SAN JOSE, Calif. — Amid the sound of sizzling steaks on their famous, open-air charcoal grill, the servers in formal tuxedos at Original Joe's swear they've never heard it louder in the 60-year-old San Jose institution than on Saturday night.
The San Jose Sharks had just won the first Stanley Cup Finals home game in their 24-season history, in overtime, and even the older men in tuxes, some of whose service at Original Joe's predates the team's existence, let out hearty cheers, according to the restaurant's manager, Gary Pomeroy.
"It was pretty crazy in here," Pomeroy said the morning after, as a quieter crowd dug into heaping plates of steak and eggs and other dishes from an expansive, old-school menu. "When that goal happened in overtime, it was like one long party in here the rest of the night."
It's good to be a sports fan in the Bay Area of Northern California these days. The Sharks—the Sharks—are playing for the Cup. Up the road on Interstate 880, the Golden State Warriors are two wins away from their second straight NBA title. It's an even-numbered year, so the San Francisco Giants are ...
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