Falletti's update (and walkthrough)
Kevin Rafter did a walkthrough at Falletti's today and had some thoughts and comments...
I got to meet Tick Falletti today and get a walkthru of the store. It's going to be great. They've been working on this alone for several years as they had to close all their other stores after losing their lease at Plaza (now Albertsons). Their manager, Alan, started working for them at the Plaza location when he was 17 years old. Tick's two sons are also involved, and they have rehired some of their old-school butchers so there will be some real experienced folks behind the counter. The rendering on the Falletti's site shows the butcher/fish counter. There will also be produce, wine, a couple refrigerated aisles, and about 4 aisles for other foods and necessities. Modest scale.Thanks for the update, Kevin!
Falletti's is also handling all the leasing for the other spaces. They've lined up Delessio's for a delux NY style deli on the SW corner (Broderick & Oak). I ran into Mr. Delissio on my way out (not his real name) and he claimed that they will be preparing over 100 different food items there including cakes and pastries, and perhaps eventually their own ice cream (Elsa will be excited to hear that!).
Peets is confirmed for a small cafe space facing the BofA. There is another retail food space w/ seating facing Broderick that they have yet to lease, and three small store fronts on Fell, also unleased at the moment. Sounds like they will get one or two restaurants/take out (burritos, sushi?), possibly a cleaners. I suggested a florist... if you have other's, let me know. They seem really interested in finding tenants who will be a good fit for the area. Given that this project is 2 years behind schedule and has been their central focus for 4-5 years, they are deeply invested in making the project work.
They are expected to open around the first week of October 2006.
Falletti Foods [official site]
posted by Matt Lanning @ 12:19 PM
17 Comments:
Kevin,
Do the retail spaces have restrictions on franchises or might we get a Burger King/McDonalds, etc in the open stores?
Since they're already bringing in Peets, rather than a locally owned store, it looks like there are no restrictions. Thanks.
Todd
Why is Peet' not considered local? It did get its start over in Berkeley, didn't it?
(Yeah, I already know the answer, since they had and executed a successful business plan, they are now considered of the evil empire.)
Anyway, I, too, would hate to see another popeye's type place that draws customers that tend to throw their trash in the street rather than the bin.
A florist would be great to have in the neighborhood.
They didn't mention restrictions, but they are definitely looking for something nicer than popeye's or burger king. You can get a sense if you visit Delissio's current location on Market St. next to Flax. Nice stuff.
Delessio's is my wife's favorite. After they move in, she's not gonna let me cook anymore.
2dog&ababy,
Peet's is a large corporation with sales around $200M. See http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=PEET
Large corporations like Peet's have a few problems:
1. All their stores are the same whether in SF or Toledo, OH.
2. The profit generally goes to people outside the local area (ie shareholders).
3. They inhibit local entrepreneurs from opening stores. Thus, we see less places like Central Cafe or Cafe Abir where the owners work there and we actually know them.
Adam Smith would be against Peet's as he was suspicious of joint-stock corporations himself.
God, I'd take a Peets to Cafe Abir anytime. Granted, the *idea* of Abir is great... but their coffee is lame and i worry about the cleanliness there. I think that Peets hasn't grown so tremendously that they suffer from "Starbuckization". Their barristas seem to know what they are doing-- not just teenagers pushing espresso buttons. Their coffee rocks, most importantly (unlike Starbucks).
OTOH, I'd like to see Cafe Organica open up in that space.
Todd,
Since we are splitting hairs and it's hard to see sarcasm in a post, I found this in their last annual statement:
The following table lists the number of retail locations as of January 1, 2006:
Location Number
Northern California
71
Southern California
24
Illinois
2
Oregon
5
Massachusetts
6
Washington
2
Colorado
1
Total
111
No mention of Toledo, OH.
As far as the other coffee shops within a couple block radius of my house, I don't think that having one more would hurt any of them, except for the oak st. cafe on Broderick and Oak, and their coffee, pastries and everthing except the actual space sucks. Bean Bag and Central should still do fine, as will Abir.
I think that one of the reasons that most of us live in the neighborhood is the local shops and that will remain. Competition is generally healthy, unless someone comes in and undercuts the competition.
