Comments on Mission Chinese Food: Full-Time Charitable Restaurant?

I'm interested in some pro-bono or cost-based ...

2010-03-10T11:06:44.636-08:00

I'm interested in some pro-bono or cost-based design/consulting for your project. Check my profile, hit me back if you want to talk...

www.krbspecialists.com
@KRBSpecialists
On Facebook too...

-Alec

Hi Guillermo, at this point, the most straightforw...

2010-03-03T17:50:57.732-08:00

Hi Guillermo, at this point, the most straightforward way to contribute to the opening of our full-time charitable restaurant is to go here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/603393953/mission-street-food-is-opening-a-full-time-charita

Thanks,

Anthony

I want to donate to the Mission Street Food cause....

2010-03-03T15:50:13.277-08:00

I want to donate to the Mission Street Food cause. Who do I contact to do that? Thanks.

I want to donate to the Mission Street Food cause....

2010-03-03T15:48:13.373-08:00

I want to donate to the Mission Street Food cause. How can I do that? Thanks.

Hey! I heard about you on the news last night. Wha...

2010-02-20T11:03:18.260-08:00

Hey! I heard about you on the news last night. What a truly great idea! I am an accountant for nonprofits in SF, but have been studying how to do acctng for coops. I would love to help out, and become a member as well.

My partner is also a chef at the JW Marriott who is looking to be a guest chef. He graduated from the Culinary Academy in SF and specializes in asian-French fusion, particularly Shanghai-ese cuisine, because he's from there. I'll have him fill out the guest chef application I saw on this blog.

-Billy Chen

I recently came across your blog and have been rea...

2010-02-10T23:01:29.679-08:00

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Lucy

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I'm glad you guys opted for the Kickstarter op...

2010-02-07T17:24:44.355-08:00

I'm glad you guys opted for the Kickstarter option. I kicked in $75 this morning, might do more.

I also mocked up a possible shirt design for you guys. If you dig it, perhaps you could somehow tie in a shirt promo with your kickstarter.

I started a project on kickstarter: http://www.kic...

2010-02-05T23:44:32.003-08:00

I started a project on kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/603393953/mission-street-food-is-opening-a-full-time-charita?ref=email
Thanks for the suggestion.

As for Curry's question about tax deductions, this would not be a donation and we are not technically a non-profit, so no, the money would not be tax deductible. Sorry.

I'd love to donate. Although-- would this be t...

2010-02-04T21:32:04.748-08:00

I'd love to donate. Although-- would this be tax-deductible since the donor would be receiving a dividend?

Word on the street is that the folks at Lung Shan ...

2010-02-04T16:03:44.109-08:00

Word on the street is that the folks at Lung Shan are a more-or-less done operating their restaurant — so I heard from owners of another place on that block of Mission. I don't want to jump the gun, but any chance that 2234 might turn out to be the permanent location?

I'd definitely be interested in investing in y...

2010-02-02T20:35:41.121-08:00

I'd definitely be interested in investing in your charitable restaurant, but I think Doc Pop's idea is something you should pursue first.

i love the idea. i wouldn't mind seeing a $10...

2010-02-01T23:25:36.490-08:00

i love the idea.

i wouldn't mind seeing a $100 member buy-in option, with a separate capital offering of $500+ -- they'd be more like 'preferred stock' -- but only 'one vote', no matter how much you go in for.

the black star coop in austin, tx is rolling like this (video1) (video2).

What a great idea! I'm definitely interested ...

2010-02-01T12:03:06.579-08:00

What a great idea! I'm definitely interested in investing $500. Here's an exchange on FB between my friend and I:

Friend: i saw that and was thinking that they loose their economic advantages when going towards a traditional model (ie: rent only on highly productive days, and have more diversity of menu by requiring lower commitment from guest chefs)

Les: They're definitely taking a risk. But consider that Delancey St. has been able to stay in business. It seems like they've fine-tuned their current model ... maybe they were bored b/c they've done all they could already, and asked "what is the next step?" Given the plethora of non-profits in the area, they could even dedicate certain nights to certain issues, say Monday to arts, and Tuesday to health issues (cancer awareness, blood drive), Wednesday to women's groups, Thursday to guest chefs, Friday to ethnic groups, Saturday to Mission-based groups, Sunday to children's causes, just to have some framework, rather than seven days of anything goes.

And rather than taking it all on themselves, they could have people from the community helping them promote and cross-promote each night or week, or the same night each week. Additionally, as they've done, each group that benefits a particular night could promote to their consituents.

This sounds interesting. Have you guys considered ...

2010-01-31T17:22:17.474-08:00

This sounds interesting. Have you guys considered raising money on Kickstarter? I bet you could raise 50,000 through donations and giveaways without having to go the co-op model.
For instance, I would like to contribute somehow, but $500 may be a little high for me.