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Introduction
1 pages
The Good Gray City
4 pages
As It Was In The Beginning
1 pages
When The Gringo Came
1 pages
Early Italian Impression
4 pages
Birth Of The French Restaurant
2 pages
At The Cliff House
2 pages
Some Italian Restaurants
5 pages
On The Barbary Coast
1 pages
The City That Was Passes
1 pages
Sang The Swan Song
3 pages
Bohemia Of The Present
9 pages
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Highlights
Some Italian Restaurants
Among the pre-fire restaurants of note were several Italian places which appealed to the Bohemian spirit through their good…
The Mythical Land
companionship. At such times waiters become careless and sometimes familiar. Cooks are rushed to such an extent that they do not…
Lobsters And Lobsters
come to San Francisco from the East, for what is called a lobster in San Francisco is not a lobster at all but a crayfish. The…
The Good Gray City
It was in Paris that a world traveler said to us: "San Francisco! That wonderful city where you get the best there is to eat…
Something About Cooking
according to the point of view. The extremes are rarities, and sometimes duty and burden are synonymous.
At The Cliff House
Three times destroyed by fire, and three times rebuilt, the Cliff House stands on a rocky promontory overlooking the Sundown Sea…