Tita's Out

Tita's, the quirky little Hawaiian restaurant on 17th Street, is boarded up now, and undergoing preparations for a new tenant.  I chatted with a handsome guy who was darting in and out of the building a couple of weekends ago, and he said that a Filipino restaurant was moving in, with a target opening of late July.  Following on the heels of Kapé around the corner on 16th, which is also Filipino-owned and features handmade empanadas, this area is turning into our own little Manila.  If the permit application is to be believed, the new restaurant will be named Palencia.

The facade is still pretty shaky looking, so July might be optimistic, but then again A Bon Port opened pretty quickly as well so I'll stay hopeful.

This is one of the many off-the-beaten-track storefronts that we have around the periphery of the Castro.  Without much outsider foot traffic it is hard for businesses other than laundromats and liquor stores to stay in business in locations like this, but let's hope these people know what they are doing and can make this a destination worth seeking out.  Fingers crossed!