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Counting by Cunning Linguist
June 3rd, 2006 12:16 PM
Recently, during a long walk with some beautiful people down on Mission Street, I felt the sudden desire to know how many Taquerias were in business on that 6/7 mile strip. Some speculated many, others thought we were overestimating. It got to the point were we NEEDED to know how many there were.
As we all know;
necessity = mother of invention
So began the documentation. We had to lay very clear semantics about what a "Taqueria" really is. It is not just a Mexican or otherwise hispanic eatery. It must say "Taqueria" or "Taco(s)" in the main restaurant display (canopy, entrance sign, billboard, etc).
Results: 21
Errata: I'm almost positive we missed a few, as I was getting "Taqueria-ed" by my fellow Taqueria Sentinels very often at times. Also, Taco Bell isn't really in the spirit of the documented taquerias, but it was included in the end (grudgingly) because it did have "taco" in the title.
As we all know;
necessity = mother of invention
So began the documentation. We had to lay very clear semantics about what a "Taqueria" really is. It is not just a Mexican or otherwise hispanic eatery. It must say "Taqueria" or "Taco(s)" in the main restaurant display (canopy, entrance sign, billboard, etc).
Results: 21
Errata: I'm almost positive we missed a few, as I was getting "Taqueria-ed" by my fellow Taqueria Sentinels very often at times. Also, Taco Bell isn't really in the spirit of the documented taquerias, but it was included in the end (grudgingly) because it did have "taco" in the title.
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posted by mock piratey turtle on June 3rd, 2006 5:51 PM
your taqueria counting Mission (ha!) was the inspiration for adding this task.
I would have guessed more...
A noble effort.