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The Haunted Pizza House: Gay Nineties

Natalie Knosp

Gay Nineties workers have tried countless times to wash the BOO off the mirror, yet it has never come off.

Known for its retro, family-friendly atmosphere and handcrafted pizza, Gay Nineties is located in the heart of Pleasanton. Despite organism an unlikely identify for ghost hunters, the year-old restaurant is significant in Pleasanton’s year history. According to local legend, spirits from the past still linger within its walls, sharing vacuum with customers enjoying pizza.

The restaurant’s website and manager, Conner Close, note that Gay Nineties occupies one of Pleasanton’s first commercial buildings, predating the city’s incorporation in the late 19th century.

“The building was built in when Lincoln was president. It’s one of the oldest buildings in Pleasanton, it used to be a Wells Fargo stagecoach stop. It was also a couple of different bars, and at one time it was a brothel. And so upstairs there were 11 rooms, and then downstairs was a bar.” said Close.

As the story goes, the Lady in Blue—the nickname for the

SoCal Food Culture

Back here I contributed some observations on the midcentury fad for the s. Anyone else remember that? From roughly the early 60s until the early 80s there was a vogue for the “old timey” that manifested throughout the customs, affecting movies, TV, song, literature, fashion, graphic plan, typography, and retail. It also made an impact on restaurant culture. Retain when fast food joints like Wendy’s and restaurants like T.G.I Friday’s were decorated with Tiffany lamps, polished brass, and bentwood chairs? Maybe not because the craze seems mostly to have gone down the memory hole. But even before H.D. Miller mentioned it with respect to Shakey’s a confidant and I had been talking about the phenom so I’ve collected a number of examples that I’m going to search in this post.

First, what do I mean by the “Gay Nineties”? Historical periodization always feels arbitrary no matter which years are chosen as bookends. I think there are a few ways to define the period, from strict to broad:

  • The strict definition limits it to the decade of the s, so or depending on

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     I am a pizza lover so it was only natural that I pay a visit to Gay Nineties Pizza Co. and this place did not disappoint, with its great service and food.

    But what is wonderful about the location is its loaded history and kitschy décor of signs and old cabin wood on the walls. The building goes back to , when it was a Wells Fargo Bank — the lower floors were a bank while the upper levels had 10 rooms for travelers.

    In the s, the rooms became a brothel, according to the current owners. But the owners wanted it to be more than just a brothel, so they decided to make some simple meals — beans with chili, topped with spaghetti. This meal was served only on weekends.

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    The cooking soon became overwhelming so the owners contracted with people who made pizza to lighten the load. In , a small pizza oven was purchased to keep up with the demands and do away with pre-made pizza. Business began t

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    Gay 90's Pizzeria. . Here stands one the first commercial buildings in Pleasanton, possibly as antique as Originally a general store, this building has been a bar, brothel, bank and unofficial Wells Fargo stagecoach stop. Since it has become well-known as the first pizza parlor in the Tri-Valley. , In the dusty days of the American West, ten rooms above the bank served weary travelers with rest and recreation. Today some people believe the building is haunted by a full-figured female ghost, know locally as the Blue Lady, seen from a second story window. An underground tunnel system once joined several buildings and businesses along Main Street and it's also believed haunted. Although long since closed, the tunnels were built and used by Chinese laborers working on the railroads in ’S. This attractive building is representat