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The Saloon – at the intersection of Fresno and Grant, between Vallejo and Broadway – is the oldest continuous bar in North Beach by default. That is to say the same building that was a saloon there in 1861 houses the present-day Saloon bar. There are establishments in San Francisco that date back further, but none with its original timbers. This is because The Saloon also served as a whorehouse in 1906, and was favored by firemen. One of the main reasons two-thirds of San Francisco went up in smoke in the aftermath of the earthquake was the lack of adequate water pressure for fire hoses, but the valiant turn-of-the-century firemen weren’t going to let the residence of their favorite floozies go up in smoke. They ran a hose down to the shoreline, then at Front Street, and were able to keep the flames surrounding The Saloon at bay.
The Saloon was founded by Ferdinand Wagner, a Deutch from the Alsace Lorraine who came to California in 1854 and made his money selling fruit (a lot more money than fools who went to pan for gold in the Sierras). After bringing his family to the States, he built what is now The Saloon on the site of his fruit stand during the Civil War era.
R.E.B.E.L. was the daytime bartender the last time I was there. “I’ve earned every initial!” she stated. She added she was from Florida and indicated the soft toy stuffed pink flamingo that hangs from the front door frame whenever tends she bar there. Rebel filled me in on the cinematic highlights of the bar’s recent history. The owner once appeared in his own bar on an episode of The Streets of San Francisco playing the role of a passed out drunk. Kirk and Spock walk past The Saloon in Star Trek IV where they go back in time to 20th century San Francisco to save the whales. Actress Reese Witherspoon carved her name in the men’s bathroom.
The Saloon – at the intersection of Fresno and Grant, between Vallejo and Broadway – is the oldest continuous bar in North Beach by default. That is to say the same building that was a saloon there in 1861 houses the present-day Saloon bar. There are establishments in San Francisco that date back further, but none with its original timbers. This is because The Saloon also served as a whorehouse in 1906, and was favored by firemen. One of the main reasons two-thirds of San Francisco went up in smoke in the aftermath of the earthquake was the lack of adequate water pressure for fire hoses, but the valiant turn-of-the-century firemen weren’t going to let the residence of their favorite floozies go up in smoke. They ran a hose down to the shoreline, then at Front Street, and were able to keep the flames surrounding The Saloon at bay.
The Saloon was founded by Ferdinand Wagner, a Deutch from the Alsace Lorraine who came to California in 1854 and made his money selling fruit (a lot more money than fools who went to pan for gold in the Sierras). After bringing his family to the States, he built what is now The Saloon on the site of his fruit stand during the Civil War era.
R.E.B.E.L. was the daytime bartender the last time I was there. “I’ve earned every initial!” she stated. She added she was from Florida and indicated the soft toy stuffed pink flamingo that hangs from the front door frame whenever tends she bar there. Rebel filled me in on the cinematic highlights of the bar’s recent history. The owner once appeared in his own bar on an episode of The Streets of San Francisco playing the role of a passed out drunk. Kirk and Spock walk past The Saloon in Star Trek IV where they go back in time to 20th century San Francisco to save the whales. Actress Reese Witherspoon carved her name in the men’s bathroom.
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