A map of where the Grateful Dead lived, worked and played in San Francisco

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Something to get your mind on better times in San Francisco:

>>In the course of their 30-year career, the Grateful Dead covered an enormous swath of geography, crisscrossing the U.S. dozens of times as well as playing Canada, Europe, and as far away as Egypt. But San Francisco was the place they called home, the city where they performed over 320 concerts at more than two dozen venues. That connection began with their debut album, which bore the phrase “San Francisco’s Grateful Dead” across the back, and they mapped that relationship in songs, recordings and performances throughout their history.

The Dead were masters of microcosm, treating each moment as an opportunity for transformation, both musical and personal, and their reverence for San Francisco was a geographic expression of that. The city honored the band’s affection, flying a tie-dye flag at City Hall to half-mast when Jerry Garcia died in 1995, and more recently, giving a hero’s welcome to offshoot band Dead & Company, who played the final three concerts of their farewell tour at Oracle Park.

Although the band began moving to Marin in the late 1960s, the Dead never forgot their roots. In 1993, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and keyboardist Vince Welnick sang the national anthem to open the Giants’ season at Candlestick Park, but their most moving tribute was “Standing On the Moon,” one of Garcia and lyricist Robert Hunter’s last songs. One of the band’s great elegies, the song ends with the narrator in San Francisco, looking up at heaven and saying he’d rather “be with you.” It is a poetic summation of the Dead’s enduring affection for the city.

Ahead of the annual Jerry Day concert taking place Aug. 5 at McLaren Park, this brief list sketches a handful of prominent sites in the Dead’s San Francisco.

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/grateful-dead-san-francisco-map-18274802.php

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1. interesting.

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2. I seen them play at most of the locations they show

I first went to Winterland as a small child with my grandmother to watch the ice skaters.

When the show was over, a male skater came up to her and gave her a bundle of roses.

This was around 1960 or so.

It was a fine place to hear the Grateful Dead!

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3. and I not at all

but San Francisco is the coolest of towns - (literal renowned around the world, particularly during that time period) - and I can only wish that I had experienced some of it during its heyday. (Haight day?)

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4. I lived in the Haight in 1974

We were renting a big old Victorian house on Grove street.

We had a real good time!

There was a coffee shop nearby called The Blue Unicorn.

What a surreal scene that was!

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5. Holy City Zoo on Clement Street,,,, saw Robin Williams,

Back in late 1970s,
And maybe up until mid 1980s

Holy City Zoo comedy club was great open mic,
Open mic was better than expensive Punch Line in Embarcadero

Too many drinks,
Too many late nights.

Go to Burmuda Triangle too, clubbing Mecca

Even south to Menlo Park BBC, BRITISH BANKERS CLUB bar 😗😝

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8. I lived on 9th and Clement for many many years

1978 - 1988.

Lots of great places to go around there during this time.
Miss it, yes I do!

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9. What was the name of that BBQ place by Panhandle ?? Pink Pig sign

Can’t remember the name of that PINK PIG BBQ place at Panhandle.

Remember?

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10. I remembered.....HOG HEAVEN on Stanyan. 😏😝

….. Hog Heaven restaurant at 770 Stanyan street across from Kezar Stadium

https://www.facebook.com/groups/remembered/posts/2470551749813328/

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11. Back when Dungeness Crab was plentiful.......2014 SFGATE

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Tis-the-season-for-California-crab-5893895.php

For some, the holidays begin early, when stores march out their Christmas displays. Others mark the start of the season with the planning of Thanksgiving.

And yet for others, it begins with crab.

On Friday, hundreds of fishermen launched boats off the California coast to snag sweet, tender Dungeness crab. They hauled it to shore as early as Saturday night, providing customers in the region with a long-awaited feast.
Saturday was the first day anglers can reel in the crustacean south of Mendocino County.
“Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, crab — it’s perfect,” said Allen Kuehn, owner of the San Francisco Fish Co. at the Embarcadero, who hopes to be selling fresh crab by Monday. “It’s part of the tradition this time of year. San Francisco is blessed to have it.”
The Dungeness — whether boiled, grilled, roasted or fried — will soon be a staple at seafood markets, a centerpiece on menus, and grounds for household celebration in the city and beyond.

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7. I never had to wait for Cable Car ride

Used to ALWAYS end up at Buena Vista in late evenings,

Get at least one Irish Coffee.

Paul usually made it.
He didnt have white or gray hair then,,,
And neither did I.

Paul joked about how older women than I,
They were always trying to pick me up! 😎

I was there at bar, standing, with my own sister one evening,
AND a real good looking woman tried to pick me up!
Paul laughed his ass off, as my sister’s jaw dropped in amazement.

Caught cable car up the hill a bit,,,
Then just HANG ON!!

MUNI guys usually knew me,
Gave me a break most of the time,
GEEZ I think a ride was only $2 bucks,,,,but can’t remember for sure anymore

But that’s been about 45 years ago noe

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6. Bermuda Triangle in Marina

Remember this SF’s BERMUDA TRIANGLE 😎

https://www.sfgate.com/magazine/article/Hot-Spot-2858825.php

The Bermuda Triangle - a famed trio of bars at the intersection of Fillmore and Greenwich streets - became a prophetic nickname in the mid-1980s when the singles suddenly disappeared like ships lost at sea.