He converted the 4,000-square-foot space into a studio for Zumba and tango classes opened it up to catering companies looking for extra cooking and prep space and rented it out as an event venue for weddings and birthday parties. The complaints required several court hearings with San Francisco’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and ground Senghor’s liquor license application to a near-halt, forcing him to develop a series of contingency plans to keep the business afloat. Patricia ChangĮven before he officially opened Bissap Baobab, or “Big Baobab,” last fall, a group of aggrieved neighbors living in condos next door began calling Senghor - and the city - about the level of noise coming from the building.
Marco Senghor, owner of Bissap Baobab in the Mission. “It’s hard to fight to do your business when you feel like someone’s holding you underwater,” Senghor says. But he and his advisor Kevin Ortiz hope the incremental victory is a sign of progress for a Mission Street corridor currently subdued by a declining economy and mounting tensions among neighbors with different visions for what the neighborhood should be - and whom it should serve.
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Owner Marco Senghor still has to apply for a liquor license to make Bissap Baobab’s full bar available to customers, which he says will finally give the business a shot at earning a significant profit.
Bissap Baobab, the Mission’s beloved Senegalese restaurant and nightclub, earned a beer and wine license after surviving a 10-month legal battle over relentless noise complaints.
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