[Mick]

It's still crazy what you can find online. Here is a 1976 edition of Yumyum. Louie's was in Town and Country Village back then, before my time in California.

https://www.kaleberg.com/yumyum/index.html

Thanks for that link Tim.  Looking over the San Francisco section, a lot of the places are surprisingly still open.

But what strikes me is how many French restaurants are listed, and many of them have closed.  French cuisine seems to have declined in popularity over the past 40 years.

The popularity of french cuisine was certainly enhanced by Julia Child and her best selling book on cooking it.  Perhaps that influence has run its course.

Just slightly OT, but Mrs. Mick and I watched Amazon Prime's "The Final Table" which includes chefs from a variety of countries and Michelin three-star restaurants.  If you like cooking and reality TV, you'd like the show.  It inspired me to research American restaurants that have earned three Michelin stars.  There are fourteen of those restaurants and half are in Northern California, including:

Atelier Crenn, San Francisco (only three star with female chef in USA)
Benu, San Francisco
The French Laundry, Yountville
Manresa, Los Gatos
Quince, San Francisco
The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena
SingleThread, Healdsburg

And here's a list of California-based restaurants with Michelin stars:

https://www.eater.com/2019/6/3/18651536/...california

[Mick]

It's still crazy what you can find online. Here is a 1976 edition of Yumyum. Louie's was in Town and Country Village back then, before my time in California.

https://www.kaleberg.com/yumyum/index.html

Thanks for that link Tim.  Looking over the San Francisco section, a lot of the places are surprisingly still open.

But what strikes me is how many French restaurants are listed, and many of them have closed.  French cuisine seems to have declined in popularity over the past 40 years.

The popularity of french cuisine was certainly enhanced by Julia Child and her best selling book on cooking it.  Perhaps that influence has run its course.

Just slightly OT, but Mrs. Mick and I watched Amazon Prime's "The Final Table" which includes chefs from a variety of countries and Michelin three-star restaurants.  If you like cooking and reality TV, you'd like the show.  It inspired me to research American restaurants that have earned three Michelin stars.  There are fourteen of those restaurants and half are in Northern California, including:

Atelier Crenn, San Francisco (only three star with female chef in USA)
Benu, San Francisco
The French Laundry, Yountville
Manresa, Los Gatos
Quince, San Francisco
The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena
SingleThread, Healdsburg

And here's a list of California-based restaurants with Michelin stars:

https://www.eater.com/2019/6/3/18651536/...california