A risque review of the 49ers legend's former eatery once ignited a firestorm.
The question makes sense, as Clark's by the Bay closed more than 25 years ago and, as several commenters in the thread note, was in a tucked-away area that may have hindered some of the business's potential success.
Tim Harrison, owner of famed Niners sports bar Canyon Inn, remembers that the restaurant started out as an idea, and a risky one. He actually discouraged Clark, whom he had known since 1981, from pursuing the venture at first because he knew how tough the industry is. The San Francisco Chronicle’s write-up of the evening detailed a business that had the financial backing of the right people, and a menu that Clark and his wife, Ashley, had personally taste-tested themselves. The former wideout was presented as someone who broke the now-archaic stereotype of a professional athlete squandering their money on excessive luxuries, with Clark instead using his earnings toward an investment that would keep him in a part of the country he’s become enamored with.
The review didn't mention how the upstairs dining area was frequently reserved for special guests on most nights, typically teammates or staff members of the 49ers, Harrison said. It was an area Harrison was often invited because of the relationship he had with players after his bar. The only part of the Chronicle’s article that didn’t age well was the then-30-year-old Clark proclaiming, “Sports bars are fads. They don’t last.
Dwight Clark poses for a photo with young Redwood City resident and 49ers fan James Leonard, who often got to go to Clark's By the Bay whenever he got a good report card at school.“And then it happens,” the review reads. “Dwight Clark shows up. He's there talking to that large table of fans. All eyes turn. He's cute, tall, slender and has a terrific rear end in faded blue jeans.”
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