Bayview Supper Club Provides Inspiration

With all the new restaurants opening in Bayview, this blog is turning into a food blog!!


From SFGate,

The corner of Third Street and Palou in the Bayview isn't just troubled. It's dangerous.

"We had homicides on this corner in 2009, 2010, and a fatal stabbing a month ago," says Bayview Station Capt. Paul Chignell. "In the last 10 months we've had 17 firearm arrests on this corner. Things have improved, but there is still an unacceptable level of violence."

So obviously what's needed is a jazz/supper club.

Read more at SFGate and book your table online at Old Skool Cafe.

EVENT: Old Skool Cafe BBQ & Blues Event

When: Sat, October 22, 12pm – 5pm

Where: Mendell Plaza (3rd St at Oakdale/Palou) (map)

Description: We're throwing a party! We'll have a BBQ pit, along with other food vendors, live music, open house to see the community garden, and the progress of our renovations! Come have fun with us!

Old Skool Cafe gives at-risk kids look at industry

From SFGate,

It's hard to tell if Old Skool Cafe is a catering company or a culinary academy, a swing dance club or a pop-up restaurant, a coffee roaster or a community garden.

First and foremost, it's an education for the at-risk kids who study and work there.

Old Skool is the brainchild of Teresa Goines, a former juvenile corrections officer. "I saw so many kids with great intentions of turning their lives around, but after getting locked up, they didn't have many options," she recalls. "Good luck finding work with a criminal record."

Read more at SFGate

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/19/DD0J1JFJM8.DTL&tsp=1