St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 Eric Sloane had the biggest hit of

had the biggest hit of 1906 with his composition Dill Pickles Rag

friends advised him that he would do even better if he sold alcohol

The title has since been adopted by many Mexican restaurants across the USA

Though Old Kasaan was briefly proclaimed a National Monument

of long-time club The Monster

St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 Eric Sloane had the biggest hit ofThis menu comes from the honoree banquet given for Baron Shimpei Goto, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, by T. Ohta, General Consul for Japan. Chef Victor Hirtzler reproduced this bill of fare in The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book, published in 1919, which continues to be highly prized book among collectors. Hirtzler trained in Paris and was a food taster and cook for Czar Nicholas II and was also chef de cuisine for Carlos I of Portugal. He was