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The Poodle Dog, Grant Avenue
San Francisco's reputation as a fine dining city dates back to the 1800s when rich industrialists rode into the city bringing with them their private French chefs. These chefs saw opportunity a young city full of extremely wealthy people with no great restaurants and decided to leave their employers to strike out on their own.

The city's first three French restaurants were Maison Riche, Maison Dorée, and one located here on this corner of Bush Street and Grant Avenue, featuring a gold-leaf statue of a chicken over its door, known as the Poulet d'Or. But the city's gold miners had a problem pronouncing the French name and the city's most famous restaurant became known instead as, The Poodle Dog. Later versions of the restaurant, rebuilt after fires, simply adopted the common moniker.
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