SFCityBear;842854733 said:
It worked out real well. Turns out the father was impressed, and years later, I became his patient. Very famous ophthalmologist who rescued my eyesight. As for the girl, I am better off, believe me.
joe yaks;842854725 said:
There seems to be a theme here.
The food may not be good, but it's cheap and there's plenty of it.
Eating from the trough.
BearDevil;842854739 said:
One of my childhood friends showed up with his daughter extremely late for recent pre-game beers at the Faculty Club. Was very evasive about prior whereabouts, but finally cracked under withering cross examination and sheepishly admitted they were late because of lunch at Chez Panisse. We howled since all of us had not so faint memories of seeing if six drunks could come up with enough change for one last Manny's pitcher or seeing the same guy as a Young Blue frantically haggling with a guy in a seafood dive for a 55 gallon drum of tuna.
Equally embarrassed that I went to the Faculty Club twice for lunch as an undergrad and had breakfast at I House twice a month, but didnt appreciate them until I was in my late 30s as my culinary and drinking taste at Cal.
For the record, I've only seen the aforementioned out of the closet foodie openly weep twice on the last 40 years: when Edsel Ford Fong died and when Will Kapp romped for a long TD in China Basin (we ran up a healthy pre-game tab at Swan's Oyster Depot).
prospeCt;842854803 said:
Edsel Ford, well connected polit., would turn to a table w the dish you were asking about and spear sample for you, unannounced; beers on the tiny 3rd floor balcony @ 3am, east bay views
the love for Sirloin&Brew?
Bertola's was the essence of Oakland, family-style, cavernous wrap-around bar, jukebox, soup and sourdough, hogs and choppers out front
Reza's for pitchers of Hamm's, Oly, Henry's on back palm-shaded deck abutting Raleigh's patio, as a freshman, not college, Saturday mornings before Cal games
goodtimes
prospeCt;842854803 said:
Edsel Ford, well connected polit., would turn to a table w the dish you were asking about and spear sample for you, unannounced; beers on the tiny 3rd floor balcony @ 3am, east bay views
the love for Sirloin&Brew?
Bertola's was the essence of Oakland, family-style, cavernous wrap-around bar, jukebox, soup and sourdough, hogs and choppers out front
Reza's for pitchers of Hamm's, Oly, Henry's on back palm-shaded deck abutting Raleigh's patio, as a freshman, not college, Saturday mornings before Cal games
goodtimes
bearister;842854820 said:
"A friend and regular reader sent me this old photograph of the Hamm's brewery sign at night, taken in San Francisco around 1954, the year the Hamm's Brewery opened. It's a nighttime shot of the iconic Hamm's sign on the roof of the brewery that was located at 1550 Bryant Street. When it was built, "it was the largest commercial sign on the West Coast." The brewery closed in 1972, and sign taken down three years later, in 1975. According to Wikipedia, it was a "20-by-80 foot sign, with a 3-dimensional 13-foot beer chalice on top, [and] appeared in the first Dirty Harry film. " BY JAY BROOKS
bearister;842854820 said:
"A friend and regular reader sent me this old photograph of the Hamm's brewery sign at night, taken in San Francisco around 1954, the year the Hamm's Brewery opened. It's a nighttime shot of the iconic Hamm's sign on the roof of the brewery that was located at 1550 Bryant Street. When it was built, "it was the largest commercial sign on the West Coast." The brewery closed in 1972, and sign taken down three years later, in 1975. According to Wikipedia, it was a "20-by-80 foot sign, with a 3-dimensional 13-foot beer chalice on top, [and] appeared in the first Dirty Harry film. " BY JAY BROOKS
grandmastapoop;842854832 said:
That's a great photo. My wife works in that building. There's a cool little exhibit about the brewery in the lobby.
BearDevil;842854816 said:
Was wondering if Sirloin & Brew would come up. When friends would order cokes at S&B (Old Milwaukee) or Candlestick (Hamm's) to make the crappy beer taste better, I began to suspect not everyone was purely motivated by the love of the game...,
bearister;842854833 said:
http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/hamms-in-san-francisco/
BearClause;842854787 said:
I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Sun Hong Kong. Even after my student days I worked in Berkeley and I remember the communal table. Just sit next to a stranger and order your cheap and filling meal.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sun-hong-kong-restaurant-berkeley-berkeley
sp4149;842854826 said:
Late in Life I discovered Basque Hotels, boarding room hotels with exceptional meals catering to an older single clientele of
Basque shepherds away from their flocks.
