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The Stinking Rose
A Garlic Restaurant
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By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2012 | |
| | | 1. The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant Marker | | |
Inscription. San Francisco’s first restaurant to celebrate the
euphoria of garlic.
Ancient Roman soldiers dubbed the pungent herb garlic “the stinking rose”. They believed garlic made them extremely strong and extra virile and rubbed their bodies with garlic oil before going into battle.
The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant is known for seasoning its garlic with food.
North Beach, Little Italy of the West.
Location. 37° 47.898′ N, 122° 24.434′ W. Marker is in San Francisco, California, in San Francisco City and County. Marker is on Columbus Avenue south of Vallejo Street, on the right when traveling south. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 325 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco CA 94133, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Condor (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Francis of Assisi Church (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); San Francisco Brewing Company (about 700 feet away); American Zoetrope (approx. 0.2 miles away); Little Chile (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Salvation Army (approx. 0.2 miles away); Juana Briones Y Tapia de Miranda (approx. ¼ mile away); Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. (approx. ¼ mile away). Click for a list of all markers in San Francisco.| | | | 
By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2012 | |
| | | 2. The Stinking Rose: A Garlic Restaurant Marker | | |
Also see . . . Garlic, the stinking rose - Olivesgarlic.com. For over 4,000 years, garlic has had many important roles in human life. It is considered by most that Central Asia to be its place of origin. It was believed to be used as food flavoring and seasoning. (Submitted on August 17, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)
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By Barry Swackhamer, August 10, 2012 | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on August 17, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 239 times since then. This page was the Marker of the Week September 30, 2012. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 17, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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