Sunday, January 30, 2005
San Francisco Chronicle - Herb Caen Jan 1970
Victoria Station - Early Success
Funny about restaurants. Some open with great fanfare and
never get off the ground, whereas others open quietly and
are eternally crowded from the first hour onward. The latter
phenomenon would seem to be the happy fate of Victoria
Station, an imaginative collection of seven freight cars
grouped around a “station” entrance at the foot of Broadway.
The wheels parked outside attest to the types inside: Ferraris,
Alfas, Jags, Fiats and MG’s. Those old freight cars are there
to stay but the young owners are obviously going places. . . .
—Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle, January, 1970
Funny about restaurants. Some open with great fanfare and
never get off the ground, whereas others open quietly and
are eternally crowded from the first hour onward. The latter
phenomenon would seem to be the happy fate of Victoria
Station, an imaginative collection of seven freight cars
grouped around a “station” entrance at the foot of Broadway.
The wheels parked outside attest to the types inside: Ferraris,
Alfas, Jags, Fiats and MG’s. Those old freight cars are there
to stay but the young owners are obviously going places. . . .
—Herb Caen, San Francisco Chronicle, January, 1970
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Victoria Station Restaurant Chain Book
In the spring of 2005, there will be a book published called "Victoria Station: Living My Dream. A 1970s San Francisco Memoir." It will be nearly 300 pages and a story of the rise and fall of the once high-flying boxcar and caboose restaurant chain. If you ever worked for Victoria Station, or dined in one, send me an e-mail to TPBlake@aol.com with the details.
More posts will appear as publication date nears.
In the meantime, to learn more about the author, Tom Blake, go to www.findingloveafter50.com.
More posts will appear as publication date nears.
In the meantime, to learn more about the author, Tom Blake, go to www.findingloveafter50.com.
