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How Nopa became a San Francisco institution, one regular at a time
George McCalman has been a fixture for 20 years, often sketching the restaurant and the people inside it from his seat at the bar.
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George McCalman has been a fixture for 20 years, often sketching the restaurant and the people inside it from his seat at the bar.
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According to The San Francisco Standard’s source item, How Nopa became a San Francisco institution, one regular at a time, George McCalman has been a fixture for 20 years, often sketching the restaurant and the people inside it from his seat at the bar.
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