John's Grill

John's Grill is a historic restaurant located in the downtown area of San Francisco, California. It is a traditional meeting place for power brokers and politicians, and offers a free lunch on election day. In Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon, the basis for the 1941 film, detective Sam Spade dines there; the Dashiell Hammett Society is based at the restaurant, and the building hous... (Wikipedia)