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After Tower's departure the restaurant was reopened briefly by new investors under the same name but with a less expensive, Mediterranean concept. [4] In 2004 it became the new location of San Francisco's Trader Vic's, which had been closed since 1994. The Palo Alto location of Stars became a branch of Wolfgang Puck's Spago Restaurant in 1997.
Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [1] breweries, [2] horse racing tracks, [3] and others forms of entertainment.
In 2009, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed Third Street be renamed for former mayor Willie Brown. [6] The proposal was not adopted. In the 1960s, the downtown section of Third Street was known as San Francisco's "skid row", with most of its (then much smaller) homeless population concentrating there. [7] San Francisco Bay Area portal
[1] [3] [4] Starting at age 19 she worked as a political activist, first in Portland, Oregon on behalf of an environmental organization, then later for a women's clinic based in San Francisco. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 1991, at the age of 22, Polzine relocated to North Carolina , and entered the restaurant industry as a dishwasher before eventually being ...
Thunderpussy operated two San Francisco restaurants in the 1960s: the one at 1398 Haight Street (at the corner of Haight and Masonic), which bore her name, featured a late-night delivery service and erotic desserts such as "The Montana Banana", which was an unsplit banana, representing a phallus, served "erect" in a food service "boat" with two ...
The restaurant was opened by Nancy Oakes and her financier Pat Kuleto in the Audiffred Building in 1993. In 2012, she won the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant. [4] [5] Nancy won Outstanding Chef in 2015. [6]
Saison is a San Francisco restaurant that earned the highest rating of three stars from the Michelin Guide in 2014. [2] [3] It is located in the SoMa district. [4] The founder is Beverage Director and Winemaker for Saison Winery, Mark Bright. [5] The Executive Chef is Richard Lee.
Comstock Saloon is a historic saloon in San Francisco, California, located in San Francisco's North Beach. The building, since 1907, housed several different bars and owners. [1] [2] The predecessor being the San Francisco Brewing Company (1985–2012), which is the oldest microbrewery in San Francisco.