San Francisco Restaurant Guide

Casa Hookah features fine Middle Eastern cuisine and entertainment. Located in the heart of the Richmond District in San Francisco, they are the Bay Area's newest Middle Eastern restaurant and hookah lounge. Come early for dinner, Mediterranean appetizers, shish kabobs and other Arabic foods. Casa Hookah often features live performances and music nightly. For a trip to the Middle East and some of the best falafel, kabobs and salads around, check out Casa Hookah!Casa Hookah offers hookahs for your smoking pleasure:Some hookah facts The nargile (Hookah,huka,hooka) first became popular in the primitive form of a coconut shell in India and it is one of the oldest and most popular traditions in Turkey. Before reaching the rest of the world, hookah popularity spread to Iran, widely recognized as the launch pad to global popularity.Even though Iran was the final stop before global stardom, it was in Turkey where design and tradition truly took form as a cultural characteristic, and have since remained relatively unchanged. Coffee is big in Turkey. Through this cultural mainstay, the hookah entered popular culture over 500 years ago. It soon became clear that there were certain ways to go about working the hookah, from passing the hose to lighting the coals to changing the tobacco. But don't worry, hookah smokers are generally patient, thoughtful people who are more than willing to help you learn. Between the surreal calm and subtle customs surrounding the elaborate and often painstakingly designed hookah, its tradition soon became ingrained in Turkish culture, providing pleasure to millions.