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Tortola, Sa Francisco 1939Like many who came to California in its early days, Onofrei Scarpulla had hoped to make his fortune as a gold miner but turned his attention to the food business. He and his wife Vita Digardi became successful tamale manufacturers, using recipes created in the early California haciendas, and opened the first Tortola restaurant in Oakland in 1893. The couple returned to San Francisco in 1922 ( they had left after the 1906 earthquake and fire) and

in 1906 with founder Clifton Hibbard Brown and his father Clarence Clifton Brown (hence the name CC Brown) using copper kettles and candy-making equipment brought from their home in Ohio by covered wagon

Australian homewares and clothing were sold in the adjoining boutique and sweatshirts

We like the modern touch in the right hand corner

There was an all-you-can-eat lunch for 35c and the most expensive item on the menu was a Porterhouse steak for 90 cents

Built in a mix of Mexican and Californian architecture

she changed tack and became a water colorist

the adventurous young couple moved to Trinidad

When the Thunderbird Motel and Restaurant opened in Portland

’ Linked with prostitution

Hollywood entertainers Bing Crosby and Bob Hope were regulars at the Coral Reef

World War II had a marked effect on business since both establishments closed in the late 1940s

" The phrase became so popular that Franklin D Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover

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