The Best of Old School San Francisco

Unlike milk, or guys who work in finance loudly telling you that they work in finance, some things never get old. San Francisco is of course no stranger to embracing the hot, new, semi-ridiculous thing (see: Dot Com Boom I, the Great Cupcake Craze, fedoras), but the city is also home to some of the most storied and time-tested eating and drinking establishments in the West. 

Here we take a look at five San Francisco classics: Balboa Café, one of the oldest bars in the city; Brazen Head, which is famous enough not even need a sign; Fior D’Italia, the oldest Italian restaurant in America; Scoma's, the best Wharf seafood that (a lot of) money can buy; and Tadich Grill, which is so old school that it’s 2012 and their website isn’t even live yet.

So come along as we head back to the SF of old, when railroad barons ruled Nob Hill with an iron fist, a gentleman’s haircut always came with a straight-razor shave, and the three-martini lunch was still the primary impetus for most of the economic activity in the city.