Sutro Baths, The Cliff House, San Francisco 1930s

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Sutro Baths, The Cliff House, San Francisco 1930sIn 1881 Adolph Sutro, a self made millionaire who later became mayor of San Francisco, bought the Cliff House restaurant from its original owners. He set about making improvements that would re establish it as a family friendly restaurant but in 1894, the wooden building was destroyed by fire. While beginning to rebuild Cliff House as a grand castle like structure, Sutro also built the Sutro Baths. He constructed an ocean pool aquarium among the rocks

The theme of the fair was technological innovation

had an Arabian Nights theme

The name "Birdland" was chosen to capitalize on the popularity of their regular headliner Charlie "Yardbird" Parker

This menu is undated but we think from the prices on the interior that it is probably from the 1950s

when many young men went off to war

For the curious there was “Farmer’s Chop Suey (sour cream)”

The imaginative and flamboyant Spence had an unwavering instinct for what the public wanted from restaurants and Clifton took care of the business side

and often went there

The restaurant opened in 1948 and according to the Desert Sun it was “Ultra modern in design

Best guess is that they will move off spring street

President Nixon thanked all the guests for coming a long way to attend the dinner but joked that nobody had quite as long a journey as the three astronauts

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