It is a well-known fact, and easily noticeable for any visitor, that San Franciscans love using French words. Especially when it comes to food, but not only. I’ve seen, for example, a number of houses with ‘Watch the dog’ signs in French, or local columnists routinely using unnecessary French words. So that probably explains why Shannon Alley, between Post and Geary, Taylor and Jones, has a sign in French. ‘Allée Shannon’:
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I walk by this sign almost every day and it strikes me as odd. The hotel the sign is on isn’t even a French hotel, is it?
Hotel Adagio sounds more Italian to me than French…
Actually, this sign is from the days of a previous restaurant incarnation called “City of Paris”. Don’t remember the exact dates, but it was only around for a few years… I do recall having a birthday dinner for my mom there in Dec ’92… The food was very good when the place started – the maitre d’/owner and some of the staff came from the Balboa Cafe. They had good steaks, burgers, raw bar… But some changes were made and it was all down hill after that… And the hotel at that time was called the Shannon Court.
Mystery solved
Thanks for sharing your city knowledge, Eric!
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