Post #760519 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Mar 9, 2016 6:41 PM

On 2016-03-09 13:14, JacksGrandNephew wrote:
I am Jack DeMaria's grand nephew. It was always my impression that Jack and my father owned the Hurricane bar but that may have been temporary. It was in a building on Pacific Ave that was owned by our family and later became offices and the Little Fox theater where "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" and the "Fantastics" played for many years. My father had purchased doors and other ornamentals from the Fox Theater on Market St. when it was torn down.
The Hurricane had an intermittent rain storm behind the bar and sounds of thunder. Located in the "International Settlement", it was a popular stop for service men on a night on the town before shipping out to the Pacific during WWII. I am posting photos of two mugs I have from the bar. They are sculls with naked women and "The Hurricane San Francisco" written below the jaw on one. In about 1973 my father sold the building to Francis Coppola.

I would love to find out about the years your family owned or operated that place. Could be approximate, just a ball park.