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.

Early Italian Impression

4 pages in this part of Bohemian San Francisco.

Early Italian Impression

Almost coincident with the opening of the Iron House an Italian named Bazzuro took possession of one of the stranded sailing vessels…

Early Italian Impression: Tanta

The French peasant style came a little later, beginning in a little dining room opened in Washington street, just above Kearny, by a French…

Early Italian Impression: California

In California street, just below Dupont, the California House boasted a great chef in the person of John Somali, who in later years opened…

Early Italian Impression: Pierre

French impression came strongly about this time, and the Poodle Dog, of Paris, had its prototype at Bush and Dupont streets. This was one…

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