LOCATION: 495 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102. 2. Interiors have remained largely untouched, allowing. With its hard-to-missneon sign and colorful murals on the busy corner of Van Ness and Geary, Tommys Joynthaslong beenconsidered a gathering place for those in all walks of life. Open since 1949, the House of Prime Rib stretches across five rooms and 148 seats, and serves more than 500 diners a night. Laurence Jossel was so impressed by the family meals cooked by two of his workers, Gonzalo Guzman and Jose Ramos, he wanted to give them their own platform, and in so doing he set the stage for a boom of high-quality Mexican restaurants. The opening of Nopa shows how one restaurant can define a neighborhood. It changed owners (within the same family) but continues to offer Southeast Asian specialties including mango chicken, Burmese curry beef, and fish chowder. Thankfully, some of our classic dining establishments like House of Prime Rib, Swan's Oyster Depot, Tadich Grill and a handful of others survive and thrive. The pizza and cocktail cultures merged at this Mission restaurant, where, initially, a rotating cadre of the city's best bartenders spent a week behind the bar and where Ruggero Gadaldi crafted thin-crusted pies and Italian comfort food. DESIGNERS BY CATEGORY - Neiman Marcus Were taking a tip from a 1987 Chronicle archive that recommends a double hamburger, no onions, no lettuce and a glass of house red, for better or worse. Want another option? This cramped 40-seat restaurant on Fillmore Street expanded the Spanish tapas idea to other cultures, offering small plates from around the world. The original Tenderloin restaurant was destroyed by a fire in 2007 but, four years later, the Duggan family moved the business to North Beach (pictured). London is now the owner of the lauded Al's Place in the Mission, which, while not vegetarian, has moved meat off the center of the plate. Let's start with its beginning. Mall stores of the '80s and '90s we miss: A look back And one more high angle view of the Cliff House in 1980. And if you really want to pay a tribute to the establishments history, ordering a martini (or three) with your lunch. Architectural Digest may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Though San Francisco is a city focused on the next big new thing, it's also a place that clings tight to its history, packing its longest-standing restaurants even as buzzier, hotter places come and go. Owner Pascal Rigo (best known for founding the Boulangerie chain) started a trend that was embraced all over the country. Reds Java House has a fascinating history, To please customers during prohibition, the Tosca owners brought in cappuccino machines to steam milk for what would become the bar's two famous drinks, the house cappuccino (simply hot chocolate and steamed milk with Brandy) and the White Nun (steamed milk, brandy and kahlua), a drink the late Carol Doda used to sip regularly during breaks between her gigs at the Condor Club, according to. 8 Best Dim Sum Restaurants in San Francisco - Nomtastic Foods In recent years, trendy deejay dance clubs have adopted the supper club name to attract the 20 and 30s crowd. Ernie's Restaurant, San Francisco, California. When fine dining still meant French, Suzette Gresham and Giancarlo Paterlini opened this white tablecloth Italian restaurant on Sacramento Street, giving an upscale twist to soulful dishes.

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