In the latest installment of the long, convoluted Bacon Bacon saga: coverage on SNL, a compromise, and a vocal opponent unveiled.

The city-mandated Bacon Bacon closure scheduled for last Friday, which got some coverage this weekend via Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update, has been postponed thanks to an agreement arrived at between owner Jim Angelus and the unhappy neighbor/s. The agreement is based on Angelus's commitment to install an air-filtration system. In return, the neighbor has agreed to stop holding up the city's re-permitting process for Bacon Bacon. As a reminder: Bacon Bacon was initially permitted by the city, but when the permitting limits posed by the city changed, some of the restaurant's neighbors (two of them, according to Jim Angelus) held up the re-permitting process. In another twist, we received a letter last week from local resident Ted Loewenberg, to offer the counter-argument for supporting Bacon Bacon (some of you were wondering). We reprint the letter below in its entirety. An important note: in the letter, Mr. Loewenberg expresses his opposition of Bacon Bacon "on behalf of HAIA," (the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association, of which he is president) although we were unable to verify the opposition to Bacon Bacon as an official HAIA position. On the contrary, one dues-paying HAIA member we spoke with said that HAIA was never asked to take a vote or express its position on Bacon Bacon, and that Mr. Loewenberg's opinion was strictly his own. Mr. Loewenberg declined to provide the names of other HAIA members who opposed Bacon Bacon's remaining open. As follows:

"Your blog posting about what's happening at Bacon Bacon ignores the reality of what Jim Angelus is doing on Frederick St. On behalf of the Haight Ashbury Improvement Association (HAIA), I write to express our members’ serious concerns regarding about the dispute over Bacon Bacon's operation. This is neither a complaint by NIMBY neighbors, nor only about the smell of bacon permeating the air. Mr. Angelus's permit expediter has tried to define it as a feud of one cranky resident versus "a firestorm of support" for their food. This flagrant attempt to demonize and trivialize a respectable person voicing one of several valid objections is disgraceful. It is not a popularity contest. At its heart, the objections of several neighbors are based on the fact that the restaurant was constructed without permits, operating for 18 months without permits [sic] and is in violation of the Planning Code and the Health Code of San Francisco. Other entrepreneurs have taken the legal path to opening their doors, costing them tens of thousands of dollars, long delays and expensive city fees. Bacon Bacon makes them look like chumps. In addition, the Planning Department knew all this, and is trying to legalize this mess through a simple building permit, with only a discretionary review offered. The neighbors called for the still unscheduled review, as they also have deep, legitimate concerns about the impact on their lives on this quiet, residential street. The Haight Ashbury Improvement Association supports the objections to this building permit. The question is not "do we like bacon?" but "what happened to the rule of law?" The Health Department found a significant number of violations that pose a threat to the health of both patrons and neighbors, not the least of which is that no application for operating a restaurant was ever filed with the department. There is also the issue of an illegal subdivision of the property at 205 Frederick, as well as a demonstrated lack of concern about his neighbors. HAIA supports entrepreneurs who seek to establish a neighborhood serving business in the Haight Ashbury. The businesses have created hundreds of jobs and helped to promote community. Bacon Bacon, on the other hand, has completely circumvented not only the required city reviews and approvals, but also the neighborhood. There is no good reason why they should remain open. After all, food-borne illnesses can be deadly. No one wants that."

Now, though, it looks like Bacon Bacon will be able to keep its doors open. We're glad everyone was able to make friends.