Calzone’s, San Francisco
Minimally lit and incredibly detailed, this lightbulb can be spotted at Calzone’s, a bistro style Italian restaurant in the heart of North Beach, San Francisco.
Last Christmas, my family and I took a trip to San Francisco for about a week. One of the most memorable food places I’ve ever been to is Calzone’s. The whole restaurant embodied its Italian roots with lots of decors literally everywhere.
This lightbulb was hung above our table where we were seated. At first, it looked like a regular lightbulb just nakedly hanging there, but when I stared at it, I noticed it wasn’t something ordinary. Interesting enough, the strip of filament was lit up without the bulb producing high impact lighting. It was obviously for decor, but I’m still intrigued as to how it came to be.
My favourite part of the restaurant (other than the food) has to be the contrast with how industrial this lightbulb looked yet opened cabinets filled with fake ingredients as well as real alcohol at the bar, brought that tight-knit Italian family feel. The whole place felt warm and cozy while the lightbulbs simply hung there subtly adding a pop of uniqueness at the table.
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