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SF's oldest ice cream parlor could close for good, but owner says the pandemic isn't the problem
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 7, 2020 | By Amanda Bartlett

Posted on 05/07/2020 2:24:12 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

San Francisco’s oldest ice cream parlor opened during a pandemic and will likely close during one, too. But the co-owner of 102-year-old St. Francis Fountain says that’s not the reason he’s potentially shuttering for good.

Instead, he blames the city.

“We were already undergoing an extinction level event for small businesses, first in metropolitan areas, and spreading out across California,” Peter Hood told SFGATE in an e-mail. “We could survive a pandemic. The deeper question is why? Why even try in a city that has been actively driving small businesses out of business for over a decade?”

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: california; economy; icecream; retail; sanfrancisco

1 posted on 05/07/2020 2:24:12 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

Well, Pete, you could go ask Nancy...oh, wait, she prefers another brand, sorry.


2 posted on 05/07/2020 2:26:55 PM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I guess people didn’t want poop for sprinkles.


3 posted on 05/07/2020 2:29:34 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Funny how we had these Ice Cream Parlors for years and years without Obesity being prevalent. We used to go to Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor all the time.


4 posted on 05/07/2020 2:30:22 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: ConservativeStatement

Why do I think he voted D?


5 posted on 05/07/2020 2:31:35 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Why do I think he voted D?

Because that's all you can vote for in many parts of the Bay Area for many years now. Choice of two DEMs, no GOP, maybe Green Party and other obscure progressives.

6 posted on 05/07/2020 2:37:37 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: ConservativeStatement

Meanwhile homeless may have rooms in the Ritz Carlton.


7 posted on 05/07/2020 2:45:54 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: eyeamok

I used to love Farrell’s in the 70s. We loved having our birthday parties there and getting the clown ice cream sundaes, and the little pots of hot fudge, and the big jaw breakers from the store afterwards....


8 posted on 05/07/2020 2:46:19 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: dfwgator

... oh, and avoid the rum “raisin”, too.


9 posted on 05/07/2020 2:46:56 PM PDT by glennaro (Dennis Prager: "Until It's Safe" means "Never")
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Why do I think he voted D?

I don't know......I think it's unfair to prejudge someone simply based on a newspaper interview.......

10 posted on 05/07/2020 2:54:29 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: ConservativeStatement

The Chronicle prints this, oblivious to the part they played.


11 posted on 05/07/2020 2:58:59 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: ConservativeStatement

You should pack up and leave for more friendly pastures Peter Hood. 8>)


12 posted on 05/07/2020 3:10:10 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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WHY ?

Because its far easier (less effort) to get Bribes from a few BIG COMPANIES than to extort them from a hundred small ones.

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13 posted on 05/07/2020 3:38:14 PM PDT by elbook
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To: ConservativeStatement

Nazi Pelosi could put his inventory in her freezer.


14 posted on 05/07/2020 3:42:17 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: ConservativeStatement

Piles of human shit in front of the store a problem?


15 posted on 05/07/2020 3:55:49 PM PDT by albie
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To: ConservativeStatement

Mr. Hood you should have tried harder to get NanZi’s business.


16 posted on 05/07/2020 4:36:32 PM PDT by ImpBill (Conservative voter sans political Party!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

bkmk


17 posted on 05/07/2020 4:40:04 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Meh ... wake me up if they’re gonna close the Tadich Grill so I can go one last time.


18 posted on 05/07/2020 5:26:51 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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“It may say ‘Died in Pandemic’ on our tombstone, but the truth is, being a small business in San Francisco, we were already dead. Cue the band on the Titanic. i

However, it will likely be listed as a victim of Covid, like as many other presumed deaths by that virus.

19 posted on 05/07/2020 6:53:24 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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