Sears Fine Food • 1938

Sears Fine Food is a historic San Francisco restaurant founded in 1938 by Hilbur and Ben Sears, a retired circus clown who used his wife's Swedish family recipe for pancakes as the star attraction. The restaurant is most famous for its signature platter of 18 Swedish pancakes, which are still made using the original family recipe and served with lingonberries, attracting both tourists and locals to this Union Square institution. Visit their website at searsfinefood.com to learn more.