alioto-pier here to accept the award on behalf of the founders of the organization, the real movers and shakers who couldn't be here tonight, chuck and [speaker not understood]. [cheering and applauding] >> their family is in peru, which is where [speaker not understood] hailses from. they're so disappointed they couldn't be here tonight. but the back story on this is chuck grew up in the portola. and next to mclaren park and he spent his whole childhood there. and when he and she married, they wanted the same childhood experiences chuck had had, and even better ones. so, they have spent their time working on the play grounds and all the other aspects of the park. and they worked so well and collaboratively with all the other park groups that represent mclaren park. parks alliance and rec and park department. i know they want me to thank everybody who has been such an integral part of giving them this award and all the work we still have to do on mclaren park. so, thank you for chuck and trilsy. (applause) ♪ >> fantastic. easily one of the best views in san francisco, so, if you've neve

partly because you have some institutions here like aliotos and the cliff house that have been in business 80 or a hundred years they skwu the number lower in terms of that sequence. the newer communities the number is the 90 percent range. >> how many are getting rich in the restaurant business. >> compare to high school-baseball players there are millions and there are a couple of thousand that make it to the major leagues and make millions there are many of hundreds of thousands that never make it to pro. there is a handful of restaurants that make a lot of money that are business 7 days a week and are expensive and there are hundreds that pay bills and make a living but don't make a lot of money. [inaudible]. >> skoemas is on port property. their sales are on public record they dpo 14 million a year in business. if you divide that by everyday it's 40 thousand dollar a day in business. that's the very top of the food chain in san francisco. there are 6 or 7 restaurants that do 10 million a year. they should be profitable if they manage their costs well and the costs are reasonable. with

means a lot coming from the folks who i have spent, since my time at city government, working for alioto, ggra, a decade working on behalf of. so, i'm very honored that you would take the time to honor me. it just, it really does -- it's very touching. i have had the privilege over the last three years to represent what i would term an entrepreneurial artist in restaurantures. while they're an ornery bunch at times, they are a beautiful part of what makes san francisco special. and when taken in the ag he re gate, what you see is the restaurant industry, all of those 4,000, 5,000 small businesses he help make san francisco the tourist driver and build its economy. ~ aggregate tourism and hospitality is really our number one economic driver and san francisco, it's the primary driver of that economy. i've been honored to work on behalf of those people and this beautiful city and the bay area's restaurant industry. but also one of the things, it is while i think we've had difficult challenges and i feel like the association and the board of directors of the ggra have taken those challenges