Local’s Corner, the restaurant on 23rd and Bryant owned by Yaron Milgrom, has had its share of trouble since opening in 2012. The restaurant, along with other Milgrom owned “Local” businesses (Local Mission Eatery, Local Mission Market), has been accused by some of catering to the affected tastes of those that many in the Mission don’t consider local. And it is perhaps this very insistence on naming all his businesses on some variation of the “local” theme that attracted the ire of neighbors in a manner not experienced by similarly upscale places like Zoe’s on 24th and Folsom.

But things really took a turn for the shit in May of 2013 when claims were made that Local’s Corner had refused to seat a Latino family. As reported at the time by El Tecolote:

In the midst of the Cesar Chavez Day celebration on April 20, Cuadra and her family of 5 approached Local’s Corner restaurant at 23rd and Bryant streets expecting to be seated with ease. However, they were denied service by a waiter at the establishment who told the family that he was unable to accommodate them without further explanation.

Shocked and disheartened, Cuadra wrote a formal report to District 9 Supervisor David Campos, who confirmed via email that he is taking the matter seriously, and has since sent the report to the Human Right’s Charter for further investigation.

And while Milgrom met with protestors in May of this year following another incident of vandalism, the above pictured spray paint clearly demonstrates that whatever beef the neighborhood has with Local’s Corner has yet to be resolved.

[Photo: Mission Mission]