A big, steaming, porky torta. This guy across from me was quick about it, and tidy for the most part. No big deal?
I tend to think it’s okay to eat outside food in bars that don’t serve their own (while one Missionite in particular thinks it’s a heinous affront), but is the coffee shop a different story?
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Doesn’t it make more sense to take the coffee to go to wherever the torta is?
No wireless at the torta shop!
Browsing the Internet is an affront to the torta. Some moments require your full attention.
I’m with Amanda here. First of all, he gets points for NOT getting a burrito and showing his advanced ordering skills. But I’d feel best about it if he asked the staff what they thought… as long as he’s buying something I’d be okay with it.
Yo, sit right down in the coffee shotp and eat that shit. Unless it stinks, in which case take it outside.
Bad form. There may be a couple bars where it’s okay to bring in other food, but that’s it. You just don’t do that.
And if you don’t want coffee, muffins or granola, don’t fucking go there. These people are trying to run a business — have a little respect.
how is it disrespectful to eat outside food in a coffee shop? it’s not like taking poncho villa into puerto allegre. it does not interfere with their ability to sell coffee, so I think the business can still run just fine.
and for the record, if the bar isn’t packed, and you clean up after yourself, and you don’t later end up vomiting said food up all over the bar, there are few bartenders (other than the infamous rachel) who have a problem with it. in fact most bartenders are okay with people eating at their bar, provided you offer to bring them back something too.
*IT IS* like taking Pancho Villa into Puerto Alegre. When one enters a business, it’s to patronize that business.
If someone wants to eat a torta, what the fuck are they doing in a coffee shop?
Oh, I’m sorry, you want to hang out with your friends, and everyone should accommodate you.
Yep. Basically. Didn’t you get the memo- the world totally revolves around me. And every other person who wants to have a beer and something to eat at the same place.
And this dude did patronize the business, he got a coffee.
So long as he buys something there, I don’t see how posting up in a coffee shop and eating a torta is any different than posting up in a coffee shop and oh, sitting on computer for hours just for free internet. Except for the fact, he got done with his torta and freed up space for someone else to patronize the business more quickly than someone who decides to set up their office there.
Ya right, if you don’t serve food at your bar, you expect people to eat at it.
I think it’s lame to bring food into a coffee shop for one reason: YOU’RE AT A COFFEE SHOP <—–LAME
But since your there you should bring a bottle of Don Julio to drink with your Cubano.
would you go into the taqueria and sit down with your own food? you don’t bring food into a place that serves food. it’s ok to disconnect from twitter for ten minutes to enjoy your lunch.
who gives a shit?
EXACTLY!!
Seriously!
Being forced to smell your food at a coffee shop is tortature.
I demand torta reform!
Just make it into a tortaflower and call it a day.
It’s 410 AD all over again.
What? The Romans are abandoning Britain to their own defense?!
Bad form.
coffee and torta….. are you trying to shit your guts out?
are you planning on doing this at the coffee shop too???
if so- bad form.
It’s disrespectful.
It’s self-absorbed.
It’s poor class.
It’s naive.
Being at a coffee shop is almost always, all of these things. Truedat. Unless your hiding from you bar friends or need a WiFi hotspot.
Who died and made you the torta police?
What’s with all the fucking rules, people? It’s not like bringing your torta into a coffee shop is, like, the new fad or something. It was one guy – who gives a fuck? And if the coffee shop gives a fuck, then let them give a fuck. It’s their business, not anyone elses.
So one guy brings a torta into a coffee shop one day…
…and mission mission explodes with critique. Doesn’t this whole thing seem a little strange to anyone else? If the torta (or any other odiferous food) bothers you, you can: A, sit somewhere else or B, confront the person and say, “Hey, your torta is stinking up the joint – get outta here and eat somewhere else.” I’m sick of this west-coast, snap-a-picture-and-post-it to-your-blog shit (rather than confront someone). If you have a problem, say it. Most of the time people will be reasonable, or they will let you know that you and your stinky opinions are not.
