The Lobby Bar 

The Lobby Bar has a rich and storied past.  Founded in 1859 by William H. Lobby,

 

a mediocre russian fur trader from Nadhodka who upon realizing there were

 

no bears in San Francisco, opened the Lobby Bar as a way to domesticate

 

Ducks as pets. Seen in the photo from 1859 on the left, The Lobby Bar has

 

contributed nothing to San Francisco or Pacific Heights, other than being

 

housed in a building that was consideredgroundbreakingly awful for it's design

 

in the 1850's. It's widely speculated that Frank Lloyd Wright upon seeing the

 

structureat 1790 broadway was quoted as saying "damn, that's Ugly". 

 

 

(Stay tuned for More of the Lobby Bar History as soon as we make it up.)