“A war zone,” President Donald Trump has called it. “A drug-zombie apocalypse," was Elon Musk's verdict. One Fox News columnist dubbed it "a rancid drug-ravaged pit of human misery.”
But to Peter Quartaroli, who manages the 158-year-old Sam's Grill and Seafood Restaurant in downtown San Francisco, it's just the neighborhood — and one that's steadily improving.