On 12/6/21 12:25 AM, Fred Corn Dobbs wrote:
> info@hildaandjessesf.com
>
> Rating 1.3 out of 5
> 210 Google reviews
>
> Google / Alphabet is dishonestly censoring negative reviews for this
> restaurant.
>
> Hilda and Jesse
> Recently opened
> Service options: Dine-in · Takeout
> Address: 701 Union St, San Francisco, CA 94133
> Hours:
> Closed · Opens 5:30PM Mon
> Health & safety: Mask required · More details
> Phone: (628) 201-4437
> Reservations: hildaandjessesf.com
> https://www.hildaandjessesf.com/about
>
> https://www.yelp.com/biz/hilda-and-jesse-san-francisco
>
> "Menu only includes Bacon Lettuce and Mayo sandwiched with Crab, Radish
> and Tomato sauce. So, please ask for them as the combo “BLM-CRT special”."
>
> 12/5/2021
> I would not support or recommend
> a San Francisco business that discriminates against the SFPD.
> Shame on you!!!
> May the eggs of a Thousand Cockroach's hatch and infest your kitchen.
> I hope the Health Department Shuts you down....
>
> 12/5/2021
> 1 photo
> This is a "safe" space.
> One that you can not come to when your job is to keep people safe.
> This is a "weapon free" zone.
> But they don't realize everything from the fire extinguisher on the wall
> to the chef's knife becomes a weapon.
> This establishment is "free of discrimination", but it refuses to
> seat/serve certain people.
> Since weapons make them uncomfortable they need to turn in their knives to
> law enforcement and only cook with spoons. No weapons allowed!
> Owners and managers should be ashamed of themselves. Investors need to
> pull their money and this place needs to be boycotted.
>
> 12/5/2021
> I have faced discrimination and I know how it feels like, the reason why I
> started yelping.
>
> If your customers can trust your chef with a knife and the food, I am sure
> you could trust those cops with guns who were doing their job too.
>
> The restaurant owner should have at least provided them with an option of
> takeout, with some complimentary food if they were not comfortable with
> guns on premises.
>
> 12/5/2021
> 1 photo
> Worst food ever. I refuse to eat here again because you refused to serve
> on-duty police officers in uniform working this neighborhood to protect
> your business. I hope your restaurant is robbed at gunpoint or vandalized,
> Better yet, I hope it burns to the ground. And I will totally support the
> San Francisco Police Department's refusal to respond. There are thousands
> of other restaurants in the Bay Area which do not discriminate against
> paying customers that I'm happy to support. Since the owners felt
> "uncomfortable," with uniformed police officers dining in, I suspect that
> the restaurant's staff are paroled criminals.
>
> P.S. - If you want to "dine & dash", this is the best meal spot for you.
> No police are welcome here by the owners.
>
> 12/5/2021
> Given that this business has decided to Discriminate against first
> responders, I reserve the right to Call For A Boycott Of Hilda and Jesse.
> Because if Hilda and Jesse can discriminate against an officer on Lunch,
> then what is to stop them from doing the same to Health Care Workers due
> to a fear of COVID.
>
> I am an Out Gay Man in SF , and I find the misrepresentation that the
> LGBTQ community needs protection from the SFPD to be offensive.
>
> 12/5/2021
> 2 photos
> You people are pathetic and disgusting.
> wE fElt UnSaFe ArOuNd ThE oFfiCeRs CaUse ThEy HaD wEaPoNs.
> Everything woke literally turns to absolute sh*t. You're the perfect
> example
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>
> Obama Woke San Francisco restaurant now apologizes for asking armed police
> officers to leave
>
> SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco restaurant that ignited a frenzy when the
> owner and staff asked three armed police officers in uniform to leave
> because their weaponized dress made them feel uncomfortable has now
> apologized for the request, acknowledging that it handled the situation
> "badly."
