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Mission Mission: Chile Lindo Empanadas

During our time at the 22nd St. location, Mission Mission wrote up this great review: It’s Always Sunny in the Mission: Chile Lindo Empanadas « Mission Mission This story was also linked to from a post on San Francisco’s GrubStreet.

Radio Features

NPR National Broadcast Latino USA with María Hinojosa Surviving this Economy September 3th, 2009 http://latinousa.kut.org/2009/09/03/girl-from-empanada/ KQED, Northern California Broadcast Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6 PM Monday, September 7, 2009, 1:30 AM http://www.kqed.org/radio/schedules/daily/ KPFA, 94.1, La Raza Chronicles PodCast: August 25, 2009 http://aud1.kpfa.org (MP3) KALW, 91.7, Cross Currents PodCast: March 10, 2009 http://www.crosscurrentsradio.org (MP3) KQED The California Report Robynn Takayama Photo Slide Show: Photos: Myleen Hollero The Girl from Empanada PodCast: July 10, 2009 http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R907101630/d

September Fiesta Chilena

September 18th is Chilean Independence Day Commemoration In addition to introducing San Francisco to Chile’s unique blend of cuisine, Chile Lindo is active in sponsoring and promoting numerous Chilean cultural events. In San Francisco’s healthy “immigrant economy” it is evident that food is at the heart of a culture thus it makes sense to bridge business to cultural expressions. Chile Lindo proposes a new form of community revitalization, where our traditions are not swept away, but rather, they are strengthen and respected by helping the backbone of our community, the small businesses. The annual production of “Fiesta Chilena” (as this event has come to be known) offers the opportunity for the Chilean business and artistic community, to come together in celebration of Chilean culture.”Fiesta Chilena”  looks to enhance the visibility of Chileans within the San Francisco Bay Area, and the wider California marketplace. Chile Lindo seeks to revitalize the Mission District, not by changing its diverse cultural makeup but rather by highlighting its traditions and strengthening what it already has to offer. I say, we need to strengthen our small businesses by promoting the cultures that makes this neighborhood, the Mission District, unique. A community rich in cultural activity gains self-respect and thus it empowers itself to prosper.