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Ariminum (modern Rimini) was founded as an ancient Roman colonia in 268 BC, when the Roman Senate sent 6,000 settlers to the bank of the river Ariminus (). [27] Construction of the Ponte di Tiberio started during the reign of Roman emperor Augustus in 14 AD and finished under his successor, Augustus' adoptive son Tiberius, in 21 AD.
Built in 1938, one year after the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, Round House Café is one of the oldest restaurants in the Bay Area. [1] It is a circular Art Deco building built by Finnish-American architect Alfred Finnila and overlooks the bay. [2] In 2021, a local coffee company, Equator Coffees, leased the site.
The restaurant uses Masataka's nickname, Masa, for its title. [2] Upon its opening, the restaurant had a six-month waiting list for reservations. [1] Kobayashi was murdered in 1984, [3] [4] and sous-chef Bill Galloway ran the kitchen until Julian Serrano became executive chef. [2] [5] He was chef for 14 years.
The San Francisco Michelin Guide was the second North American city chosen to have its own Michelin Guide. Unlike the other U.S. guides which focus mainly in the city proper, the San Francisco guide includes all the major cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley, as well as Wine Country, which includes Napa and ...
In Search of the Perfect Meal, by Roy Andries de Groot, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1986, ISBN 0-312-41131-6, "The Finest Regional Dish in America", pages 238–245.De Groot was a Dutch-born gourmet and bon vivant who wrote about food and drink for many years after World War II in a variety of magazines and newspapers as well as writing several books.
The owner, an American woman who lived in Rome, found her inspiration for the restaurant name from her native town of San Francisco, California. The Golden Gate is the strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The owner, originally from Rome, decided to open the bar as a tea saloon. In 1950, a new owner bought the place and ...
The arch was built in 27 BC, commissioned by the Roman Senate in honour of Augustus, who had become the first Roman emperor in the same year. It was built at the northern end of the Via Flaminia, [2] [3] a Roman road between Ariminum (modern Rimini) and Rome constructed in 220 BC by Gaius Flaminius, [3] [4] and at the start of Ariminum 's decumanus maximus (Corso d'Augusto). [11]
After Tower's departure the restaurant was reopened briefly by new investors under the same name but with a less expensive, Mediterranean concept. [4] In 2004 it became the new location of San Francisco's Trader Vic's, which had been closed since 1994. The Palo Alto location of Stars became a branch of Wolfgang Puck's Spago Restaurant in 1997.