Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/57

1958

SF Giants logo

• Rice-A-Roni, "The San Francisco Treat", is introduced
• The first Cost Plus store opens at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco
• The New York Giants move to San Francisco and become the San Francisco Giants (logo pictured)
• San Francisco columnist Herb Caen coins the term Beatnik, adding the suffix "-nik" from Sputnik 1 to the Beat Generation, or "Beats"