Don Ramon’s in SF used to be the site of several political gatherings for then-Mayor...
“She came to numerous fundraisers at Don Ramon’s. Feinstein and her husband [the late Richard Blum] always had a combination of a cheese enchilada and a chile relleno. … It was the No. 7 on our menu when we first opened … That was their favorite plate,” Ramirez told SFGATE.
Then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein poses with the Ramirez family at Don Ramon’s around 1983 when she was being recalled as mayor of San Francisco. Front row : Original Don Ramon owner Ramon Ramirez, owner Guadalupe Ramirez, Lee Ramirez, Lucy Ramirez, Nati Ramirez. Back row : Richard C. Blum, Dianne Feinstein and Jay Ramirez. Feinstein used to visit Don Ramon’s around the 1980s.In 1983, Feinstein faced a recall attempt. It was around that time that Ramirez met Feinstein for the first time.
Blum returned to Don Ramon’s to celebrate the restaurant’s first anniversary; a mariachi band played for the occasion. The couple gifted the Ramirez family a tray with the city emblem.Then mayor Dianne Feinstein and husband Richard C. Blum celebrate Don Ramon's first year anniversary in 1983.Then mayor Dianne Feinstein and husband Richard C. Blum celebrate Don Ramon's first year anniversary in 1983.
That same year, she returned to her roots to help her sister Leonila “Lee” Ramirez, the new restaurant owner, carry on the family business.close its doors in SoMa in MarchRamirez feels a sense of gratitude that the former mayor of San Francisco supported her family at the restaurant’s original location at 225 11th St. She and her sister will move the family business to alater this year, and she’ll bring her fond memories of California’s late senator with her.
“I don’t think anybody will forget Feinstein,” Ramirez said. “It was an honor to have her [at Don Ramon’s].”
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