Portal:San Francisco Bay Area/Years/57

1958
 * 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 I to the Beat Generation, or "Beats"