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.

Sang the Swan Song

3 pages in this part of Bohemian San Francisco.

Sang the Swan Song

In the latter part of April, 1906, when the fire-swept streets presented their most forbidding aspect, and when the only moving figures to…

Sang the Swan Song: Coppa (part 2 of 3)

It was Bohemia's Swan Song, sung by those to whom San Francisco held more than pleasure-more than sentimentality. It held for them…

Sang the Swan Song: Coppa's (part 3 of 3)

In the old days it was considered a feat of gormandizing to go through one of Coppa's dinners and eat everything set before you for one…

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