c. 1890
— City of Berkeley Landmark - Designated in 2001 —
Clam chowder, baked beans and 10? beer - these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger's. It all began in the 1860s when Johann Spenger from Bavaria started fishing in the Bay. The gabled structure he built here housed his business and family. In the 1930s, son Frank opened a ground floor restaurant, gradually adding dining rooms and bars as the establishment's popularity grew. Celebrities from Ernest Hemingway and Clack Gable to Jack Dempsey and Joe DiMaggio rubbed elbows with local families, dockworkers, Cal students, politicians and racetrack gamblers. The Spenger family sold the business in 1999.| HM Number | HMZB1 |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 2004 |
| Placed By | Berkeley Historical Plaque Project |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 3:02am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10S E 561578 N 4191406 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 37.86805000, -122.29988333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 37° 52.083', W 122° 17.993' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 37° 52' 4.98" N, 122° 17' 59.58" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 510, 650, 408, 925 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1919 4th St, Berkeley CA 94710, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
Is this marker missing? Are the coordinates wrong? Do you have additional information that you would like to share with us? If so, check in.
Comments 0 comments