However, these golden beauties will be remembered as some of the greatest wedges I’ve ever enjoyed.
Thicker cuts of fried potato usually don’t crisp as well as thinner fries. The side of steak fries, on the other hand, were exemplary. It tasted like how meat was potentially prepared during the Civil War - overcooked and unsalted.īut it was piping hot and nothing a bit of ketchup and extra pickles couldn’t fix. When I ordered, I noticed the waitress did not ask how I would like my burger cooked. The top bun was layered with lettuce, sliced tomato, slivered red onion and butter pickles punctured with a toothpick to keep everything in place. The hunk of meat came out open-faced on the bottom bun with dark, charbroiled crisscross hash marks. Nico Madrigal-Yankowski/SFGATE Nico Madrigal-Yankowski/SFGATE There wasn’t any room on the ceiling for me to pin a dollar bill above the table where I sat, but I did the next best thing and ordered the burger with a side of steak fries. As the tradition goes, patrons would sign a dollar bill and pin it above their seat so that they would have enough for a drink the next time they came to Washoe House. Bills of money from all over the world were pinned up above the bar, along with business cards and “I owe you” notes. When I first walked into the Washoe House, the first thing I noticed was the ceiling - or lack thereof. For the past few decades, it has been a full-time restaurant and bar where first-timers are as welcome as regulars. Over the years, it has also been a post office, a hotel, a community hall, a saloon and perhaps even a brothel where gold dust was a common form of payment. We found its remains.Ĭulture | How a punk show on BART turned into the ride of a lifetimeįood | Annie's is based in Bay Area, but Annie is not. Local | Mount Tam's haunted by a fatal plane crash. Cooler heads, or beer-heads, seemed to prevail, and since no blood was spilled between the two factions, it might go down in history as the cleanest “battle” in Civil War history.īay Area | The tiny Bay Area town modern life forgot: Canyon, California However, the horse ride up to Santa Rosa was “dusty and rough” so the group stopped at Washoe House for some beers and never even made it to Santa Rosa. According to the Petaluma Argus-Courier, a militia of Petalumans planned to burn down the Santa Rosa Democrat newspaper after it suggested that President Lincoln’s assassination was a “good event.” At the time, Petalumans mostly came from metropolitan areas of the country, like New York City, Philadelphia and Boston, whereas Santa Rosa settlers arrived mostly from Missouri, but also Kentucky and Tennessee. In 1865, a near-clash occurred in Sonoma County between Northern supporters and Southern sympathizers after the Confederates conceded to the Union and President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. The Washoe House Nico Madrigal-Yankowski/SFGATEīut it has a story that might outlast the building - the Battle at Washoe House Washoe House, originally built in 1859 by Robert Ayres, was first a stagecoach station, a central point of convergence between Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Bodega. On a country road that runs parallel to Highway 101, just north of Petaluma, a Civil War-era restaurant still stands at the intersection of Stony Point and Roblar roads. A Civil War history lesson, with a side of hamburger Here are three of Sonoma County’s most classic eateries near Bodega Bay. Along with Dinucci’s, Catelli’s, the Union Hotel Restaurant in Occidental and a few others, there are still old-school roadside restaurants and bars in Sonoma County that offer as much history and charm as they do a good meal. Thankfully, not all of Bodega Bay and the surrounding area has been refashioned. (Nico Madrigal-Yankowski/SFGATE) (Nico Madrigal-Yankowski/SFGATE)
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