Trey Nichols, one of the owners of the Heart and Trotter Butchery. (Credit: Heart and Trotter Butchery) Civic San Diego Loan Program Supports Jobs and Boosts Revenue at Local Butchery The Heart and Trotter Butchery on El Cajon Boulevard was one of the beneficiaries of an Accion San Diego loan that came out of a $400,000 lending capital fund operated by Civic San Diego. The North Park butcher shop received a $35,000 loan from Accion, a nonprofit microlender, enabling the small business to keep five jobs and to purchase equipment for its kitchen. The Civic San Diego Loan Fund is supporting small businesses in communities that have a median household income of $60,000 or below. Trey Nichols, left, and James Holtslag, owners of The Heart and Trotter Butchery (Credit: Heart and Trotter Butchery) Voted San Diego City Beat’s Best Butcher Shop the last three years, the Heart and Trotter is a whole animal butchery offering the highest quality, hormone and antibiotic free meats and … [Read more...] about Daily Business Report-June 1, 2018, San Diego Metro Magazine
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Parts & Labor butchery passes the vegetarian test
In my tenure as a writer for Your Weekend, I have often sought out places that most Hopkins students probably haven’t heard of. To me, the point of this section is to get folks acquainted with this wild and wonderful City and to (hopefully) generate some hype about local businesses and events. This week, however, I would instead like to use my corner of The News-Letter to issue a public apology: Parts & Labor, I’m sorry. I was wrong. Parts & Labor is a restaurant at the edge of the gentrified part of Remington that you’ve probably already heard of. It heralds itself as a responsibly sourced, whole animal butchery that also serves food and beer. It’s apparently a less weird combination than I thought. Being in Remington means it’s within walking distance. From the south corner of campus, head down N. Howard Street; it’s right before 26th Street, and it shares a parking lot with Single Carrot Theatre. I’ll admit, I’ve spent the last … [Read more...] about Parts & Labor butchery passes the vegetarian test
How a changing population and tastes are killing German restaurants
When you think of the quintessential German restaurant in the United States, you're thinking of a place like Karl Ratzsch. Ever since it was founded by German immigrants in 1904, it had a menu full of schnitzel, spaetzle and other hearty Bavarian staples. The interior was dark wood, with German coats of arms, hand-painted beer steins, a beautiful Bavarian cuckoo clock and servers in dirndls. The place was a Milwaukee institution: Frank Lloyd Wright, Liberace and President Richard Nixon dined there. Karl Ratzsch's was handed down through generations and reached such acclaim that in 1980, members of the Ratzsch family were invited to a state dinner with President Jimmy Carter and the chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt.It didn't last. In 1993, Karl Ratzsch III was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with a suicide note left among the mounting bills. The restaurant stopped serving lunch for a period in 1995 because of dwindling customers. In 2003, the family sold it to … [Read more...] about How a changing population and tastes are killing German restaurants
‘Grandma’s food’: How changing tastes are killing German restaurants
When you think of the quintessential German restaurant in the United States, you're thinking of a place like Karl Ratzsch. Ever since it was founded by German immigrants in 1904, it had a menu full of schnitzel, spaetzle and other hearty Bavarian staples. The interior was dark wood, with German coats of arms, hand-painted beer steins, a beautiful Bavarian cuckoo clock and servers in dirndls.The place was a Milwaukee institution: Frank Lloyd Wright, Liberace and President Richard Nixon dined there. Karl Ratzsch's was handed down through generations and reached such acclaim that in 1980, members of the Ratzsch family were invited to a state dinner with President Jimmy Carter and the chancellor of West Germany, Helmut Schmidt.It didn't last. In 1993, Karl Ratzsch III was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with a suicide note left among the mounting bills. The restaurant stopped serving lunch for a period in 1995 because of dwindling customers. In 2003, the family sold it to … [Read more...] about ‘Grandma’s food’: How changing tastes are killing German restaurants
San Francisco’s strange detour from paradise to parody
By John King and Heather Knight Updated 11:07 pm, Sunday, February 4, 2018 Story by John King and Heather KnightPhotos by Dorothy Edwards | Design and Development by Maegan Clawges September 18, 2015 San Franciscans have long worried that the future is bleak, that the “real” city is in danger of disappearing forever. But these days, it’s hard not to look around and wonder if the nostalgic cynics and apocalyptic doomsayers might finally be right. The San Francisco of 2015 is a city where the median house price tops $1 million. Where venture capitalists spent $6.1 billion on companies in the second quarter of this year. Where vending machines dispense juice that costs $10 and a bowl of chili in formerly working-class Bernal Heights costs $15. In a city where political activism is an art form — we often lead the way in cultural shifts, like the change in attitude on same-sex marriage — the focus is on crafting apps that help people hire … [Read more...] about San Francisco’s strange detour from paradise to parody