NOB HILL
Location: Bounded by Hyde, Powell, Washington and
California Streets
For more than a century, Nob Hill has been associated with
the upper crust. At a 24.8 percent grade, it was originally
considered too steep to be a prime location. However, in 1843,
the completion of a cable car line made the hill accessible and
for the next thirty years the district became a showcase for the
wealthy.
Nob is a contraction of the Hindu word nabob or nawwab: a
person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in
India or another country of the East; a very wealthy or powerful
person.
San Francisco’s nobs included such captains of industry as:
Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins, Charles Crocker and Collis
Huntington.
Johnny Metheney, owner of Johnny Love’s Bar believes that
the Cosmopolitan is the drink of Nob Hill.
"It is elegant and sophisticated -- yet not stuffy and
pretentious," he said.
The Cosmopolitan gives a classy ambiance, yet it is still
strong and powerful, important and potent. The traditional
Cosmopolitan is made with an ounce each of Vodka and Triple Sec,
filled with cranberry juice on the rocks.
"It has a kick that makes you feel good, but is
something that you’re not going to drink like water,"
said Metheney.
