They say the children of restaurant families grow up in the business. It’s certainly true for Sancia Scoma.
“I had my first birthday right over there, in the original dining room,” said one of the co-owners of Scoma’s, the historic San Francisco seafood restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf .
Sancia’s father, Al, and his brother, Joe, opened Scoma’s in 1965 with just six stools and their Sicilian mother’s recipes. Located on Pier 47, behind rows of Jefferson Street shops and restaurants, the waterfront Scoma’s at first catered to fishermen. But within a year, word of its chowder and cioppino spread, and the family had to expand the dining room to meet demand. There would be many more expansions, but none ever compromised the restaurant’s old-school feel, with its retro, boat-inspired bar, classic tablecloths and white-jacketed servers …