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Background
There are many businesses around San Francisco and in other cities that have "Cable Car" in their names. I list these businesses not to endorse them but to mention them as a reflection of peoples' interest in cable cars.
I welcome reports about other businesses.
Cable Car Charters
Cable Car Charters was founded by San Francisco entrepreneur Arnold S Gridley. In 1958, the San Francisco Municipal Railway auctioned off all but twelve of the cable cars it had inherited from the California Street Cable Railroad. Gridley bid on a group of the cars, and then had to think of what to do with them. He figured out how to put them on truck chassis. He rented them out for parades and other events. Many of his cars appeared in movies. By the time of Gridley's death in 2004, Cable Car Charters had 60 motorized cable cars; 15 were original cars from Cal Cable and the rest were reproductions.
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Cal Cable Car 46 was sold by Muni to the owner of Tacoma's Steve's Gay '90s. It is currently operated by Cable Car Charters. Here it is decorated for the 2005 Carnaval Parade |
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Cable Car Clothiers has sold British clothing to gentlemen in San Francisco since 1939. I bought a nice hat there. August 2006. |
Cable Car Coffee
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Cable Car Coffee in Hallidie Plaza. November 2001. Photo by Joe Thompson. |
The Cable Car Coffee Company has been in San Francisco's Hallidie Plaza since 1988. They have locations in several other cities.
Cable Car Financial
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A window advertises Cable Car Financial in Disney's California Adventure. Their slogan is "Riding the Ups and Downs of Finance". July 2006. Photo by Rosemarie Thompson. All rights reserved. |
The Cable Car Store
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The Cable Car Store at San Francisco's Pier 39 carries a large collection of cable car-related souvenirs. February 2002. Photo by Joe Thompson. |
Joe's Cable Car Restaurant (no relation)
Joe's Cable Car Restaurant is located at 4320 Mission Street in San Francisco. I haven't eaten there yet, but people tell me they serve some of the best hamburgers in the city.
Steve's Cable Car Room
Steve's Gay '90s was a restaurant in Tacoma, Washington. It had a "Cable Car Room", with booths resembling cable cars.
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A postcard showing Steve's Cable Room, with cable car booths, and the Gay '90s room, with "surrey with a fringe on top" tables. |
Tony's Cable Car Restaurant
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Tony's Cable Car neon sign. August 2006. September, 2006 Picture of the Month. |
Tony's Cable Car, a tiny hamburger stand, is located at Geary and Lyon in San Francisco. I've never eaten there, but I have always admired their neon sign. People speak highly of their shakes and curly fries.
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An exterior view of Tony's Cable Car. August 2006. |
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