Barbary Coast Trail

The Barbary Coast Trail is a marked trail that connects a series of historic sites and several local history museums in San Francisco, California. Approximately 180 bronze medallions and arrows embedded in the sidewalk mark the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) trail. The historic sites of the Barbary Coast Trail relate primarily to the period from the California Gold Rush of 1849 to the Earthquake and Fire of 1906, a period when San Francisco grew from a small village to an important shipping port. Sites along the trail include the Old Mint, a national historic landmark; Union Square; Maiden Lane; Old St. Mary's Cathedral, first Catholic cathedral West of the Rockies; T'ien Hou temple, one of the oldest still-operating Chinese temples in the United States; Wells Fargo History Museum; Pony Express headquarters site; Jackson Square Historic District, which contains the last cluster of Gold Rush and Barbary Coast-era buildings in San Francisco; The Old Ship Saloon, once a shanghaiing den; Coit Tower; Fisherman's Wharf; SF Maritime National Historical Park, which maintains a large collection of historic ships; and Ghirardelli Square. Each end of the Barbary Coast Trail is connected by the Hyde-Powell cable car line, itself a national historic landmark.

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The Stinking Rose

The Stinking Rose is a Californian restaurant known for including garlic in all its dishes, including its garlic ice cream. The first location opened in San Francisco in 1991, followed by a second location in Beverly Hills in 1996. The Beverly Hills restaurant announced its permanent closure in October 2021. The San Francisco location was originally located at 325 Columbus Ave, moved in 2021 to its current address at 430 Columbus Avenue, in the heart of San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. The restaurant's motto is "We season our garlic with food®". It has inspired two garlic-themed cookbooks from Ten Speed Press, titled The Stinking Cookbook (1994) and The Stinking Rose Restaurant Cookbook (2006). In February 2014, the 38,500-square-foot (3,577 m2) site housing the Beverly Hills restaurant was put up for sale. It sold in September of that year for about $17 million, although the restaurant continued to operate while redevelopment plans were underway. After several years of uncertainty, the Beverly Hills location formally closed in 2021, with no plans announced for reopening. The Stinking Rose in San Francisco remains open and continues to serve its signature garlic-centric to locals and tourists. The new location at 430 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco features expanded patio seating and maintains the restaurant's quirky décor and reputation for bold, garlic-forward flavor.

Landmark Restaurant

Buon Gusto Sausage Factory

Buon Gusto Sausage Factory is a historic building completed in 1948 located in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. It was designed in an International Style by master architect Martin J. Rist. It was listed for sale in 2017 for potential redevelopment, but it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places and development plans had stalled by 2020.

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Rose Pistola

Rose Pistola was an Italian restaurant in the North Beach neighborhood in San Francisco. Specializing in cuisine from the Ligurian region of Italy, it opened in 1996, by Reed Hearon, a Texas-born chef, and received the James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant the following year.

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The Anxious Asp

The Anxious Asp was a lesbian and bohemian bar in operation from 1958 to 1967 at 528 Green Street in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, U.S.

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