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Moongate Lounge serves lunar-themed seasonal food and drink menu and wine list, different from the restaurant. The drink menu has two cocktail types: one named after moons like the Kerberos and the Io, and another based on Chinese lunar calendar, including Jingzhe (Awakening of Insects) and vernal equinox. At the lounge's debut, the food menu ...
Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) (May 6, 1927 – April 24, 1984) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. [1] He was called the "world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter " and worked at the Sam Wo Chinese restaurant .
Sam Wo was primarily well known by San Francisco locals for its "famous ... no-frills, late-night food and its you-get-what-you-pay service" and 3 am closing time. [2] In the 1950s Sam Wo was a Beat Generation hangout, [5] featuring poets including Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, and Charles Bukowski. [6] Edsel with "abused" customers in 1982.
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Johnny Kan (1906–1972) was a Chinese American restaurateur in Chinatown, San Francisco, ca 1950–1970.He was the owner of Johnny Kan's restaurant, which opened in 1953, and published a book on Cantonese cuisine, Eight Immortal Flavors, which was praised by Craig Claiborne and James Beard. [1]
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 ...
Entered the list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants, 2019 [18] Ranked 28th in The World's 50 Best Restaurants, 2021 [19] The 40 Most Important Restaurants of the Decade, Esquire [20] The Most Important Restaurants of the Decade, Food & Wine [21] 5 Stars, Forbes Travel Guide [22] 4 Stars, San Francisco Chronicle [23] Five Diamond Award, AAA [24]
The Forbidden City nightclub, located at 369 Sutter Street just outside Chinatown and run by Charlie Low, became one of the most famous entertainment places in San Francisco. [80] While it was doing business, from the late 1930s to the late 1950s, the Forbidden City gained an international reputation with its unique showcase of exotic oriental ...