America’s Oldest Gay Bar Is Turning 80
It officially opened in 1933, right after Prohibition, but was likely a gay speakeasy before that.
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The Site of the SoMa Whole Foods Was Once a Leather Bar
The entrance was right around where the produce section is now.
S.F. Has Forever Been a Food Town
"There is a cult of food [here], almost like a religion, with its own priesthood — celebrity chefs, rising stars — its own cathedrals, places where one has to make reservations months in advance, and its own holy scripture, the...
Tour Through S.F. Restaurant History, Via Vintage Matchbooks
A Bay Area native has been collecting these things for 30 years.
More on Twin Peaks Tavern, the Landmark Castro Bar Affectionately Called ‘The Glass Coffin’
The 'Chron' profiles the bar and talks more about its history.