Since then I have encountered more than one mother of a college student who mandated that their son attend a college with a
Basque Hotel nearby. The first two I dined at were in Fresno, Over the years I have dined at dozens on both sides of the Sierras.
As far south as Yuma and Boulevard and North to Reno, East To Fallon and West to Hanford and Lemoore. Once you started looking
they were strung along 99 and 395. Many were named "Santa Fe Hotel" although a couple were next to a Southern Pacific RR station;
maybe Fred Harvey loaned the start-up funds to ****-off the old SP.
When I worked in San Bruno, for special business lunches we headed to the nearby Basque Cultural Center. I think the food was better
at the hotels, but then when on TDY to remote bases like Fallon, China Lake, Yuma, El Centro, Lemoore, Pickle Meadows the competition
was let's say sub-standard. I don't remember a Santa Fe Hotel in Berkeley although the Santa Fe was close to campus. A Quick Google
check for Basque food in Berkeley revealed none, but did list the Basque Cultural Center in South SF as #1.
If you are recruiting a well fed player from a town with a Basque Hotel, his mom wouldn't let him attend Berkeley since it is Basque deficient...
sp4149;842854826 said:
Late in Life I discovered Basque Hotels, boarding room hotels with exceptional meals catering to an older single clientele of
Basque shepherds away from their flocks.
Since then I have encountered more than one mother of a college student who mandated that their son attend a college with a
Basque Hotel nearby. The first two I dined at were in Fresno, Over the years I have dined at dozens on both sides of the Sierras.
As far south as Yuma and Boulevard and North to Reno, East To Fallon and West to Hanford and Lemoore. Once you started looking
they were strung along 99 and 395. Many were named "Santa Fe Hotel" although a couple were next to a Southern Pacific RR station;
maybe Fred Harvey loaned the start-up funds to ****-off the old SP.
When I worked in San Bruno, for special business lunches we headed to the nearby Basque Cultural Center. I think the food was better
at the hotels, but then when on TDY to remote bases like Fallon, China Lake, Yuma, El Centro, Lemoore, Pickle Meadows the competition
was let's say sub-standard. I don't remember a Santa Fe Hotel in Berkeley although the Santa Fe was close to campus. A Quick Google
check for Basque food in Berkeley revealed none, but did list the Basque Cultural Center in South SF as #1.
If you are recruiting a well fed player from a town with a Basque Hotel, his mom wouldn't let him attend Berkeley since it is Basque deficient...
SFCityBear;842855066 said:
Great stuff.
My favorite Basque place in Nevada is in Winnemucca. I can’t remember the name, but I can drive right to it. Wonderful food and service. Polished brass fixtures in the men’s room.
San Francisco has plenty of Basque places, some more on the Spanish Basque side, and some on the French Basque. My current favorite is Patio Espanol on Alemany. Beautiful dcor. Dinner most nights and brunch to die for on Sundays. Great for banquets.
Back in my student days, there was the Basque Hotel on Broadway, and the Hotel Obrero on Stockton in Chinatown, where the dining room was on the second floor. It seated about 10-15 people, reservations only. Bambi, a real hippie and the Obrero owner, did all the cooking herself, and then ate dinner with us. Years later, when I was down and out, she put me up in her apartment in the Haight for a few weeks while she was out of town. She passed away a few years ago, and so did the Obrero. Bambi was a special friend.
GB54;842855113 said:
There are still some around-Bakersfield and Los Banos- but to me they were like those family restaurants in North Beach. The charm was that they were cheap and old world. I think the food was better in retrospect
MSaviolives;842855161 said:
I had a great Basque meal at the Star Hotel in Elko NV a few years ago. Elko also known as the home of Cowboy Poetry (well, and some casinos and houses of ill repute).
sp4149;842855281 said:
A well known North Tahoe ski resort was constructed on land that had been used for decades as a summer camp of Basque shepherds. Nearby was an aspen grove. Aspen ahs a lovely white bark, but when it is cut the wound turns black. The result was some pornographic Basque drawings made by lonely horny shepherds. During construction of the resort, executives took a tour of the property with their families. A woman in the group noticed the black on white bark drawings, investigated and was offended. The grove of aspens was cut down the next day. That was 40 years ago, the trees will have regrown but a bit of cultural heritage disappeared forever.
joe yaks;842855285 said:
Shepherds need love, too.
GB54;842855300 said:
Sheep are so damn seductive
GB54;842855300 said:
Sheep are so damn seductive
