Comments on: Mission Street Food — Drama!

By: gray1138

gray1138 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:39:04 +0000

My company used to do alot of business with Vanguard and James in particular. He may have done alot of good for the neighborhood but I’ve never met a bigger self-entitled, raging ass-hat in my life.

By: nunemacher blocker

nunemacher blocker — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:18:07 +0000

nunemacher seems to have a habit of telling his neighbors to piss off when it suits him. he tried to develop a building at illinois & 18th that raised the ire of the dogpatch folks and even the carpenters union next door to him. the result has been daily pickets, which his contractor tried to deal with by throwing feces all over the street. and he’s trying to build market-rate SROs on 6th street, exploiting a loophole in the planning code to build a bunch of tiny cubes at an insane price per square foot. sheesh.

By: burritojustice

burritojustice — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:07:59 +0000

I would welcome Mission Street Food in front of my house any day, any time. Do I need a liquor license for a keg in my garage?

There’s no doubt that Vanguard keeps that corner clean, and I congratulate them for making Mission Street better. I wish more businesses did the same.

But that just doesn’t excuse James’ behavior. MSF was leaving the corner cleaner than they found it, sweeping, washing it down and picking up their trash. And last Thursday the cops told them that all was cool with the permits they were using. (I found Antijitos permits on 21st as well as 16th on SFgov, by the way.)

I would have expected Vanguard to welcome a neighborhood event like MSF, but I guess it wasn’t meant to be. I hope MSF finds a more deserving street corner whenever they open back up the truck. All I know is I’m sad I don’t get sandwiches tonight.

By: matthew riner

matthew riner — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:50:52 +0000

frankly, no one seems to understand that “james” was trying to protect the neighborhood. He started board of the Mission Miracle mile. A community group who’s goal is to improve the mission and help thriving businesses that pay taxes to keep the block clean and safe by paying for extra cleaning and police attendance. He was doing what he felt was right for the locals. perhaps not the best approach was used but…..all with good intention.
Matthew…a member of the neighborhood

By: Angelo Gikas

Angelo Gikas — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:55:24 +0000

I live on 21st and Mission and i see how hard Vanguard Properties tries to keep the street clean. Every morning they have a guy out there sweeping and hosing down the street. I also see a truck that power washes a few times a month i think. The whole block has improved since they moved in a few years ago. The Mango stand, hot vendors and yes the “great taco truck” of Mission Street foods is a big contributor to the mess that i see every morning. Not everyone throws the garbage on the floor but enough do. I do not believe they have a permit because i have seen the police cite them on various occasions If you like them so much invite them to set up in front of your house and you clean after them .

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:26:22 +0000

I don’t blame him for going mad! He has cleaned up the block. Take a walk from 24th to 20th streets and you can see how clean the 21st Street block is compared to the others. These vendors who do not pay taxes nor have a permit leave a mess for merchants who pay taxes to clean. If you log onto the sfgove website you will see that only the Mango stand has a permit to sell fruit and snowcones. The “antojitos san miguel” truck has a permit for 16th Mission Bart Plaza. The owner of the truck rents it to Anthony Myint on Thursday nights. Anthony was given the permit to display but if he did his homework he would know that it is a permit to sell Mangos and not hot food!! I am sure if they had a valid permit this would not be a problem!!

By: burritojustice

burritojustice — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:41:21 +0000

Fair enough, but no meat in either the Mission Melt or the King Trumpet. And the PB&J is cute.

The Antonjitos truck was not exactly a meat free zone in its standard configuration.

By: suzyq

suzyq — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:52:29 +0000

i beleive “james the Hatter” is a vegetarian, maybe that had something to do with his not too cool tirad

By: burritojustice

burritojustice — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 04:37:24 +0000

Oh dear god this is such a better explanation of the night that mine. I wish I had written it. Is there a clear semantic difference between asshattery and assbaggery?

By: Hater Tries to Spoil Mission Street Food Fun « Mission Mission

Hater Tries to Spoil Mission Street Food Fun « Mission Mission — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:23:24 +0000

[...] Last night, we got to Mission Street Food at 7:55 and the line was already half a block long. In addition to this, some maniac was causing a commotion up front shouting something about permitting. We were very hungry, so we went to La Taqueria instead. Undaunted, Burrito Justice stuck it out and got the full story, and some interesting photos (like the one above). Also, bacon. Link. [...]