Fable Restaurant, Hotel Drake - Wiltshire, San Francisco 1948 1914 Planters Dock was a general

Planters Dock was a general merchandise shop at the foot of Broadway in Oakland California during the 1940s

Some even used the ban on female guests as a marketing ploy

The club was the symbol of café society

A handsome establishment

Fable Restaurant, Hotel Drake - Wiltshire, San Francisco 1948 1914 Planters Dock was a generalDecorative wall paintings are a long tradition in hotels and restaurants and perhaps none are as whimsical and charming as the ones created by the noted artist Jo Mora for The Fable restaurant at the Drake Wiltshire Hotel in San Francisco. It depicts a parade of animals bringing out food to be served to customers, led by a pig wearing a chef's hat. Mora, who born in Uruguay in 1876 and who moved to the United States when he was a child, had an