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B; Philip Kwong
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pean immigrants who brought their tradiiiooal bread lo Sac
Franciico. there an thoic »ho think otherwise.
•There are some report, about the imrrigranu from
France, but Boudin Bakeries uy thatlhe sourdough came
from Mexico... Broupht across by a lady turned Isador-
Dunnii. and that', where Boudin |ot their sourdough
Karted from." hypothaUed Francis Breen. manager of
Boudin Bakeries at the Wharf.
Whatever the source, sourdough soon became a San
Francisco favorite with its unique Lute.
The lecrct lo the tauc of sourdough, according to the apen.,
lie. in the 'starter,* or the orinigal dough.
"For a truer understanding of a 'starter' dough it*, a
natural bacteria, and IT, something that continues (from
loaf to loaf). In order to incrcau the 'stancr' wavti
piece every day to what you're really doing U
regencratmit." cudaincd Steven Giraudo, executive vicepresident
of tbe San Francbco Baking Company.
Paiisian Baketie. can directly lr»c« it. 'tuner' n> the
original batch in I8S6. On that um note. Boudin Uaicrtc*
proudly boasts. "We can trace our .tarter back to IK4V.
when Boudin Bakeries wat established. Wearethcoldest."
The grcalcu danger ta the sourdough indusuy or. as it is
more family referred, .he "Mother Loaf." wa* during the
Great Earuxjuake and hire of 1906.
The story is thit the Mother l.oa' was locked in the pantry
of tbe Falacc Hotel and was in danger of being
dcuroyed when, an apprentice cookie cutter al the Pauvc.
named Alphonse Ouprc, smashed the pantry door with an
aa 1949. there was a store that one would
pass by every day on the coder of Powell and O'Fam!l.
This clothing store «v unlike most others in that it did
not focus its mcrthandise on the "litest fashion.'' Instead,
one would have found regimental ties, button-down shirts,
xad other traditional clothing made of the finest natural
fibre.
Thirty-five yean later, the same holds true at Cable Or
Clothkn, Robert Kirk Ud. (to called because of iu
original tocatioo by the cable car tracks).
The current building «t 130 Post Street in the heart of
downtown &u Francisco is twice the size of the original
building. Doting these 35 yean, the number of employees
and the business has expanded considerably. Yet some
things never change.
That'* exactly what Charic* Pivmck. who U now the
president of the company, had in mind when be first started
Cable Car Clothiers.
The business is still run by two families, tbe Pivnicks and
the Siewem; that hasn't changed. And neither has that certain
population which h»s continued to provide the market
for solid, conservative clothing.
Cable Car Clothier* wi» founded by Pnmick shortly ifter
be came out of the military service and decided ".. .he no
-i- hu wife, who acts as a buyer for py
Pivnick tot bii sort by doling with war «rpl