>
> In an Instagram post on Sunday afternoon, Rachel Sillcocks and Kristina
> Liedags Compton, co-owners of Hilda and Jesse in North Beach, wrote a mea
> culpa after getting battered on social media – and in Yelp reviews – for
> asking the officers to leave their restaurant last week. They declined to
> speak in person, citing the verbal attacks they were getting. Still,
> brunch was brisk earlier in the day and the restaurant was full of
> customers.
>
> "We made a mistake and apologize for the unfortunate incident on Friday
> when we asked members of the San Francisco Police Department to leave our
> restaurant," they said in their post. "We are grateful to all members of
> the force who work hard to keep us safe, especially during these
> challenging times. We hope this will be a teachable moment for us as we
> repair and continue to build bridges with the SFPD. These are stressful
> times, and we handled this badly."
>
> Their statement shows an about-face from what they wrote earlier this
> weekend, explaining that they asked the officers, strapped with guns, to
> leave the restaurant because it made staff and potential customers feel
> uncomfortable.
>
> The controversy was kicked off when the staff at Hilda and Jesse posted on
> Instagram that they asked three officers to leave their restaurant on
> Friday.
>
> "Three armed and uniformed police officers came in to dine at Hila and
> Jesse. Shortly after seating them, our staff felt uncomfortable with the
> presence of their multiple weapons. We then politely asked them to leave.
>
> "At Hilda and Jesse, the restaurant is a safe space," the post continued.
> "The presence of the officers (sic) weapons in the restaurant made us feel
> uncomfortable. We respect the San Francisco Police Department and are
> grateful for the work they do. We welcome them into the restaurant when
> they are off duty, out of uniform and without their weapons."
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> The statement also added that "this is not a political statement, we did
> what we thought was best for our staff."
>
> The public conversation comes at a time when the nation is grappling with
> a defund the police movement on the one hand, and an opposing call for
> increased officers to deal with a rising number of homicides and retail
> thefts on the other.
>
> San Francisco Police Chief William Scott tweeted a response on Saturday
> evening: "The San Francisco Police Department stands for safety with
> respect, even when it means respecting wishes that our officers and I find
> discouraging and personally disappointing.
>
> "I believe the vast majority of San Franciscans welcome their police
> officers, who deserve to know that they are appreciated for the difficult
> job we ask them to do — in their uniforms — to keep our neighborhoods and
> businesses safe."
>
> The chief got a mixed response from his Tweet thread.
>
> One man wrote: "Send those officers over to Alameda..I'll buy them lunch
> at any restaurant they want to go to in my city ..we don't discriminate
> .."
>
> But another person countered: "there is nothing safe or respectful about
> being heavily armed in a restaurant, if you don't understand how it can
> make the average citizen uncomfortable you're not doing very well with
> your 'community engagement.'"
>
> In real life, people had different opinions on the polite stay-away order
> – and then the change of heart – too.
>
> Standing outside the restaurant, Scarlet Bush on Sunday told KTVU that she
> actually thought it was nice that the employees at the restaurant felt
> safe to express themselves.
>
> Kevin Clauson of San Francisco took the side of the restaurant, saying
> that "anytime the police enter our community, it always makes me less
> comfortable, at all times."
>
> And yet, Terence Ng of Hayward said that police always have their weapons,
> which they carry to protect citizens. He said with the uptick in crime,
> he's happy to have the armed officers around. He also thought it was rude
> to allow the officers to enter the building and be asked to leave after
> they sat down.
>
> This is not the first time the issue of welcoming, or not, police officers
> into a restaurant has reared its head in the Bay Area.
>
> In March 2018, an Oakland police sergeant was denied service by employees
> at Hasta Muerte Coffee, a proudly anti-establishmenti coffee shop in the
> Fruitvale District.
>
> The move sparked protests outside of the coffee shop where self-described
> patriots toting American flags descended there, shouting at customers
> patronizing the shop.
>
> KTVU's Gregg Liggins contributed to this report.
>
> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFzTn3cVgAMMvWI?format=jpg&name=900x900
>
> https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-francisco-restaurant-now-apologizes-for-
> asking-armed-police-officers-to-leave

Yet another reason to stay away from San Francisco.