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A
few
of
years
ago
(2015
or
so),
someone
I
went
to
school
with
was
working
near
the
San
Francisco
Saloon
on
West
Pico
Blvd.
and
invited
me
to
join
him
for
lunch.
I
almost
didn't
go.
A
little
over
twenty
years
ago,
when
i
first
got
to
Los
Angeles,
I
went
there
twice
with
a
friend,
in
1997-1998.
Both
times
the
young
service
staff
made
a
big
show
(and
by
that,
I
mean
laughing
and
pointing
at
my
friend
and
I
from
a
distance)
of
refusing
to
serve
us.
The
friend
I
went
with
at
the
time
is
caucasian
half
French
and
half
Swedish.
I
am
of
East
Asian
descent
(Korean).
My
friend
had
eaten
there
before,
and
never
had
a
problem.
We
could
only
assume
it
was
because
of
my
ethnicity.
I
had
literally
been
in
LA
for
a
little
over
a
week.
It
certainly
didn't
make
me
feel
welcome.
The
next
day
I
called
to
talk
to
a
a
manager.
I
was
always
told
they
were
not
available.
I
went
a
second
time
with
the
same
friend
(he
liked
the
place)
earlier
in
the
day,
to
see
if
I
could
talk
to
a
manager.
Utterly
ignored
again.
So
when
I
met
another
friend
there
a
few
years
ago,
the
experience
was
quite
different.
It
was
crowded,
the
service
brisk
and
efficient.
This
friend
is
half
Salvadoran,
half
Irish
and
definitely
looks
more
Latin
than
caucasian.
He
said
he's
never
had
a
problem
there.
I
don't
know
if
there
had
been
a
change
in
management
or
not,
and
certainly
the
young
bartender
and
servers
who
were
there
in
the
past
had
moved
on.
But
the
memory
lingers.
Was
there
a
change
in
management?
I
don't
know.
But
I
think
twice
about
going
there,
still.
I
probably
wouldn't
have,
that
third
time,
if
the
second
friend
hadn't
asked
me
to
meet
him
there.
If
there
is
anyone
out
there,
who
worked
there
in
the
late
'90's
early
2000's
I'd
appreciate
hearing
from
you.
What
the
heck
was
going
on
there
back
then?
(I
only
bring
it
up
now,
because
a
Korean
friend
related
a.similar
negative
experience
at
Taverna
Tony's
in
Malibu,
and
it
brought
the
memory
back.
I
can't
say
it
was
pleasant.)
I
realize
that
this
all
happened
quite
some
time
ago,
but
clearly,
it
still
rankles.
If
the
same
owner/operators
are
managing
the
SF
Saloon
today,
what
was
going
on
back
then?
What
was
up
with
the
phone?
Why
did
no
one
get
back
to
me?
I
left
messages.
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