The Latin Quarter

365 Broadway  | map |

Opening: April 6, 1963 as "The Rendezvous Spot of Latin Society." The building is on the south side of the street just east of Montgomery. The c.1969 photo by Tom Gray is from the Jack Tillmany collection. Jack quotes the October 21, 1969 San Francisco Examiner:

"A police problem from the day it opened..."

An April 6, 1963 ad. 

 

 

A July 10, 1965 ad. 

 

 

An October 1968 ad. 

 

A bit of October 23, 1969 news coverage. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for locating this item as well as the Latin Quarter ads. He notes:

 

"A major problem was its 'after hours' (i.e. 'Breakfast Club') operation, meeting the same kind of resistance as its predecessors met along Pacific Avenue a half century earlier. San Francisco's city fathers and mothers want those liquor cabinets locked, and the kiddies tucked in before 2AM and that is that."  

 

Another c.1969 photo by Tom Gray. Thanks to Jack Tillmany for sharing this from his collection. He comments: 

"I wish I knew the sequence of Tom's 2 photos, which came first. That's probably his car out front. The signage says it all."

Closing: Jack notes that the Latin Quarter faded into history about 1972.

 

Status: The building survives. It's now used as offices. 

 

 

The building in 2019. Photo: Google Maps

More information: Jack Tillmany's Arcadia Publishing book "Theatres of San Francisco" can be previewed on Google Books. It's available from Amazon or your local bookseller.  

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