Was Lucky River on Monterey tenderizing meat on the sidewalk?

Elizabeth Weise's avatarThe Glen Park Association

FromSF Weekly

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If you have trouble keeping your Thanksgiving turkey tender, we recommend putting in an overnight brine. Out of fridge space? Well, if in a pinch, why not try the sidewalk method: slam down your half-frozen bird on the sidewalk in front of your house, as hard as you can, before rubbing the skin with salt, pepper, sage, and olive oil.

Actually, scratch that. Please don’t.

Footage from a cell phone was uploaded to LiveLeak over the weekend, showing a man slamming down a large slab of meat on the sidewalk, just outside of a local restaurant’s storage room. The video has quickly gathered over 60,000 views, just 18 hours after being uploaded.

The video’s description claims that the footage was taken outside of Lucky River Restaurant, a small Chinese place in Sunnyside. The LiveLeaks user, who uses the name torrnado, posted this description along with the video:

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Update – Final Date for Comment on Safeway Project is November 26, 2014

NOV. 26 is FINAL DATE FOR COMMENT TO BE INCLUDED IN COMMISSION PACKETS. Sorry for the confusion, but SF Planning just notified us that rules specify that it comments have to be receive BY NOV. 26 , not Dec. 3. SO GET THEM IN

ASAP TO:
Marcelle Boudreaux, AICP
Planner, Southwest Quadrant
Planning Department, City and County of San Francisco
1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103
regular mail
or email
Email: marcelle.boudreaux@sfgov.org

Safeway Monterey Blvd Prosposed Remodel goes to Planning Commission!

625 Monterey Blvd, case no. 2010.0401C – Safeway Monterey – has been calendared for:

December 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm

City Hall, Commission Chambers – Room 400
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco CA 94102 US

There will be a public notice mailed out to property owners within 300 feet and posted on site at the property at minimum 20 days before the hearing.

If you would like any comments included in the packet prior to submission to the Planning Commissioners for review, be sure to submit communication Marcelle Boudreaux (by email, by mail or by phone) by Wednesday December 5th, 2014, 5pm. Anything submitted after that time will be noted during staff presentation, or can be submitted by members of the public during the public comment period when this item is being heard.

Member of the public can attend the hearing to speak; the Planning Commission is held in Room 400 at City Hall starting at 12:00 pm. About a week before the hearing, we may have a better idea of timing for when this specific item may be heard.

Feel free to review the Planning Department website, Planning Commission agendas, for more information — http://www.sf-planning.org/.  The case report will be prepared a week prior to the hearing date, and linkable from the online agenda.

Marcelle Boudreaux, AICP
Planner, Southwest Quadrant

Planning Department, City and County of San Francisco
1650 Mission Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA 94103
Direct: 415-575-9140 Fax: 415-558-6409

Email: marcelle.boudreaux@sfgov.org

Web: www.sfplanning.org

Got Mulch? Get it for Free…..

GGP Resource Center Resource Giveaway September 2014

Urban Agriculture Resource Centers are a free service of the SF Rec and Park Urban Agriculture Program. The resource centers will have materials for all levels of urban agriculture (backyard gardener, community gardener, or urban farmer) to pick up supplies, get educational opportunities, and build on the existing informal and formal networks of garden materials and programs. Materials on site are available to any gardener in the city of San Francisco to help green and beautify the city.

Bring your own container to put materials in; drive up access will be available as well (limited amounts available per person). Thanks to Recology for the compost and Rec and Park for the mulch and soil.

Monthly: Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Garden, 780 Frederick: November 1, 2014, December 6, 2014, January 24, 2015.  All dates 9am -12pm.

Quarterly: Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd: November 8, 2014, February 7, 2015. 9am – 12pm.

Mobile: Bayview Garden Resource Hub (pop-up series in partnership with the Recreation and Park Department, Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco Department of the Environment the San Francisco Foundation, Girls 2000 and Quesada Gardens Initiative).

November 22, 2014, 10am-2pm, Adam Rogers Park, Ingalls and Oakdale

January 17th, 2015, 10am-2pm, Quesada Gardens, 3rd Street and Quesada

March 14th, 2015, 10am-2pm, Southeast Treatment Facility, 1800 Oakdale

Additional dates will be posted as they are confirmed.

Winter Note: In case of a severe weather event, the resource centers will be closed.

For more information, visit

http://sfrecpark.org/park-improvements/urban-agriculture-program-citywide/urban-agriculture-resource-centers/?utm_source=November+12th+Sewer+eNewsletter+&utm_campaign=Sewer+eNews&utm_medium=email