St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 Eric Sloane Though Old Kasaan was briefly

Though Old Kasaan was briefly proclaimed a National Monument

in honor of that era

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

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

It reopened in 1998 as the Hotel Allegro

St Francis Hotel, San Francisco 1919 Eric Sloane Though Old Kasaan was brieflyThis 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