A disgusting image confirmed large rolls of uncooked meat stacked up on the sidewalk outdoors a fashionable burger joint in San Francisco throughout the current warmth wave that hit California.
A photograph went viral on Reddit over the weekend exhibiting 4 rolls of hamburger meat on the sidewalk subsequent to a jar of mayo on the Mission District restaurant Hamburger Venture within the scorching temperatures.
The eatery responded to the put up on Instagram hat the supply driver had left the meat unattended when nobody was on the burger joint to obtain it.
“This morning, a supply driver was unable to entry our restaurant on Guerrero road as a result of we had been closed. They determined to depart the product on the sidewalk as a result of they didn’t have time to attend,” the put up learn.
The store mentioned this was one thing “they’d by no means authorize or settle for.” When the workforce arrived they discovered the product outdoors which was “instantly discarded” because it was “clearly compromised by being on the bottom with out correct temperature management.”
A second put up confirmed a duplicate of the be aware from the motive force and the picture the particular person despatched to the store to point out the order had been delivered. The be aware learn “Hiiii, I don’t have time.”
“Clearly we disposed of the product as quickly as we discovered it. We respect the group’s vigilance and continued help,” the put up concluded, noting that they’d additionally up to date their supply procedures to make sure that it by no means occurs once more.
The proprietor of the Mission District store Tan Truong advised the San Francisco Chronicle as a result of excessive calls for over the previous couple of days they’d run low on beef.
As a result of the motive force didn’t have entry to the store he left the meat on the sidewalk. Truong mentioned he was unable to just accept the order earlier than the employees arrived as a result of he was on a airplane again to SF.
“It’s a horrible picture to have floor beef sitting on the sidewalk, however now we have protocols in opposition to utilizing merchandise like that and we undoubtedly don’t condone leaving it outdoors like that,” Truong mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time the burger joint has been the middle of some sort of controversy. Final 12 months, Chef Geoffrey Lee was “relieved of his day-to-day duties” following a backlash over a viral dispute with an influencer over a assessment.
Lee stays a accomplice at Hamburger Venture. The 2 opened the favored burger joint together with the once-Michelin-starred sushi restaurant Ju-Ni and the now-closed Handroll Venture collectively.
Responding to the viral image and claims about being “relieved” the Hamburger Venture posted a message on Instagram from Lee clarifying his present function.
“I need to deal with the photographs circulating of floor beef left on the sidewalk within the solar outdoors Guerrero Avenue location of Hamburger Venture,” the put up learn.
“Like a lot of you, I discover it unacceptable. It displays a transparent failure within the supply course of and doesn’t align with the requirements I consider in or uphold.”
“To be clear, I’m not concerned within the day-to-day operations of Hamburger Venture,” Lee wrote. “Following my public and abrupt removing from these duties by accomplice Tan Truong-without my agreement-my function shifted. Since being requested to return to jü-ni for my particular ability set, my focus has been absolutely devoted there.”
The primary Hamburger mission opened on Divisadero Avenue in December 2024, slinging greater than 1,000 hamburgers in its first two days, per the SF Chronicle. The Guerrero location opened in 2025.
The California Put up has reached out to the restaurant for additional remark.
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