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.

Old And New Palace

4 pages in this part of Bohemian San Francisco.

Old And New Palace

commensurate with its importance. San Francisco and the Palace Hotel were almost synonymous all over the world, and it was conceded by…

Old And New Palace: California

OYSTER OMELET (For two): Take six eggs, one hundred California oysters, one small onion, one tablespoonful of butter, one tablespoonful of…

Old And New Palace: Julienne

Arrange them in an earthenware dish. Cut in Julienne one stalk of celery, one green pepper, one cucumber, two or three tomatoes, depending…

Old And New Palace: Francis

AT THE HOTEL On the morning of April 18, 1906, one of us stood in the doorway of the Hotel St. Francis, and watched approaching fires that…

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