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Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California.It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940.
The San Francisco Michelin Guide was the second North American city chosen to have its own Michelin Guide. Unlike the other U.S. guides which focus mainly in the city proper, the San Francisco guide includes all the major cities in the Bay Area: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Berkeley, as well as Wine Country, which includes Napa and ...
Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California.At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina.
David's son Edmond settled in San Francisco, where he and his wife Gertrude became co-owners of a group of cafeteria-style restaurants named Dennets. Clifford, one of Edmond's five children, learned the restaurant trade while working in his father's restaurants. Along with two partners, he bought his father's interest in Dennets.
The San Francisco Planning Department officially identifies 36 neighborhoods. Within these 36 official neighborhoods are a large number of minor districts, some of which are historical, and some of which are overlapping. [citation needed] Some of San Francisco's neighborhoods are also officially designated as "cultural districts". [citation needed]
Pacific Heights (often referred to as Pac Heights [4]) is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, United States. It has panoramic views of the Golden Gate Bridge , San Francisco Bay , the Palace of Fine Arts , Alcatraz , and the Presidio .
in 1847, San Francisco was a small settlement home to approximately 800 residents. [3] New residents flocked to the city during the California gold rush of 1849, increasing the population to approximately 25,000 by 1850. [ 4 ]
Historic bars and saloons in San Francisco were some of the earliest businesses during the formation of the city. Many of the first businesses to spring up in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush era (1848–1855) supported the influx of new men, including bars and saloons, [1] breweries, [2] horse racing tracks, [3] and others forms of entertainment.