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San Francisco Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi (pictured 1937) spoke at the dedication ceremony for the building on July 31, 1937. [3] The Western Furniture Exchange and Merchandise Mart, also known as the San Francisco Mart, [2] was completed in mid-1937, after about one year of construction, at a cost of about $3 million (equivalent to $61,000,000 ...
Jack's Restaurant (or Jeanty At Jack's) is a historic building and a former restaurant in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. Opened in 1863, Jack’s was the third oldest restaurant in the city, following Tadich Grill and The Old Clam House. [1] It has been listed as a San Francisco Designated Landmark since 1981. [2]
A historic bar located at 1901 Union Street in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood. [18] It was founded as “The Alley”. [5] The sports bar saloon has been run by a single family for four generations and over a hundred years, the Ferroni family. [5] In 2023, the Ferroni family opened a second floor upscale cocktail lounge. [19]
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 Washington Square Bar & Grill was a landmark restaurant adjoining Washington Square in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood (Powell at Union streets). Known widely as the Washbag, so named by columnist Herb Caen as a play on words, it was a favorite gathering place for a generation of writers, politicians, musicians, and social elite.
Radicchio with XO sauce. The building contains dark wood and brick walls, with a view overlooking the Bay Bridge. [1] Being "microclimate-oriented" and "sealife-focused", [1] [2] Angler's menu includes a radicchio with XO sauce made from radicchio leaves, a tuna with tomato jam, fried blowfish tails, potatoes with a light cheese sauce, and a sundae with caramel, smoked salt, and cocoa; [3 ...
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]
The Buena Vista is a café in San Francisco, California, credited with introducing Irish coffee to the United States in 1952. [1] The Buena Vista Café originally opened in 1916 when the first floor of a boardinghouse was converted into a saloon. [2] The current owners also operate the Trident in Sausalito. [3]