From the House of Prime Rib to Buffalo Theory, Nob Hill’s food scene might be more diverse than you think.
There's a reason why the classics become classics. They're timeless, and they're damn good. In the realm of cocktails, familiar names like Martini, Old…
The Tonga Room always fills me with gratitude. Gratitude that it wasn't demolished. Gratitude that kitsch has a revered place in any civil society….
You may not know this, but there is a bar besides the Tonga Room in the Fairmont Hotel. It sits at the back of…
San Francisco is so picturesque largely because of plate tectonics (the hills) and the ballsy T-square manipulations of great thinkers in tweed trousers (turn-of-the-20th-century…
By John Geluardi The Grand Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel is a venerable place to hold an election night gathering for supporters of political…