As I see it, Falleti's itself might do more "damage" to the other stores on Divis than will Peet's. It will compete with Ray's Health Haven, and the meat market at Hayes and Divis, and probably the cheese shop, too. If I were any of those shops, I'd be worried about the development.
And just to clarify further, I don't think that the neighborhood really needs another coffee shop, anyway.
I just can't equate Peet's to BK or McD's. (but maybe in a few years from now we could)
I wish organica would open also, but I think they were a little unstable to maintain a functioning coffee shop.
It is a pity really, because they made the best dern coffee in the entire world! Really, so good!
Very excited to have Faletti's back! I will be so happy to go shopping there over Whole Foods anyday!
We have cafes on nearly every corner. A florist sounds much better (none of those around here).
We also could use more restaurants with sit down / waiter service. There is great demand in the neighborhood as the new entrants NOPA and Ziryab demonstrate - they are always packed. We have lots of crepe and taco joints which are fun but not if you have kids, large groups, etc.
Oh one other thing - on a bit of a tangent (although not as much of a tangent as the raging chain store debate):
Does the paint color of the new building have to be so dark and gloomy? Did they have an ugly color contest? Maybe they wanted a low-maintenance color to hide the dirt, resulting in dirt color paint.
I mean come on - how about some whites or greens or blues? Pastels even? Brown is just not in keeping with the victorian/mediterranean style of the neighborhood. This is one topic where neighborhood groups such as ours can use our influence without adding to construction cost.
Here are some facts from someone who was in on the development from its earliest stages:
It's a bit late (like 5 years) to be complaining about the design! Representatives of about a half-dozen neighborhood groups worked with the architect on all sorts of details such as the slopes of the roof. The color, like the overall design, was chosen to make the building look like some of the shingled houses up the hill.
Our agreement excludes McDonald's, Burger King, Rite-Aid, or Walgreens. Any user occupying more than 3500 square feet must give notice to the neighborhood and have approval by the Planning Department.
There seem to be no shortage of possible objections to what they are doing, if you work hard enough to find them.
to all..hope i can be of help to all in the community...i will be in charge of meat dept and am very excited to be in the community. worked at the old petrini plaza and made many friends back when.Natural and organic meats...fresh hand cut fish, natural/organic chicken...only the good stuff...cause it's personal!!!ANY questions please just ask, i return all messages jeff@fallettifoods.com hope everyone is doing well and look foward to meet all!!!!!!!
I get it now about the brown color. Community involvement is great, but we ended up with design by committee which is never pretty (nor is trying to immitate an architectual style with a paint job). The design of the building itself looks very handsome and that's a lasting achievement that we can all be proud of. Let's just hope that the next time they go to repaint they can consider something a little lighter in color.
you know what we need in the neighborhood is a shoe repair place!? It drives me crazy I have to schlep my shoes all over town instead of some easy spot down the street...
Celebrate The Grand Opening of Broderick Place/Falletti Plaza at the Broderick Place "Block Party"
WHEN:
Saturday, December 9 from 12 Noon to 3 pm.
WHERE:
Broderick Place/Falletti Plaza, 308 Broderick Street
San Francisco
Bring the family, friends and neighbors to celebrate the Grand Opening of Broderick Place/Falletti Plaza.
Enjoy:
- Chance to win a Falletti Foods shopping spree ($100)
- Delessio’s Market & Bakery Baking/Decoration demonstrations, recipes cards handouts, food samples
- Peet's Coffee & Tea beverage sampels and Jazz music
- Signature Properties building tours of Broderick Place units.
- Roving Holiday Caroler’s
- Make-Your-Own Holiday Crafts
- Pet Adoption Center
- Gift-wrapping
($2/per gift donation requested to be donated to Megan Furth Academy)
*Complimentary parking available in garage. Also easily accessible by Muni on Divisadero and Hayes Street lines.
Broderick Place is 70 unit, four-story mixed-use condominium building at Broderick and Fell Streets, and a Signature Properties project for the city's urban revitalization
(www.sigprop.com/nbds/broderickplace).
I think the real problem is that Falletti's doesn't want to unionize their workers.There is a great blog thread about this at:
http://www.yelp.com/topic/san-francisco-do-you-cross-the-line-of-the-picketing-union-outside
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