Frank Chu
Category: Local Flavor [Edit]
San Francisco, CA 94199
- Good for Kids: Yes
161 reviews
Neighborhood: Fisherman's Wharf
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25 Reviews for Frank Chu
Frank is the coolest. Reliable, professional, yet hipper than anyone I know.
In short, he's a true icon, and San Francisco wouldn't be the same without him.
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I love that Frank is always at the events that I'm at. My one question is: Does Minna gallery actually pay for the advertising space on the back of the sign or is the foodie lying to me again?
Those Heaven's Gate cats got it all wrong.
Frank Chu is the answer.
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Choose Chu. Of course he is a total nut job, but I have found him harmless, a little bit taciturn but always civil. Of course, I don't know what in the hell he is talking about, but serious snaps for local iconic, idiosyncratic flavor in the Emperor Norton tradition of San Francisco.
I have fond memories dressed in my Pee Wee garb for Paul Reuben's Day and having *Frank follow us* around. Good times.
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This man is a SF Legend! And a likeable one, not like that cranky NO SEX guy who is always on Market Street.
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Frank Chu is my pal Alex's friend. She just got invited to his birthday party in March by his personal assistant Cliff (I think that's his name).
Frank yelled at me once down in the financial for a cigarette, and sort of freaked me out, but deep down i was touched that he would single me out.
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Am I the only one who thinks Frank Chu is a nutjob? Like, a TOTAL nutjob?
I first encountered Frank at a party at Mr. Smith's (on 7th St) in 2002, where he nearly bashed me with his sign because he couldn't see in a dark room with his sunglasses on. Then I moved here in 2005 and see him frequently while on my way to work. I've never spoken to Frank, but he goes out of his way to get in my way every time he sees me. I'm an agreeable fellow, honestly, so I don't get Frank.
Frank's funky sign with its made up words is intriguing, which is why he gets two stars instead of one. Perhaps someday when he's not busy getting in my way, I'll ask him about his clever turns of the English language.
What does Frank DO, anyway? And do the sunglasses ever come off?
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Go Frank!
You are a superstar.
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I'm ready for the spaceship Frank.
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I mean srsly.
http://sfist.com/2008/...
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Most unusual Frank Chu sighting the other day:
I was on the 31 heading home after work, and saw a man seated in the front most seat opposite the driver. I was perplexed... sure, it looked like Frank, but no sunglasses, no sign above his head touting whatever randomness he chose to broadcast/protest that day... Is it him? I wondered.
I didn't see the sign, just a jacket behind him. He just looked like a slightly weary businessman headed home after a day at work, staring out the front of the bus so he could see where we were going. To see him so out of his element made me feel like I had caught an A-list actor at Target.
A stolen glance as he got off the bus confirmed that it was indeed him. His sign had been tucked upside down and had been resting between the seats and the stairwell, the stick hidden under his jacket.
So, he had been a weary businessman after all.
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So many times I see Frank downtown or at the ballpark, and so many times he's denoting new vittles of wisdom. One, though, remains particularly salient in my brain. Two words I had never before seen juxtaposed and have yet to see since: "Copious Horrendous." Frank Chu makes Stephen Hawking look like a dullard and a lummox.
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Frankly, (hardy har)...I must give Frank 5 stars.
Frank's out of this world.
Frank....... chu dont even know until you've seen him!
He's a legend in San Francisco. An asian man, sometimes with shades, sometimes not...always dressed in a collared shirt strutting along his picket sign promoting and standing ground for his "12 Galaxies" theory. He makes his way out to the city daily, dedicated to spreading his beliefs through his sign. He'll quietly walk around with his sign on the streets or at events, but he is also known to voice his opinion if you start something with him.
12 Galaxies? Ask him, he'll tell you. Word on the street is some bars are required to give him a beer.
Read about him in wikipedia.
Ahhh....Just another well known legend in SF.
And, if you live in this city, you're eventually bound to run into him!
See ya around Frank!
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Frank Chu....is the MAN.
http://en.wikipedia.or...
I wish I had a wikipedia entry.
I see his man EVERYWHERE.
I finally got a picture with him at the Yelp party last night.
I would have taken one with him at the Folsom street fair...but let's just say I couldn't.
Man, he's even sponsored!
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Professional Protester.
Socialist.
My lover. He'll take you to the 13th Galaxy.
OK. Not really.
He's a capitalist.
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Frank got naked at my party. He looks like a normal guy without his sunglasses.
If you see him, invite him to a bar for a regular beer (Budwiser) and he'll tell you all about himself and the 12 Galaxies.
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I saw him at Kearny and Market Yesterday. He was advertising Minna again. I think he may have lost weight, his gut didn't stick out like usual. His clothing looked better pressed and sharper than usual.
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Frank Chu is the man!!!! A SF Icon .
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This guy should be called MR San Francisco, because I see him literally every day. There are a few days I don't see him actually--then I see him somewhere at night. Although, when I first came to SF he was really approachable and nice about whatever the hell he's protesting, but lately he's slipped a little bit.
I saw him today (naturally) outside the Men's Wharehouse screaming at some random person. That's not the Frank I know. Rumor has it that there is a person out there protesting Frank's protesting. Only in San Francisco. My God.
BTW-- Frank is paid by the City of San Francisco to walk around the city doing what he does, just like every other original bum out here.
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Frank is the man!
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Frank Chu is the best protestor in the Bay Area. Hextrotronic!
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Frank Chu is giving Emperor Norton a run for his money.
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He taught me how to love again.
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Born on the 24th of March, 1960, this has got to be the hardest working man in protest-ness! Seriously, you can't go anywhere without seeing the always-debonair Frank and his ubiquitous sign present, marching about, doing his thing, whatever it is. Frankly (no pun intended; or maybe, now that I think about it, it is), I'm surprised there's no review about this oddly fascinating San Francisco character. I remember watching KRON-4 in the mornings with Phil Matier, and more often than not, there would be Frank Chu, bright and early in the morning, marching around with his trademark sign, dark glasses, short sleeve shirt, and passive expression, regardless if he was "IMPEACH"ing "CLINTON" ("I want to be the first person to impeach an ex-president," he once said.), "STRATOSPHERICAL," "WASPROVENICAL," "CHRONOGROKENIAL," or his favorite, "12 GALAXIES." (from whence, of course, the club got its name.) Last I saw him, at QOOL, he'd somehow made his way to 365,000 GALAXIES! Now, that's one busy bee if you ask me.
Frankly (once again, no pun intended), I think EVERY city/nation-state needs its own lucky protesting-prone alien -- we're no different here in Baghdad-by-the-Bay. Thank God we have Frank. What could we do? I've got an idea:
CESIROGRENICAL ERGONOMICS.
Hey, come on kids; it's worth a shot!
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For some reason the 12 Galaxies have deleted his reviews of this icon.
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