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Brown Derby was a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California. The first and best known was shaped like a derby hat, an iconic image that became synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. It was opened by Wilson Mizner in 1926. [1] The chain was started by Robert H. Cobb and Herbert K. Somborn (a former husband of film star Gloria Swanson ...
Fleur de Lys was a French restaurant in San Francisco, California, US. It closed in June 2014 after a 28-year run. [1] [2] A sister restaurant in Las Vegas by the same name was closed in 2010 and reopened under the name Fleur by Hubert Keller in 2010. [2]
Forbes Island. / 38.0675; -121.6488. Forbes Island is a floating island and event space near Bradford Island, California, United States. It was formerly a restaurant, located between Pier 39 and Pier 41 in Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. It was the only "floating island" restaurant in the Bay Area.
Patterson is also a food writer. He is an occasional contributor to New York Times Magazine, Food & Wine Magazine, and San Francisco Magazine. [1] In 2004 he wrote The Magic of Essential Oils in Food and Fragrance together with co-author Mandy Aftel, a noted perfume maker. [9] ". To the Moon, Alice" (a reference to Alice Waters of Chez Panisse ...
Poodle Dog Restaurants. The Poodle Dog Restaurants were a series of French Restaurants in San Francisco spanning from at least 1849 to the mid-1960s. The successive restaurants were mostly unrelated, but each built on the former's success and reputation. [1] [2] During its heyday, the Poodle Dog was the epitome of wealth and opulence in San ...
Coordinates: 37°47′53″N 122°24′24″W. The Condor Club nightclub is a striptease bar or topless bar in the North Beach section of San Francisco, California [1] The club became famous in 1964 as the first fully topless nightclub in America, featuring the dancer Carol Doda wearing a monokini. [2] The club in 1973.
Website. melsdrive-in .com. Mel's Drive-In neon sign, Los Angeles, CA. Mel's Drive-In is a term referring to two American restaurant chains, the successors of a restaurant founded in 1947 by Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs in San Francisco, California. It is closely associated with the film American Graffiti .
The Fairmont San Francisco is a luxury hotel at 950 Mason Street, atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel was named after mining magnate and U.S. Senator James Graham Fair (1831–94), by his daughters, Theresa Fair Oelrichs and Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, who built the hotel in his honor. [7]