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:''This article is about the San Francisco cafe, for the one in Paris by the same name, see Café de Flore''. Café Flore is a popular cafe, restaurant and bar in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood with a large outdoor patio for dining.〔("Sure, You Go to Cafe Flore to Cruise Guys. The Mac and Cheese Is Almost as Tasty" ) By Trevor Adams, Thu., Jun. 17 2010, ''SF Weekly''.〕〔(Café Society ) by Wilson F. Fang.〕 It is "one of the neighborhood's most well known establishments".〔 They have a full bar, a full coffee bar and a restaurant serving California cuisine at affordable prices including vegetarian and organic entrees.〔〔 ==History== In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Castro District of San Francisco had a very large population of recently-immigrated people from the Nordic countries. In the early 20th century - up to 1920s -, the area was known by such names as Little Scandinavia and Finn Town. In the early 20th century, the large corner lot - attached to the modern-day Cafe Flore - located in the corner of Market and Noe Streets was owned by the Finnish immigrant family of Finnilas. The Finnila family needed a larger facility for their Finnila's Finnish Baths health club business, and in 1932 the construction work of their new bathhouse was concluded on the lot. At that time, the Finnila's older bathouse on 17th Street, a half a block west from Castro Street, was closed. The new bathhouse building was designed and constructed by Matti Finnila and his son Alfred Finnila, who soon became known for his engineering work at the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1932-1937. As assistant civil engineer of California, Alfred Finnila was in charge of all the ironing work of the bridge, and half of its road work. Finnila designed the world famous Bridge Round House at the southeastern edge of the bridge. Bridge Round House became the all time busiest San Francisco Bay Area restaurant. For many decades, it has served as the starting point for countless San Francisco Bay Area tours. Bridge Round House has been renovated in 2012 and revealed as a suave Art Deco treat.〔(''Bridge Round House'' ), designed by Alfred Finnila, renovated and revealed as a suave Art Deco treat - SFGate.〕 However, in the very corner of the Finnila's bathhouse lot on Market and Noe Streets a pharmacy continued operating until 1973, when Cafe Flore was founded and set where the pharmacy used to be. The vintage Finnish decor remains in place with the original tin roof ceiling and skylights added since the 1970s.〔"Cafe Flore", ''The Feast'', NBC Universal, Inc. 2010.〕 The business was sold in 2004 and was soon granted a liquor license, which was celebrated by a new grand opening in February, 2005.〔(Cafe Flore Grand Opening ), Mark Kliem, ''Lavender Lounge'', February 22, 2005.〕 The Cafe Flore venue often hosts community events and fundraisers.〔Cafe Flore - A Community Center and Good Neighbor, listing of community benefits from 2006-2007.〕 In 2006, the Halloween in the Castro event had a shooting incident only yards away from Cafe Flore. Cafe Flore was then among the first businesses in the Castro District to announce the closing down of services during the 2007 Halloween.〔"No Castro Halloween this year, and no official S.F. alternative", Wyatt Buchanan, August 09, 2007, ''San Francisco Chronicle''.〕 In 2007, Cafe Flore lobbied to get a right for 24-hour food service as well as a right to serve alcohol until 2 am each morning. Cafe Flore's furniture inside is bolted in place. Thus, in its present form Cafe Flore does not serve well as a dance bar, but it aligns well with three other late night eateries in the neighborhood.〔"Cafe, chain stores win reprieve", Matthew S. Bajko, ''Bay Area Reporter'', 12/13/2007.〕 In 2009, a farmers' market started operating outside the cafe on Wednesday afternoons.〔"This toddlin' town", Donna Sachet, ''Bay Area Reporter'', 04/30/2009.〕 Until 1986, the Finnila family owned the back storage room and garbage alley areas of Cafe Flore. Until the final shutdown on Market Street of the popular Finnila's Finnish Baths, its c. 65 employees and many customers visited Cafe Flore daily, and many have remained a part of the Finnila's-Cafe-Flore family up to the present day. Despite of public outcry and attempts to prevent the closing down of the popular Finnila's Market Street bathhouse, the old bathhouse building was demolished by the owners, soon after the farewell party held in the end of December, 1985. Today, the Finnila family still owns the newly constructed ''Market & Noe Center'' building attached to Cafe Flore - which was built in place of the old bathhouse -, in the corner of Market and Noe Streets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cafe Flore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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