Mostly good reviews on Yelp, but no Health Department inspections posted (strange that they opened without an inspection). So we really have nothing to say except...what's happening on the cover of this menu?!?!Baby Blues BBQ
3149 Mission St.
(415)796-2837
[Baby Blues BBQ]
[NVSF: Doorstep Menus]
That's tasty
ReplyDeletethat's tasteless
ReplyDeleteWow - you are a pretty serious prude.
ReplyDeleteMaybe cheap white trash advertising doesn't appeal to everyone.
ReplyDeleteWhat's with all the negativity. Firstly, it's quite irresponsible, and perhaps slanderous for the blogger to write that the restaurant "opened without an inspection." This is a huge presumption to make and a potentially damaging one. Fact check anyone?
ReplyDeleteA pinup like this is a slice into American pop culture, which is the era from which this cuisine comes. Dismissing it as "white-trash" and "tasteless" really seems to be uninformed about the many facets of our rich American culture. I think the menu cover shows imagination and is true to the era.
A pinup like this was quite common in the 50's. This is reminiscent of a female figure being tattooed on your grandfather's arm. This image I think is classic American mythology, more like a close relative of the mythology of a mermaid.
And, the food is unbelievable.
MY Grandfather certainly had no such lower class tattoos on his arm.
ReplyDeleteMaybe yours did.
Why not just put a "Mammy" on the cover? That's "classic American culture" too.
ReplyDeleteAnd probably more appropriate to BBQ.
WWSFS - What would Stephen Fowler Say?
ReplyDeleteI certainly hope there aren't any "lower class" people with family members with "lower class tattoos" on their arms reading this blog! (giggle)
I do have to agree with the comment on saying a restaurant "opened without an inspection" without the facts to back it up - not so kosher. (Oops.. that's going to offend someone here too isn't it?)
Re: "fact check" -- regular readers of this series (Doorstep Menus) know that we post links to publicly available Health Dept scores (the irregular readers can follow the link we provided in the post). No records are currently available online, but that does not mean we're naive enough to believe that San Francisco would actually allow a restaurant to open without an inspection.
ReplyDeleteSo much negativity! And, I really dislike the kosher comment. Do you think it is fun to poke fun at the Jewish population in Noe Valley. I don't.
ReplyDeleteI don't take offense at the word "kosher" being used. I think it's quite an honor for words to find their way into the culture. It is interesting to me when words are borrowed. It's also a sign of acceptance. In this context, it conveys the expectation of meeting specific standards of quality.
ReplyDeleteRe: Noe Valley, SF "fact check" from above:
ReplyDeleteYou wrote, "(strange that they opened without an inspection)" in the review.
Then you wrote "...but that does not mean we're naive enough to believe that San Francisco would actually allow a restaurant to open without an inspection."
So why would you write the first comment to start with? I don't get it. It seems careless.
Well, uhhh, don't move to France. This is extremely reminiscent of the Perrier label art I saw on their bottles when I was in France a couple years ago: On the front of the label was a girl in the same pose dressed in green with something to the effect of "the other side of this label will make your head spin". It was the reverse of the image and naked :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think the states own the rights to this style of imagery... perhaps to it being controversial, though!
I too found this flyer thrown onto my driveway. Unfortunately, my first grader grabbed it first. Note: If all garbage looked like this we would have a cleaner Noe Valley.
ReplyDeleteMy son was fascinated by the poorly drawn Vargas girl, he kept asking me what she was doing and where were her clothes?! My reply, "eating hot sauce and selling BBQ" his reply, "she's sexy". Kudos to 'Baby Blues' for a successful marketing campaign.