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Original Joe's
is a classic San Francisco meat lover's joint in the Tenderloin since 1937. Belly up to counter at 144 Taylor Street.
The Counter
There's a diner in the City
In a dicey part of town
It's had clients through
he decades
Who've come from all around.
There are judges, cops,
and gamblers,
Cabbies, priests, and lawyers,
too -
They all meet at the counter
Over pot roast or beef stew.
It's like United Nations
In a great reception hall
The counter knows no color,
It respects the green of
all.
For a brief time at the
lunch hour
Society's pecking order
fades,
White collars blend with
blue ones
As brief alliances are made.
It is certainly not the
country club
Where impropriety makes
them frown.
It's just the counter where
humanity meets,
In a dicey part of town.
Poem courtesy of Original
Joe's. |