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Aerial view of Westlake Shopping Center from north, with Trader Joe's on left and Home Depot on right. Westlake Shopping Center occupies the super-block bounded by John Daly Boulevard (on the north), Park Plaza Drive (on the east), Southgate Avenue (on the south), and Lake Merced Boulevard (on the west); it also encompasses the retail/business properties on the south side of Southgate ...
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]
They began in 2000 and shifted their focus to restaurants in 2002. In 2016, Recipe Unlimited acquired a majority stake in their restaurant brands. [2] As of 2022, the company has roughly 100 restaurants and five restaurant brands in two countries: Original Joe’s, State & Main, Elephant and Castle, Añejo Restaurant and Blanco Cantina.
The neighborhood is served by the West Portal Branch of the San Francisco Public Library. Like Glen Park, West Portal is a San Francisco community that almost functions as a small city itself. Though small, the neighborhood has many banks, restaurants of many types, coffee shops, salons, post office, elementary school, drug store, bakery, ice ...
Mini-high platforms were constructed on Ulloa Street at West Portal to provide accessible transfer between the K/L and subway trains. [7] The forced transfer at West Portal was criticized by disability advocates. [8] On March 16, 2024, a motorist in an SUV crashed into the L Taraval bus stop at the station, killing a family of four. [9]
In the spring, fans grieved the sudden disappearance of an old friend: Chocolate Joe-Joe's Chocolate Vanilla Creme Cookies. The chain's Oreo riff came in a brightly-colored box complete with a toucan.
Original Joes in San Francisco. Although the dish has been served for decades at many restaurants throughout the San Francisco Bay Area including several with "Joe's" as part of their names, [2] [3] it was popularized by Original Joe's, a restaurant in San Francisco's Tenderloin District. [4] During World War II, a serving cost 75 cents. [5]
After World War II moderate-cost housing began in Daly City as well as in most other Bay Area communities. A San Francisco builder, Henry Doelger, purchased some 600 acres of sand dunes and cabbage patches that occupied much of the land between the original Daly City's westerly edge to the ocean. He built a community called Westlake, which was ...