San Francisco turned ghost town?: Dave Chappelle ‘what the f happened to this place ?!’

Salvy · Apr 12, 2024

tinman said: ↑

@Salvy
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Towing cars while they are driving ??

is this GTA7?

Wow

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Would like to see Specialty Towing try that in Texas, we stay strapped.... Hell nah

Salvy · Apr 12, 2024

El_Conquistador said: ↑

Our once great cities are being destroyed by progressive ideology and by communities that are totally lacking in personal responsibility and accountability. What's amazing is that the voters in these places will keep voting Democrat and keep making excuses about crime, drugs, education, work ethic, etc all the way through... even as they run out of jobs, stores, and safe areas to live. Astonishing how they have been brainwashed by the government-controlled media to act in a manner that runs counter to their own well being.

Operation Mockingbird has expanded over the decades to the point where society's most vulnerable (the ones that live in these cities) no longer recognize truth vs propaganda.
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The mayors and governors hate the very people that elected them, I don't blame them for hating woke liberals but they should at least do their jobs...

tinman · Apr 13, 2024

AroundTheWorld said: ↑

Uhhhh dude when was the last time you were in San Francisco, and not just drunk in front of your computer late at night?
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@Commodore
@Astrodome
@Salvy
$6.27 for a gallon of gas ?
consumers getting robbed too

tinman · Apr 13, 2024

basso said: ↑

https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/burrito-la-vaca-briria-sf-18884892.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

One of S.F.’s best burritos now costs $22. Why this acclaimed taqueria nearly doubled its price
Mario Cortez
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La Vaca Birria owner Ricardo Lopez prepares a burrito at his San Francisco restaurant. La Vaca Birria is known for its spicy, tender birria and burritos.

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Ricardo Lopez was long reluctant to raise the prices at his Mission District restaurant La Vaca Birria, where he serves succulent beef braised in a red broth packed into burritos and tacos. But as of late, he simply has no other choice to remain afloat.

“I wish there was something else that I could do,” he said.

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Just like seemingly every other restaurant in the Bay Area, prices have been increasing at La Vaca Birria, and customers aren’t always accepting of the change. So in a recent Instagram post, Lopez addressed a customer complaint about high prices and broke down the reasons his popular grilled cheese birria burrito has gone from $11 a couple of years ago to its current price of $22.

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Simply put, the cost of ingredients and labor has gone up. The trend isn’t new: In the past few years, increasing costs have pushed the price of popular foods from pizza to fried chicken sandwiches ever higher, and burritos aren’t the exception.

Key ingredients for Lopez’s beef birria, like USDA Choice grade chuck, have gone up. When he began the business as a food truck about three years ago, it was $4 per pound; two years ago it was $4.50, and now it’s $6. Because the restaurant uses about 2,500 pounds of beef per month, the $2 increase costs $5,000 per month. Other ingredients he uses like onions have jumped in price from around $11 to $80 for a 50-pound sack. Soybean oil has climbed from $20 to $50 per container. Even mesquite charcoal, a key component for his smoky grilled meats, is more expensive. (According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, food inflation was up 2.2% year-over-year in February, and overall inflation was 3.2%.)

“Nothing that I can think of has returned to pre-COVID pricing,” Lopez said.

Labor has consistently been the restaurant’s largest expense. The S.F. minimum wage ordinance has pushed the rate up to $18.07 per hour. Lopez said some of his longtime staffers make above minimum wage, and he tries to keep raises generous. Items at La Vaca Birria are fairly labor intensive, Lopez said: Staff cook the birria in the oven a day before it’s served, chill it overnight to remove fat from the broth, then braise it until it’s rich and tender.

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The work has paid off. Chronicle associate restaurant critic Cesar Hernandez rated La Vaca Birria’s burrito the Mission’s best, over several longtime favorites, praising the “punchy adobo that brought intense spice to anything it touched.”

The customer complaint Lopez responded to appeared to blame this press coverage for the change in price. “Two years ago it was $11. ... Today it is $22,” a customer wrote on Google. “The Chronicle wrote an article about the burrito in November. Coincidence?”

In a long and candid response, Lopez agreed that there was no coincidence. When Hernandez wrote about the restaurant, La Vaca Birria was nearly broke. The endorsement, Lopez wrote, “gave us the confidence in ourselves that we can charge what we need to keep our doors open and maintain our vision without lowering our quality.”

Ultimately, Lopez also has to fight the long and widely held belief that Mexican food should be inexpensive. He tries to inform customers of the high-quality ingredients he uses and the work that goes into making his birria, but he can’t always get through.

“I hope every damn Mexican restaurant in the Bay Area raises their prices,” he said.
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Syrian Muslim business losing customers to the evil regime of Is…
Oh wait

It’s the city of San Francisco who removed the parking spots on his street for bikes to get rid of cars aka stop oil breh

tinman · Apr 15, 2024

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San Francisco is possibly the most desired place to live in the USA. Estimates show that with affordable housing the population would be four times what it currently is in the Bay Area.

Texas is the number one emerging state in the nation and soon will not be affordable. It is a wonderful place for someone young to move.
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@Salvy
@ROXRAN
@AroundTheWorld
@Jontro
@basso
When the young white girl tik-tokers are saying it sucks, that's bad news
Things have gone down hill

tinman · Apr 16, 2024

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@basso

tinman · Apr 29, 2024 at 10:19 AM

AroundTheWorld said: ↑

Uhhhh dude when was the last time you were in San Francisco, and not just drunk in front of your computer late at night?
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@ROXRAN
@CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul
@Salvy
@basso
This only happens in San Francisco

tinman · Apr 29, 2024 at 10:35 AM

@ROXRAN

a city well known for car break ins ,
A mob of people vandalize a car and set it on fire and then recording it for TikTok
And somehow probably think it helps Gaza

this is Wokeness
@CrixusTheUndefeatedGaul

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