Looks like a Duck to me

Saw this story about Yul Kwon if SF Gate. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/BALOUJ5PM.DTL (I know there's a way to post the hyperlink, I'll edit it in later).

Basically, the story is that Yul Kwon is not able to open his Red Mango yogurt shop in North Beath because the franchise is now deemed a chain (by having 11 stores nationwide now).

If you know San Francisco, you know that North Beach is an older Italian community, and the neighborhood is directly adjacent to Chinatown. I will say it this way: North Beach residents and shop owners probably feel that a store called Red Mango belongs in Chinatown, or maybe the Clement street area, not North Beach.

Or you could dance around the issue and say that a gelato shop belongs in North Beach more than a yogurt shop. Or that the North Beach character is merely trying to be maintained (a bunch of Asians hanging out in North beach, what's next, a Tapioca Tea Shop? a Dim Sum restaurant? Why can't these people stay in their own part of town) They are taking over the whole City!

Quacks like a Duck.



Smells like a Duck, too.



edit: Oh, and I'm not saying it's wrong, or that the store should open, because if I wanted to get an affogato in a cafe in North Beach, then I'll go to North Beach. If I want to get some Asian-style flavored dessert, I'd go to one of those areas (Chinatown or Clement St. - or over to Mitchell's for some jackfruit ice cream!)