Are there any places in San Francisco that serve rice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat??

San Francisco is a city of immigrants... We like rice and macaroni... but NO RESTAURANT serves it!

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I'd like to tell you there's an amazing story behind the legend of Rice-a-Roni's slogan, my friend. A tale of adventure, of deception, betrayal, redemption, folly, love, and victory! But, alas, I can't, not really. It's a case of location, location, location. San Francisco, specifically the Mission District, happens to be where the original family-owned pasta company that created Rice-A-Roni had set up shop. I give you this from the Official Rice-A-Roni website (www.ricearoni.com):

"The DeDomenico family all enjoyed an old Armenian dish consisting of rice, vermicelli pasta and chicken broth. The rice and pasta were sauteed in butter before the liquid was added, giving the dish its distinctive taste.

"In 1958, Vince DeDomenico decided to take this recipe and produce it for sale in grocery stores. He placed the rice and pasta in a box, and added a dry seasoning mix in place of the liquid chicken broth. Because this product was made up of half rice and half pasta, he decided to call it RICE-A-RONI�.

"Chicken RICE-A-RONI was first introduced in the Northwestern states in 1958. With it came the first RICE-A-RONI commercial, featuring San Francisco's Cable Cars and the now famous jingle. Created in San Francisco, RICE-A-RONI would soon be known to all as "The San Francisco Treat!"

"The RICE-A-RONI jingle, The San Francisco Treat slogan, "Saute and Simmer" and scenic San Francisco became familiar to every household in America in the 60's as the product was introduced through television advertising."

Rice A Roni Slogan

That's funny but I think that San Francisco is better known for delicious sour dough. The Rice-a-Roni company probably picked a random city for their add and just went with it. This is my theory. It works though. Think about it...if you think that a whole big city is privy to a special "treat" and then that treat is packaged and sold nationwide then you may feel like you are let in to some secret or something. Something that only San Fransicoians knew about. That's kind of a sneaky, yet genius, way to advertise. Same thing for Philly cheese steaks. Why would Philly get the credit for cheese on steak?

I was wondering the same thing when i went there....however, i was suprised to find they had the trolleys just like in the commercials!!!

RICE-A-RONI THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT!!!! thatisntreallytherebutsays justsopeoplewillbuyitandvisit

That was just a commercial. The SF treat is the clamchowder served in a sourdough bowl. They make the bread right on the warf.

That would be quite a gimmick. I'm surprised no one has done it yet.