Barack Obama reportedly spotted in North Beach Thursday night
The 44th president's West Coast jaunt also apparently included a stopover in the City by the Bay. According to users on Reddit, Obama was seen near North Beach mainstay, Vesuvio.
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'There was a crowd gathered around Vesuvio as I approached it last night, lots of cops blocking traffic,' a user posted. 'I thought maybe there was some sort of violent crime or something happening, but as I approached the crowd of onlookers, I heard what everyone was muttering about. Apparently Barack Obama was there, flanked by Secret Service and everything. Was anybody else there? Can anyone confirm it?'
'Can confirm we saw him,' another user posted. 'We noticed heavy security way beyond what even Pelosi rolls with, so we stopped to watch and he quickly ducked out of an adjacent doorway into a black SUV and they sped off.'
So was the former president grabbing a beer at Vesuvio, the decades-old North Beach bar, famous as a hangout for Jack Kerouac and the beatniks? It doesn't seem like it.
Apparently, there is a private dining space located above the bar called Officina, owned by the Quince & Co. restaurant group. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, former President Obama was dining there on Thursday.
Users on Reddit corroborated the Chronicle's report.
'There is a low key dinner spot upstairs that does private service for high profile people,' a user posted. 'If he stopped into Vesuvio, it's probably because he was having dinner upstairs.'
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