Of course, bullshit like this generates a greater number of hits for the site (guilty) … but I want news out of this blog; events, neighborhood information and things that actually matter. What is this, a slow news day? It’s like the 24-hour mission blog cycle or something. Give us substance! If I were unemployed, I would start a much better blog for the neighborhood. Somebody should get on that.
Meanwhile, who died and made you the blog police? You only give a fuck about people giving a fuck about things you don’t happen to give a fuck about?
Who died and made you the police police, big shot?
FUCK THE POLICE
All I have to say is LMFAO!!
That and this: I seriously doubt this is a “West Coast” thing. If your feeling a bit homesick, maybe it’s time to take a visit back home, but the mission is an ever changing district.
Lived in the mission for 20+ yrs and have seen it changed so much. I still remember when low-riders used to stroll up and down the mission on friday and saturday night.
Seriously, get out there and explore it a bit more.
The gentleman in fact finished the torta and ordered an iced coffee, politely, and he was welcomed to return.
it’s obvious that nobody on this post has ever worked at a restaurant before.
er- i mean, spend dad’s art school money on whatever tortas you want! and eat it wherever you please!
Uuuh, yes, I have.
I used to go to the old Thieves Tavern and eat what ever I wanted. Nobody ever gave a crap about any one eating. If anything, the usuals would all chip in and buy extra large pizza’s and share.
Also, Virginia (AKA the TAMALE LADY) would come in and sell her delicious tamales.
totally irrelevant. Thieves Tavern does not serve food; the issue here is taking food from one dining establishment into another.
A coffee shop serving tortas? Ridiculous.
What’s even more ridiculous is people making an issue about bringing food into a coffee shop that does not serve tortas.
Some one tell me what coffee shop this is so I can bring in my own torta.
I’ll even eat my torta with a fork and knife and raised pinky.
Look for me at every single coffee shop.
What I want to know is, what establishment did the torta come from? Looks killer.
Naming the best burrito is so over. Where is the best torta in the Mission?
exactly. all yall burrito eaters are BEGINNERS
Mexicali-style tortas are the best.
Yeah, that was my initial thought – where is this torta from? I want one, pronto.
Can we just have a blanket understanding that you shouldn’t bring smelly food into a place where the smells will clash with those of the place you’re entering? Burritos in bars are usually OK, tortas in a coffee shop probably not, anything that doesn’t smell anywhere = who cares.
This ties into the larger blanket rule that it’s good etiquette not to do things in public that are likely to be impossible for those nearby to ignore, whether it’s because of the smell, noise, flashing lights, etc.
This isn’t rocket science, people.
It’s ok Mr. Bourdain
Can we just make this question about whether or not it would be ok to bring a bucket of KFC into a cafe and shove it, piece by piece, into your face — thus eliminating the “I’m a cool hipster who eats tortas instead of suburban junk food” ambiance from the discussion?
What about fried chicken and waffles?
Suburban junk food is the new food trucks. I hear Der Weinerschnitzel is opening a location at the old Ti Couz space.
I hope your not being sarcastic, because I agree with your questions of eating a bucket of KFC.
In response to best torta question, hands down torta gorda. the owners take serious pride in their food and when there’s an hour and a half wait at st. francis for bfast, torta gorda always delivers fast, hot, delectable and affordable food.
also- since when were food smells considered offensive?
When I lived out on Folsom, there was that one store that sold these awesome tortas on the corner of 21st & Folsom St.
I know its different now, but now sure if its the same owner.
tortas > muffins.
If Torta’s are outlawed, only outlaws will have Torta’s
I love you guys.
Really the moral of this story is that if a coffee shop started selling tortas, they would make a fucking killing.
A-men! Coffee, tortas, and fresh ice cream. I’d be at that place all the damn time!
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