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Alioto's Restaurant was a historic Italian fish restaurant located at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf.. It began in 1925 as a fish stand, operated by Sicilian immigrant Nunzio Alioto, Sr. [1] In 1932, with business at his Stall #8 doing well, Alioto built the first building on Fisherman's Wharf and began selling crab and shrimp cocktails.
Aerial view of San Francisco, looking south, with Fisherman's Wharf just left of center, directly above a lone sailboat. One of the busiest and well known tourist attractions in the western United States, Fisherman's Wharf is best known for being the location of Pier 39, the Cannery Shopping Center, Ghirardelli Square, a Ripley's Believe it or Not museum, the Musée Mécanique, Madame Tussauds ...
(Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle) As a series of winter storms slammed California’s coast with powerful rip currents and towering waves, part of the Santa Cruz Wharf collapsed on Monday, ...
In San Francisco, the NWS issued a high surf advisory for the Bay Area, expected to last from 10 a.m. local time Thursday until Sunday afternoon. Forecasters predicted 20 to 30-foot waves and ...
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park (12 P) Pages in category "Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Residents were warned to stay away from low-lying areas near the beaches around the Santa Cruz Wharf, about 70 miles (112 kilometers) south of San Francisco, as the storm rapidly gained strength.
The park was dedicated in 1979 [1] by Mayor Joseph Alioto and was named for sailor and novelist Joseph Conrad (who seems never to have visited San Francisco [2]).. Leonard Martin, who transformed the abandoned Del Monte Plant #1 into The Cannery Shopping Plaza in 1967, [3] [4] had wanted to save the park (then called Columbus Square), as he thought it vital to maintain green spaces near his ...
The Wharf, a public pier, is home to several restaurants in Santa Cruz, about 70 miles south of San Francisco. The pier was evacuated and closed to all emergency responders just after 1 p.m.