Phone: 415-781-ROSE
Address: 325 Columbus Avenue
Hours: Open 7 Days a Week 11:00am - 11:00pm
The Stinking Rose is located in the heart of San Francisco's renowned North Beach. The Stinking Rose's garlicky food is based on recipes of Italian and Californian origin.
The menu contains lots of delicious choices from lightly to heavily garlicked dishes. Vegetarian and garlic-free fare also available. Our most popular dish is our Bagna Calda. Our menu also includes an array of Appetizers, Pastas, Salads, Specialties and Pizzette.
Garlic Fact Sheet
Courtesy of The Stinking Rose
-Garlic is now being seriously studied as a cancer preventative.
-Garlic wards off vampires.
-The Ancient Egyptians and Greeks believed garlic had supernatural powers.
-It is believed garlic originated in central Asia.
-There are reasons to believe that eating garlic tends to lower blood pressure.
-Garlic acts as a diuretic, stimulant, expectorant and sweat promoter.
-Chewing caraway seeds and parsley after eating garlic helps eliminate the odor.
-Roman nobility avoided garlic but included it in soldiers' rations to make them strong and heroic.
