Mission Local reports:
The Roosevelt Tamale Parlor on 24th Street near York posted a sign outside its door that said it would be shutting down by the end of this coming Sunday, December 6.
The owners cited “personal health issues” and the “shrinking restaurant labor pool” for the closure, saying the low supply of workers has “fueled unsustainable wage expectations,” a problem Mission Local has written about before for storefronts on Valencia Street.
“We are losing a large part of our kitchen staff, and replacing them is too expensive,” said Aaron Presbrey, one of the restaurant’s owners. “We can’t sustain the place with the current wage expectations.”
Read on for more story, plus the full text of the restaurant’s original announcement.
Now, also note that they’re planning to start marketing their salsa and gravy as retail items, so maybe follow them on Facebook if you want to keep abreast of those developments.
Where have the Common Taters gone?
…..Have they been gentrified right out of having an ISP?
OH MY GOD; potentially relevant is the building is being (or was already) sold. To live above the joint? That’s gonna run you 4k. Who could have ever thought a one bedroom across the street from Pops (well pre-2013 Pops) would cost that much. But then again, hasn’t everyone moved to Temescal with me?