Bohemian San Francisco

A tour of San Francisco's legendary eating houses of 1914 — with the actual recipes the famous chefs guarded, from Coppa's to the Poodle Dog.

Bohemia Of The Present

9 pages in this part of Bohemian San Francisco.

Bohemia Of The Present

little eating places established in the streets, some made of abandoned boxes, others of debris from the burned buildings, and some in…

Bohemia Of The Present: Thompson

This was on the corner of Fillmore and Ellis, and had large patronage, it being crowded nightly with men and women who seemed to forget…

Bohemia Of The Present: Poodle

One of the early restaurants established after the fire was Blanco's, at 857 O'Farrell street, and later Blanco opened the Poodle Dog in…

Bohemia Of The Present: Montgomery

But the same food, prepared equally well, is to be found in a number of less pretentious places. At the two mentioned one pays for the…

Bohemia Of The Present: Sutter

The Fly Trap, and Charlie's Fashion, the first in Sutter street near Kearny and the other in Market near Sutter, serve well-cooked foods…

Bohemia Of The Present: August

When you see August (do not fail to pronounce it Owgoost) in repose you involuntarily say, that is if you understand German, "Mir ist alles…

Bohemia Of The Present: Rathskeller

For those who like German dishes and German cooking it is not necessary to confine yourself to the Heidelberg Inn, for both the Hof Brau…

Bohemia Of The Present: Gianduja

This was the case with us, one day when we were over at 1549 Stockton street, near Washington Square, at the Gianduja. The proper…

Bohemia Of The Present: Lazzarini

One of the little, out-of-the way restaurants of the Italian quarter is the Leon d'Oro, at 1525 Grant avenue, and it is one of the…

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