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San Francisco’s Biggest Restaurants Are Eerily EmptyWhen the city locks down, what do you do with thousands of square feet?
Eater San Francisco ^ | 12/09/2020 | Becky Duffett

Posted on 12/17/2020 10:30:52 AM PST by Vendome

When China Live opened in 2017, it was a big deal in San Francisco. Totaling 30,000 square feet and four stories, it was a $20 million investment three years in the making.

Of the more than 200 employees it takes to run the place, he laid off 182 in March, and slowly hired a few back, so currently, 40 people are rattling around the giant building.

When One65 opened in 2019, it was like swinging open the doors to an entire department store or food hall filled with French revelations. Tall and narrow, it’s 20,000 square feet stacked up six floors, near the trolley car turnaround in Union Square.

Pre-pandemic, the building needed more than a hundred employees to run, but again, most were laid off, a few were rehired, and now only 15 people are manning the gigantic ship.

neither China Live nor One65 owns their buildings, and they still have to pay rent.


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To: Vendome

The day that Beijing Joe is sworn in, millions and millions of illegals will be charging in.

So, let them take over Gay Frisco’s vacant restaurants and office buildings to live/sleep in and to collect their welfare and medical benefits.

That will be happening in every big Blue City from NYC to Gay Frisco.


21 posted on 12/17/2020 11:07:16 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Our 2nd Civil War started, Friday, December 11th, 2020! As we can not have real elections anymore)
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To: colorado tanker
"No way that putz could be elected. "

I wouldn't bet on that.
Not with the massive Dem fraud machine in place
and the corrupt courts and media to back it up.

22 posted on 12/17/2020 11:10:09 AM PST by StormEye
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To: Vendome

Back in 1995, I was in NY exactly this time of year. You could hardly move as there were so many people on the street. You could have lifted both of your feet and the crowd would have carried you.

FAO Schwartz was jam packed. The energy in the city was exhilarating.

The people who voted in Cuomo and Wilheim own the death of this city but have their heads too far up their butts and will not accept the blame for its murder.


23 posted on 12/17/2020 11:11:58 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Vendome
Turn it into a Buggery Festival site! That's it! It will make million$! The place will be packed!
24 posted on 12/17/2020 11:20:45 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Vendome

Oh, I don’t know. Maybe broadcast a song:

California
is nice to the homeless
Californ-ya-ya
Super cool to the homeless

Peach


25 posted on 12/17/2020 11:27:15 AM PST by CarolinaPeach
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To: Vendome

But they’d better pay their property tax - IN FULL!!


26 posted on 12/17/2020 11:27:26 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: colorado tanker
No way that putz could be elected.

Challenger accepted...

u-At-C8-Mkmk-M

(Do the FR Karens know that no one thinks this is DVS' actual unedited logo?)

27 posted on 12/17/2020 11:33:47 AM PST by null and void (My President is a Person Of Color, Orange is a Color...)
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To: volunbeer

Sorry, but you left out the mandatory citizen service hours
- non-citizens and prisoners exempted of course.

Social score goal:
8 hours/week [whites]
6 hours/week [Asians]
0 hours/week [Persons of Color (not Asians)]
0 hours/week [LGBTAZCYDEFHIJKMNOPQRSUVWXYZ]
12 hours/week [undeclared]


28 posted on 12/17/2020 11:34:33 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: colorado tanker
No way that putz could be elected.

You must be thinking about America from long ago.
29 posted on 12/17/2020 11:35:34 AM PST by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: Vendome

When this all shakes out we will see proof of the trickle down theory of economic.

This ill-conceived plan to lock down our economy is like building a dam, but instead of water the government if stopping the flow of money.

To continue the analogy, with out water crops will die, and without money the economy will die.

California is now suffering a financial drought caused by politicians who do not understand economic (they only understand getting power and keeping it).

Remember - the communist in China and the old Soviet Union were willing to allow millions of their people die in the name of their ideology.


30 posted on 12/17/2020 11:42:19 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Vendome
Where to celebrate the Holidays in Frisco if you are not an entitled Democrat politician?

How about the Tenderloin Laundry? Fine dining from a selection of the City's best dumpsters!

31 posted on 12/17/2020 11:49:12 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: volunbeer
Sure, there will be no tax base, but most will feel pretty good about things and they can just raise taxes on the rest.

They don't need a tax base when D.C. will bail them out of every bad decision they make.

32 posted on 12/17/2020 11:54:17 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: Vendome

Since it is San Fransicko, first they will let the homeless addicts squat there and cover it in piss and $hit, when that is done they will but it down.

It looks like the West has decided to suicide itself.


33 posted on 12/17/2020 11:57:31 AM PST by wildcard_redneck (COVID lockdowns are the Establishment's attack on the middle class and our Republic)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

I miss FAO and Christmas


34 posted on 12/17/2020 12:08:38 PM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

I’m sure robot waiters could be programmed to ask “How is everything” every half hour or so.


35 posted on 12/17/2020 12:11:32 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Vendome

Shazam, homeless shelters everywhere, with walk in fridges.


36 posted on 12/17/2020 2:06:29 PM PST by lurk ( )
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