Grant Grill

Address:

326 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101

Phone:

(619) 744-2077

Hours:

Mon: 6:30am-11pm
Tue: 6:30am-11pm
Wed: 6:30am-11pm
Thu: 6:30am-11pm

Fri: 6:30am-12am
Sat: 6:30am-12am
Sun: 6:30am-11pm

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The Grant Grill originally opened in 1951. At that time, THE US GRANT’s dining establishments also included The US Grant Coffee Shop, The Rendezvous Café and La Cantina Restaurant.From the moment it opened its doors, the Grant Grill was a hit. It wasn't just the mock turtle soup (allegedly prepared with a generous two fingers of sherry) that kept the plush mahoganybooths full. In the 1950s and ‘60s, the Grant Grill was the place to power lunch. Lawyers, bankers and newspaper editors frequented the sanctified room, which was guaranteed to be “men only” until 3:00 p.m. In 1969, this strict policy finally changed when a group of local female attorneys notoriously, and successfully, staged a "sit-in.” Waving a New York gender discrimination case in hand, the women were seated at a table and proceeded to return several times over the span of a year until the sign was finally removed. Today, “the Grant Grill invasion” is still applauded as a turning point in San Diego’s history, and a brass plaque commemorating their feat is on display outside the Grant Grill’s lobby entry.

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