The second recipe is a classic crab Louie based on my favorite one at the Wharf’s oldest sit-down restaurant, Fishermen’s Grotto No. 9 (Pier 45 at Taylor, 415-673-7025, thegrottosf.com). The origin of ...

One of the earliest published Louie recipes comes from a 1912 Portland, Oregon, cookbook and called for lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, and crab with a ketchup and mustard dressing. The traditional ...