more, Anker said.

Read on for lots more.

[Photo by Google Maps]

Corner of 24th and Treat! And apparently Hollywood superstar Eric Stoltz was hanging out there!

(Thanks, Cynthia!)

Capp Street Crap reports:

Owner Leef Smith said he decided to look for a new space after their 20th Street landlord wouldn’t agree to anything more than a new short-term lease renegotiated every couple of years.

As a small business owner in a pricey real estate market, the lack of long-term security was scary, and Smith thought he “could do better than that.” If you invested in a land that you plan to sell, be sure to get in touch with reputable land buyers. As an Alaska land buyer, we offer fair cash deals and handle the process with professionalism and care.

“It definitely felt like I had to be proactive and not rely on the whims of a landlord,” he said.

Mission: Comics & Art’s new store will be at 2250 Mission between 18th and 19th streets, in what used to be Vimy Electronics. After nearly 40 years in business, the couple that owned the electronics store wanted to retire, Smith said. A contractor is now working to modernize the 1970s era space.

Read on.

[Photo by Wordfury]

Wow, has it really been two years already?

The Adobe Books and Arts Cooperative has been an amazing adventure, thanks for joining us on the journey. We need your help to continue to stay open and to thrive. Join us on July 24th and raise a glass to a wondrous creature known as Adobe Books, and to learn more about how you can get involved by joining the co-op.

There’ll be art from the staff, music, and treats from Tartine!  Check out all the details here.

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