First of all, I’m a little bummed the Commonwealth folks decided to get rid of El Herradero’s Aztecky wraparound awning thing.
But if they hadn’t, we wouldn’t be treated to this view of some signage for Hunt’s Quality something or other. So it’s all good.
(Thanks, Banks!)
Previously:
Mission Mission 
Holy crap!
Oh nO! change is baaaaaaad. right?
I believe that’s Hunts Donuts
Maybe they’ll let me make them a new one in the old Hunt’s Donuts style. The should have a contest to design it.
whoa. i have a boner.
Open 25 hours. That place was… special.
There are some great parts in Eric Lyle’s book “On the Lower Frequencies” about Hunt’s Donuts. If you’re into local history, I highly recommend it. I think the part about Hunt’s was actually featured on This American Life a few years back.
+1 on the book. And here’s the link to Iggy Scam/Eric Lyle’s This American Life show. His piece starts at about the 40min mark.
Weird, though, because the Hunt’s that I remember (open 25 hours) was at 20th.
http://foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Epicenter_of_Crime:_The_Hunt’s_Donuts_Story
yes to everyone above about Eric Lyle’s reporting / writing about Hunt’s and the 1st wave dotcom colonization of the Mission in general.
@Ariel – that is the Hunt’s I was referring to with that awesome neon sign – at 20th. on further looking at the pick, I don’t that what it is – I was just excited to see some old-school shit on this site.
That’s strange. Hunt’s Donuts (aka The Epicenter of Crime) was at 20th & Mission.
“By 1970, [Frank] Hunt ran fourteen successful donut shops throughout the Bay Area and had become head of the Mission Merchants Association.”
Seems there was one only two blocks away?
Apparently it was the Starbuck’s of its day!
OPEN 25 HOURS! MY YOUTH!!!!! where did it go………?
fuck.
Talked with one of the owners of Commonwealth this afternoon, and he said that they only found out it was a Hunt’s when they pulled off the awning yesterday. He also said it was a Del Taco for a while before it was El Herradero’s.
Okay, also, they could offer their own versions of a dish served at every kind of establishment it had been before.
Took a photo from a different angle, if anyone’s interested.
Awesome, thanks for that.
Now THAT is seriously cool for those of us who walk by there every day! New desktop wallpaper.
“Hunt’s Quality D” would be a good name for a restaurant, too.