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Alfredo Vea Junior's The Silver Cloud Cafe

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he waited at a stoplight--the Rite Spot restaurant was there, a transmission repair shop, and an empty field surrounded by Cyclone fencing. How could he miss seeing something that Teodoro  had insisted would be irresistible?" And so begins Veas Silver Cloud Caf?, a place that once you stop and visit, you too will find to be irresistible BBveaSCR.doc  ALFREDO VEA,Jr: The Silver Cloud Caf? (1996) Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., November 2000  Introduction " Zeferino drove down Folsom Street wondering why he had never noticed Raphaels Silver Cloud Cafe and Bar. He had driven down Folsom Street, down Seventeenth, and even  down Shotwell on hundreds of occasions, investigating scores of cases. He conjured up a mental picture of the area as he waited at a stoplight--the Rite Spot restaurant was there,  a transmission repair shop, and an empty field surrounded by Cyclone fencing. How could he miss seeing something that Teodoro had insisted would be irresistible?" And so begins Veas  Silver Cloud Caf?, a place that once you stop and visit, you too will find to be irresistible. Setting Neon light - San Francisco - action. Does it get  much better than this -well -maybe. Two neon light angels blink over a down and out adobe that squats on the Mission District cement, like Mother Hubbard hiding her  children under her skirt. The cantinas name appears longer than the building is tall: Raphaels Silver Cloud Caf?. " It was a two-sided neon sign, a brilliant,  flashing display that could be seen from miles away. Twin Rubenesque cherubim were painted onto a metal form that had the dull-speckled, titian buff of a faded tapestry. Both had