chequehotel *Francis Ford Coppola Another native son, the director of The Godfather makes San Francisco the home

*Francis Ford Coppola Another native son, the director of The Godfather makes San Francisco the home of his Zoetrope productions, and has also branched out into other enterprises. His Niebaum- Coppola winery in the Napa Valley is one of the best.

Bailey Banks & Biddle 120 Baker Beach 76 Balmy Alley 47 Bambuddha Lounge 70, 90 Bank of America 46 banking 138 banknotes 138 The Bar on Castro 112 bargaining 140 Barkdoll, Lloyd 17 Barker, Arthur Doc 17 Barney, Matthew 27 bars 66 7

( Western Addition This area, too, was once sandy waste, but after World War II the district became populated by Southern African-Americans who came west for work. For a short time, it was famous for jazz and blues clubs, as embodied, until his death in 2001, by John Lee Hooker and his Boom Boom Room. Today, it is still largely African-American in character and rather rundown, although it does comprise architecturally odd St Mary s Cathedral (see p44) and photogenic Alamo Square (see p49). d Map E3

Associates 104 Whitaker, Lyman 128 White, Dan 37, 39 White Swan Inn 145 Wilder, Gene 53 Wilkes Bashford 89 Williams, chequehotel Robin 53, 116 Williams-Sonoma 120 Willows chequehotel Inn, The 147 Winchester, Sarah 127 Winchester Mystery