Here’s the deal, from an message to their mailing list earlier this week:
Dear friends and neighbors of The Royal cuckoo Market,
Will you join us on Thursday, Sept. 7th?
The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not. The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show that they would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.
WHEN AND WHERE:
September 7th Thursday
City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)
AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda. The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available.
Full text of the email after the jump:
Dear friends and neighbors of The Royal cuckoo Market,
Will you join us on Thursday, Sept. 7th?
The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not. The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show that they would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.
WHEN AND WHERE:
September 7th Thursday
City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)
AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda. The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available.
http://sf-planning.org/meeting/planning-commission-september-7-2017-agenda
This is an invitation, and a very heartfelt request for your presence, at The Planning Commission Public Hearing for The Royal Cuckoo Market on Thursday September 7th.
As most all of you know, we are a grocery store with food prep, and we now need to be called a grocery store with restaurant through planning department permits. The store has been making food for 3 years so nothing will change. No construction, zero changes, already approved to serve food , beer and wine, but need this new permit due to planning department technicality.
Since we have already been operating in this manner for quite some time, the effects of not obtaining this permit will be devastating to our little market. We have already invested in how it is, and can’t afford to go backwards. We are barely making it by serving a little food and having our cute lunch counter which allows people to hang out a while and then shop, so the option to operate without food is not a feasible option for us. We love the market in the back and the lunch counter in the front. We believe in our business model and it is helping us survive the retail struggles that are happening because of online options. We chose to create an experience by keeping our retail and also having a neighborhood counter to hang out at.
The Planning Commissioners on Thursday, September 7th, will decide if we can serve food or not. The Hearing is public, and the outcome is based greatly on community support so we implore anyone interested and available to join us at City Hall to show we would like this business to continue to operate as it has been by granting this permit.
WHEN AND WHERE:
September 7th Thursday
City Hall, Commission Chambers- Room 400
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco (enter main civic center side of city hall not the Van Ness side and take elevator up to the 4th floor)
AGENDA: starts at 1:00 sharp but there are several items on the agenda. The order of items will be posted on the SF planning department site before the hearing but the exact time of our item is not available. http://sf-planning.org/meeting/planning-commission-september-7-2017-agenda
We embrace the neighborhood we have been a part of for 30 years, and we hope to continue serving our friends and neighbors in an environment that we care about deeply and have created with heart.
Your attendance is golden to the outcome of the market!
Very truly yours,
Paul and Debbie
The Royal Cuckoo Market
