Menu and Music Program for the 50me Anniversaire Bernard Cassou (1859-1937) at Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant, San Francisco, 1909.

San Francisco: Bergez-Frank's Old Poodle Dog Restaurant, 1909 . 6 pp. 9 x 7 inches; image of a girl with a calf and a toy cow in color; gilt ribbon. Remnants of glue on back unprinted cover. In 1908, the owners of the Poodle Dog, the Old Poodle Dog, John Bergez Restaurant and Frank's Rotisserie merged their businesses, opening Bush Street and Claude Lane under Lalanne with partners Jean B. Pon, Jean Bergez, Louis Coutard and Camille Mailhebeau. The restaurant now boasted five floors; the top floor offered a ballroom. A side door mimicked the earlier establishment with a birdcage elevator that took the men and their "companions" upstairs. They brought the elegance of the Nineties back to San Francisco as the Bergez-Franks Old Poodle Dog. The cuisine reflected the skills of some of the finest French chefs in the city but also included innovations unique to San Francisco. The original Louis Dressing originated in the Bergez-Franks Old Poodle Dog circa 1908; a product of the skills of Louis Coutard.