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Slanted Door Pushes For Expansion

SAN FRANCISCO-The Slanted Door restaurant plans to triple its size by leasing two vacant storefronts, but it is meeting resistance from Mission-are residents who want more retail options, not bigger ones.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on July 08, 2002

SAN FRANCISCO-In San Francisco’s controversial Mission District, the owner of the Slanted Door, a popular Vietnamese restaurant, has gotten a shivering reaction from some local residents and organizations.

Charles Phan, the restaurant’s owner, plans to expand the small restaurant by demolishing the walls of two vacant storefronts. However, in the Mission District, a seemingly simple plan is bound to upset some. For years, residents of the area have been fighting over the future of the neighborhood, which was occupied mainly by immigrants and low-income residents before the dot-com boom, which made the Mission one of the city’s new hotspots.

Even now that the dot-com industry has fallen back to reality, the popularity of the area, mainly due to its trendy bars and restaurants, has made the Mission too expensive for its long-term residents. Many coalitions have formed to develop a neighborhood-designed development blueprint that will make it more affordable and friendly to mom-and-pop restaurants and stores.

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