Bohemian San Francisco Review

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"San Fransiscans, both residential and transient, are a pleasure-loving people, and dining out is a distinctive feature of their pleasure. With hundreds of restaurants to select from, each specializing on some particular dish or some particular mode of preparation, one often becomes bewildered and turns to familiar names on the menu card rather than venture into fields that are new...."
Elsword, affable and expert, gives us a detailed tour of the dining opportunities available to the "Bohemian" who, in his parlance, is at least partially someone who is ready to dine (and cook) with a bit of adventure, with a desire to experience the culturally authentic rather than the standard fare. And where, at this early point in the 20th century, was there a better place to do this than San Francisco?
He discusses the history of certain restaurants and of the certain types of dining that were available in San Francisco, famous local joints and high-brow establishments, includes nuggets of local history, gives information on where the food products are obtained, and even provides guidance on tipping,
Cloth over paper boards with brown and gilt details. 138 pp. Two color printing throughout. Frontisphoto of a barkeep in top hat at the Old Cobweb Palace. Indexed. Appendix. With recipes.
Some chapter titles: "The Good Gray City," "When the Gringo Came," "Early Italian Impression," At the Cliff House," "On the Barbary Coast," "A Breath of the Orient," "Artistic Japan," "Old and New Palace," "At the Hotel St. Francis," "Where Fish Come In," "Around Little Italy," "Lobsters and Lobsters," "King of Shellfish," "Clams and Abalones," "Some Food Variants," "The Mythical Land."


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