San Francisco Citizen

Well, here’s the new SoMA Streatfood Park, betwixt the I-beams of the Central Freeway (near the western terminus of I-80) and Store #144, America’s First Urban Costco.

I guess I passed through the place early – it looked like a ghost town when I was there.

But the Yelpers, well, they love it.

As does Amanda Gold. And the Wall Street Journal reminds us that the SFP is just a short “stroll” from the $3.2 million penthouse at 9 Bernice.

And, oh, KQED’s Jenny Oh offers her photos and impressions here.

Say cheese!

The entrance at 428 11th:

Les mise-en-scene – reminds me of the spare vehicle lot / junkyard of Veterans Cab Co, which is what this place used to be. Instead of busted Plymouth Gran Furies we now have food trucks:

Open-air communal dining, redolent of the Main Pavilion at Jonestown:

Ah, here are the trees on Division shown in the plans. All this new activity has chased away the under-the-freeway stolen bicycle fences all the way to….

…just across Division Street:

Now, speaking of parking, here’s what you’ll see across the street from the main entrance: ”PARKING IS FOR COSTCO SHOPPERS ONLY – Violators Will Be Towed”

So, you’ve been warned.

I don’t know, I’m sure it was a royal PITA to get the SFP up and running. And I know that the gestation period for this new baby was longer than a rhino’s, but of course a lot of that had to do with setting up the handicapped-accessible bathrooms and the pavillion and whatnot.

What I don’t know is how things will shake out for the SFP over the next year or two. This could be a case of a K-selection strategy in an r-selection environment.

We’ll see.

M-F: 11 AM to 3 PM and 5 PM to 10 PM

Weekends: 11 AM to 10 PM

People on the street eating chicken and meat
People eating pork with a knife and a fork

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