Casa Sanchez

1. 1925

   The two-storey wood-frame commercial building was built in 1925; its architect is unknown.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
2. 1965

   The building was heavily remodelled: new windows, a new interior wall, and the original front refaced in a late-20th-century commercial style with gravel-faced concrete panels over brick.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
3. 1968

   The Sanchez family bought the building, then a doughnut shop, to house their firm's restaurant and tortilla factory.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
4. 1968

   Casa Sanchez opened here as a restaurant and tortilla factory, the fourth and last San Francisco home of the Mexican food business founded in 1924 and its first in the Mission.

   SF Planning, landmark designation
5. 1968

   For the restaurant an interior partition was removed, the stairs moved and the wiring and plumbing upgraded, and the projecting “Casa Sanchez Mexican Food” blade sign with the Jimmy the Cornman logo was put up.

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6. Oct 1983

   Permit 8310973 $$$ $8,000

   Repair 100 of ft. of fire-damaged roof sheathing including.

7. 1984

   After a fire in the early 1980s, a 100-square-foot section of the roof was repaired and a ventilated skylight added.

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8. Mar 1990

   Permit 9005752 $$$ $2,500

   Sheet rock to replace wlls, no change to current structure.

9. May 1990

   Permit 9010224 $$$ $5,000

   Replace two doors and lighting.

10. 1991

    The corrugated-metal awning with an open gabled dormer, designed by Cervantes Design Associates, was put up across the front as part of a push to revive lower 24th Street.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
11. 1992

    After a second fire, walls, siding and ceilings were patched, two doors replaced and outdoor lighting added, with electrical, plumbing, carpentry and painting work finished in 1992.

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12. 1993

    The kitchen was upgraded.

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13. 1997

    The murals “Far away ground”, a landscape and waterscape, were painted on the rear courtyard walls by an artist known as Cruzin Coyote.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
14. 1998

    The restaurant offered free lunch for life to anyone who got its Jimmy the Cornman logo tattooed; at least 50 people did, and the promotion drew coverage from nearly 100 media outlets.

    SF Planning, landmark designation
15. 2009

    The building was reroofed, and again in 2016.

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16. Jul 2009

    Permit 200907092283 $$$ $6,500

    Reroofing.

17. 2011

    Casa Sanchez restaurant closed; the family’s wholesale food business carried on from Millbrae.

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18. Sep 2013

    Issued Permit 201309066212 $$$ $2,000

    Empty out upstairs office (mezzanine), repaint, fix toilet & remove stove. vacate.

19. Oct 2015

    Issued Permit M628769 $$$ $1

    Otc alterations permit.

20. Dec 2015

    Permit 201512044239 $$$ $1

    To obtain final inspection for work approved under permit application 201309066212. all work is complete.

21. Dec 2015

    Issued Permit M644787

    Streetspace.

22. Dec 2015

    Permit 201512104774 $$$ $47,000

    Existing restaurant, replace e plumbing, new electrical fixtures and repair/ replace existing sheetrock as required. remodel existing restrooms.

23. Feb 2016

    Issued Permit 201602260639 $$$ $2,890

    Modify ansul fire suppression system. ref ti pa 2015-1210-4774.

24. Mar 2016

    Issued Permit 201603253154 $$$ $7,000

    Reroofing.

25. February 1, 2022

    Designated San Francisco Landmark No. 296, Casa Sanchez.

    SF Planning, landmark designation

1 nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permit is omitted from the timeline. 5 expired or cancelled permits are not shown.