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'''Ernie's''' was a | '''Ernie's''' was a renowned restaurant in San Francisco, California, for many years. First opened in the late 19th century and located in what had once been the notorious [[Barbary Coast]] area of the city, in the 1950s it became world famous as a luxurious restaurant serving mostly traditional French cuisine in what was usually called ''fin-de-siècle'' bordello-like decor featuring plush red wallpaper, heavy draperies, impeccable white linens, and formal waiters in black. When it closed in 1995, it was one of the few remaining restaurants of a kind that had once epitomized the celebrated San Francisco dining scene; among the others, some of them even older, were the [[Ritz Old Poodle Dog]], [[Jack's]], [[The Blue Fox]], and [[Amelio's]]. All of them are now gone; a few vestiges of the 19th century still remain in downtown San Francisco: [[Tadich Grill]], [[Sam's]], and [[John's]], but none of them ever enjoyed the reputation for decadent, even illicit, pleasures that the others purveyed. | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 9 November 2007
Ernie's was a renowned restaurant in San Francisco, California, for many years. First opened in the late 19th century and located in what had once been the notorious Barbary Coast area of the city, in the 1950s it became world famous as a luxurious restaurant serving mostly traditional French cuisine in what was usually called fin-de-siècle bordello-like decor featuring plush red wallpaper, heavy draperies, impeccable white linens, and formal waiters in black. When it closed in 1995, it was one of the few remaining restaurants of a kind that had once epitomized the celebrated San Francisco dining scene; among the others, some of them even older, were the Ritz Old Poodle Dog, Jack's, The Blue Fox, and Amelio's. All of them are now gone; a few vestiges of the 19th century still remain in downtown San Francisco: Tadich Grill, Sam's, and John's, but none of them ever enjoyed the reputation for decadent, even illicit, pleasures that the others purveyed.