Whitney's Cliff House, San Francisco, 1954 A line of vintage American steel line the parking lot in front of this great San Francisco institution. I visited this roadhouse in 2000 before the recent major renovation and was able to enjoy the strange mechanical amusement arcade museum and Camera Obscura on the waterview terrace. (The Mechanical Museum is now at Pier 45!) The red brick and California redwood were gone, but we enjoyed a drink in the restaurant and I gotta say the view was mesmerizing. (I didn't see the cool Totem pole, or the pronto pups...)
