Joaquin Garay's Copa, San Francisco, 1950s 1916 A giant Eat Now sign

A giant Eat Now sign sat on top of the building as well as a reader board which said "Bees humm cause they don't know the words

By all accounts a charming gentleman

customers would find the pop up of a giant hand clasping a chicken

painted yellow

the increasingly mentally disturbed King George died in 1820

Joaquin Garay's Copa, San Francisco, 1950s 1916 A giant Eat Now signJoaquin Garay was a well known orchestra leader and radio personality in the 30s and 40s. He opened the glamorous Copacabana night club in San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf in September 1941 and it soon became a popular hang out for celebrities of the era. Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall frequented it often during their honeymoon and John Wayne was a big fan. Joaquin released an album "A Night At Joaquin Garay's Copacabana" in the mid 1940s and the