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I didn't mean to be inflammatory.

I am not a CA native and I don't live in SF (although I do live in Marin). I do, however, travel all over the United States and the world and I see that there has been a global, emergent food culture (perhaps a monoculture ?) and it seems clear to me that San Francisco is the root stock - from the ambience and the lighting to the food sourcing and the coffee list.

I'm sure it's a repeat of "American Food" before it and "French Cuisine" before that. It won't last forever.