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.

Some Italian Restaurants

5 pages in this part of Bohemian San Francisco.

Some Italian Restaurants

Among the pre-fire restaurants of note were several Italian places which appealed to the Bohemian spirit through their good cooking and…

Some Italian Restaurants: Bohemian

Pop Floyd, recently killed by his bartender in an altercation, had a place down in California street much patronized by business men. He…

Some Italian Restaurants: Market

SOME To speak of Bohemian San Francisco and say nothing of the old Hoff- ITALIAN man saloon, on Second and Market RESTAURANTS streets…

Some Italian Restaurants: Mexican

IMPRESS OF MEXICO Running through all the fabric of San Francisco's history is the thread of Mexican and Spanish romance and tradition…

Some Italian Restaurants: Luna's

Everyone who lived in San Francisco before the fire remembers Ricardo, he of the one eye, who served so well at Luna's, on Vallejo and…

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