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The first Original Joe's was established by a Croatian immigrant, Ante "Tony" Rodin in 1937. [3] The restaurant was originally located at 144 Taylor Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, and initially consisted of a 14-stool counter on a saw-dust covered floor. [4]
Compton's Cafeteria was a chain of cafeterias owned by Gene Compton in San Francisco from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Tenderloin location of Compton's at 101 Taylor Street (at Turk)—open from 1954 to 1972—was a popular meeting place for transgender people, especially trans women, [12] to congregate publicly in
The 12-story hotel is at 405 Taylor Street. It underwent a $16 million renovation and became the Spero Hotel in 2018. [ 2 ] It is listed on the listed on the National Register of Historic Places in San Francisco, California since 1998; [ 3 ] and it is a contributing property to the National Register of Historic Places's Uptown Tenderloin ...
Caffè Trieste is an internationally known coffeehouse, retail store, and former franchise in San Francisco. The original cafe, opened in 1956, was the first espresso-based coffeehouse on the West Coast of the United States. [1] [2] Caffe Trieste is considered a San Francisco institution and a local hub for poets, writers, and beat culture. [3] [4]
When the owners of a burger shack in St. Helena—Taylor's Refresher—decided to lease out their 50-year-old property, brothers Joel and Duncan Gott capitalized the opportunity to run their own restaurant. The restaurant became Taylor's Automatic Refresher when the first location re-opened in St. Helena in 1999, and (in the aftermath of a ...
Original location Founded Headquarters Number of U.S. locations Areas served Notes 7 Brew Coffee: Rogers, Arkansas: 2017 273 Nationwide 7 Leaves Cafe: Westminster, California: 2011 41 Southwestern United States Argo Tea: Chicago, Illinois: 2003 Chicago, Illinois: 41 East and Upper Midwest Biggby Coffee: East Lansing, Michigan: 1995 Lansing ...
Ambassador Hotel, San Francisco. Hotel Cecil (1906), 156–160 Eddy Street; designed by Mexican-born architect Albert Pissis [6] Cadillac Hotel (c. 1908), 366–394 Eddy Street; San Francisco Designated Landmark-listed [6] [7] Saint Boniface Church (1908), 133–175 Golden Gate Avenue; San Francisco Designated Landmark-listed [6]
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.