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.)