The Yum Diary got the scoop from some workmen fixing up the now-empty space:
“What’s going to move in here?” I shouted. (They were really pretty far back there.)
“The Burger Mister!” the elder fellow shouted back.
“The Burger Mister?”
“Yes, the Burger Mister!” he asserted.
[pause, thinking]
“Oh, you mean Burgermeister?” I asked.
“Yes! Yes! The Burgermeister!”
Link. But this still doesn’t answer the more pressing question.
Update: ERRONEOUS!! Thanks, Tracie! Sorry, everybody.
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This makes me very sad. Yum Yum HOUSE had so many delicious mock-chicken dishes, and they cost exactly as much as I wanted to pay for them. Burgermeister, like we need more gross ground-up dead cows (or whatever other “exotic” animals they offer, e.g. ostriches) served around here.
I would put the sign up on my roof, if I somehow acquired it, and turn it on during holidays.
Thanks for the mention! Funny thing — just got it confirmed that it’s NOT going to be a Burgermeister. I updated my post to reflect my convo this aft with the Burgermeister owner.
Yum Yum has been born again, in case you didn’t know:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/yum-yum-hunan-san-francisco-2
So, the sign has been gone for over a month… where’d it go?