Legendary San Francisco baseball bar re-opens to fanfare

People make their way through a lunch buffet during the opening of Lefty O’Doul’s new 20,000 square foot Baseball Ballpark Buffet & Café at Fisherman’s Wharf, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in San Francisco. The popular Union Square bar and restaurant Lefty O’Doul’s closed in January 2017 due to a dispute between the owner and his landlord, but now the restaurant has returned on the wharf. Lefty O’Doul’s was named after the well-known and respected New York Giants star outfielder. With a .398 batting average, he boasted the highest average out of any outfielder in the 20th century. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

San Francisco Mayor London Breed looks up at the numerous murals on the walls during the opening of Lefty O’Doul’s new 20,000 square foot Baseball Ballpark Buffet & Café at Fisherman’s Wharf. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in San Francisco. The popular Union Square bar and restaurant Lefty O’Doul’s closed in January 2017 due to a dispute between the owner and his landlord, but now the restaurant has returned on the wharf. Lefty O’Doul’s was named after the well-known and respected New York Giants star outfielder. With a .398 batting average, he boasted the highest average out of any outfielder in the 20th century. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Tom O’Doul, a cousin of baseball great Lefty O’Doul, smiles as San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during the opening of Lefty O’Doul’s new 20,000 square foot Baseball Ballpark Buffet & Café at Fisherman’s Wharf, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in San Francisco. The popular Union Square bar and restaurant Lefty O’Doul’s closed in January 2017 due to a dispute between the owner and his landlord, but now the restaurant has returned on the wharf. Lefty O’Doul’s was named after the well-known and respected New York Giants star outfielder. With a .398 batting average, he boasted the highest average out of any outfielder in the 20th century. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)