Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/166
Appearance
1849
![1983 Tadich Grill menu](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Menu%2C_Tadich_Grill%2C_San_Francisco_1983_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![Decorative sourdough bread at Boudin Bakery](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Bread_in_Boudin.jpg/100px-Bread_in_Boudin.jpg)
![Union Iron Works](http://upload.luquay.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg/150px-Union_Iron_Works_San_Francisco_California%2C_Potrero_Point.jpg)
• A small coffee stand (1983 menu pictured, left) opens on Clay Street in San Francisco
• Boudin Bakery is established in San Francisco, producing San Francisco sourdough (loaves pictured, right)
• The Alta California begins publishing in San Francisco
• Bayard Taylor visits San Francisco and the Gold Country, writing about the Gold Rush
• The Niantic whaling ship is stranded by its crew on the shore of San Francisco, who desert it to join the Gold Rush
• Irish immigrants Peter and James Donahue found Union Iron Works (pictured) in South of Market, San Francisco
• San Francisco's population is 25,000, an increase by 2,400% from 1848's 1,000