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Mardikian</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Mardikian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/George_Mardikian.jpg/220px-George_Mardikian.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/George_Mardikian.jpg/330px-George_Mardikian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/George_Mardikian.jpg/440px-George_Mardikian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1459" data-file-height="1906" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">George Magar Mardikian</div><br />November 7, 1903<br /><a href="/wiki/Bayburt" title="Bayburt">Bayburt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> (now Turkey)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 23, 1977<span style="display:none">(1977-10-23)</span> (aged 73)<br /><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Ararat_Cemetery" title="Ararat Cemetery">Ararat Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party (United States)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Restaurateur, chef, author</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td 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class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Menu cover for Omar Khayyam's" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png/220px-Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png/330px-Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png/440px-Menu_for_Omar_Khayyam%27s_SF.png 2x" data-file-width="1046" data-file-height="1530" /></a><figcaption>Menu cover for Omar Khayyam's</figcaption></figure> <p><b>George Magar Mardikian</b> (<a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Ջորջ Մարտիկյան</span>) (November 7, 1903 – October 23, 1977) was a Turkish-born American <a href="/wiki/Restaurateur" title="Restaurateur">restaurateur</a>, chef, author and philanthropist of <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> heritage. In 1938, he opened Omar Khayyam's restaurant in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, which was open for more than 40 years.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was important in popularizing <a href="/wiki/Armenian_cuisine" title="Armenian cuisine">Armenian cuisine</a> in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian was the founder of ANCHA (American National Committee To Aid Homeless Armenians).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a nephew of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Krikor_Amirian" title="Krikor Amirian">Krikor Amirian</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/George_Mardikian" title="Special:EditPage/George Mardikian">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2012</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Mardikian was born on November 7, 1903, in <a href="/wiki/Bayburt" title="Bayburt">Bayburt</a>, in what was then the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> (now Turkey), to Magar Mardikian and Haiganoush Amirian.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian grew up in the city of Scutari, an Armenian community in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>. Mardikian's paternal family was one of warriors—hence their family name: in <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>, 'Mardik' translates to 'warrior'. His maternal family, the Amirians, was an influential and powerful family in Bayburt. Mardikian's mother also was the eldest sibling of his idol, Krikor Amirian. </p><p>As a child, Mardikian was very chubby and carried the nickname 'shisko', which is Turkish for 'chubby'. Mardikian's father, Magar, was of one of the approximately 250 ethnic-Armenian intellectuals and community leaders arrested on April 24, 1915, known as <a href="/wiki/Red_Sunday" class="mw-redirect" title="Red Sunday">Red Sunday</a>. After his arrest, the Amirians were driven out of their homes and marched to <a href="/wiki/Erzincan" title="Erzincan">Erzincan</a>. Mardikian's maternal grandmother, Vartanoush Amirian, committed suicide by jumping in the <a href="/wiki/Euphrates" title="Euphrates">Euphrates</a>, while the rest of the Amirian family was either beaten to death or burned alive. Witnessing the massacre of his mother's side of his family, Mardikian wanted to avenge their deaths and prove to his mother that he was a true warrior. As a result of his ambition, Mardikian ran away from his home and joined the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_volunteer_units" title="Armenian volunteer units">Armenian volunteer units</a>, in which his uncle, Krikor Amirian, was a high-ranking member. After the First World War ended, Mardikian returned to his mother as a war hero. </p><p>In the summer of 1920, Mardikian worked with Captain Eddie Fox and George D. White of the Near East Relief organization to create an Armenian <a href="/wiki/Boy_Scout" class="mw-redirect" title="Boy Scout">Boy Scout</a> unit.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It would be a short-lived accomplishment, since war broke out between the <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">First Republic of Armenia</a>, Turkey, and Russia. Mardikian called on his fellow youths to continue the fight for freedom. When he returned to the battlefield, he was quickly captured and imprisoned. Mardikian served his term in prison in a sauerkraut factory where the Turkish guards forced the Armenian prisoners to chop ice, even though it was a useless activity. After serving two years in prison, Mardikian got lucky. George D. White, whom he had met a few years earlier, told the Turkish prison commandant that Mardikian was an American and demanded his freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian eventually gained his freedom and returned to his mother and his surviving family members in Scutari. His mother, Haiganoush, and uncle, Krikor, advised him that he must go to the United States like his older sister Baidzar. Within a few days, he left Scutari. </p><p>One hour after Mardikian's ship left the port of Scutari, Turkish police knocked on Haiganoush's door demanding that they reveal the location of her son. The reason for this was that Mardikian stated he was a Near East Relief worker, which led to his freedom from prison. Haiganoush stated that her son had left this world and had entered a new one. Nonetheless, the Turkish police ransacked the home and finally left, assuming that he had died. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arrival_in_the_United_States">Arrival in the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Arrival in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mardikian arrived at <a href="/wiki/Ellis_Island" title="Ellis Island">Ellis Island</a> on July 24, 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He, like every other immigrant, went through all the steps in order to gain legal permission to enter the country. When he was able to take a shower, Mardikian stated, "I washed away the grime, I washed away the years. I washed away the Old World, I washed away all the hatred and injustice and cruelty I had known, all the hunger, all the weeping, all the pain".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later stated, "As I dried myself with the thick, heavy towel, and saw my clean skin and felt my blood tingle, it was as though I had been reborn, as though I were a completely new human being, a taller, a stronger, prouder man—an American".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Since that day, Mardikian had said that July 24 is his birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_in_the_United_States">Life in the United States</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Life in the United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his entire journey by train to San Francisco, he ate only potato salad, as that was all he could read in English.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He vowed to one day open a restaurant of his own. After arriving in San Francisco, he found a job working as a dishwasher at Coffee Dan's and later at Clinton's Cafeteria.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was later appointed restaurant manager by Eugene Compton. In 1928, he was given United States citizenship.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the next two years he worked on a cook on a cruise ship, mastering cooking and learning more about Armenian food as well as international cuisines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1930, he moved to <a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno, California</a>, where he joined the vibrant Armenian immigrant community.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alongside his wife Nazenig, he opened a Fresno lunch counter called Omar Khayyam's, named after the famous Persian poet.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the ongoing Great Depression, customers filled his diner to enjoy his clam chowder, chili con carne, and pot roast. As he frequently noted, his dream was to teach Americans how to eat well. </p><p>He would later move his restaurant to two other large buildings in Fresno and then, in 1938, to San Francisco in the old Coffee Dan's building, where he earned praise from critics and locals alike.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1935, Mardikian arranged the arrival of his mother from <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, where she lived with her brother, Krikor Amirian. Shortly after, in February 1936, Haiganoush contracted pneumonia while in surgery and died days later. She was eventually buried at Ararat Cemetery in Fresno. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg/220px-Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg/330px-Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg/440px-Krikor_Amirian_in_1957.jpg 2x" data-file-width="775" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>Mardikian wrote about <a href="/wiki/Krikor_Amirian" title="Krikor Amirian">Amirian</a> stating, "We worshiped him then, and always would."</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medaloffreedom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Medaloffreedom.jpg/220px-Medaloffreedom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="426" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Medaloffreedom.jpg/330px-Medaloffreedom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Medaloffreedom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="654" /></a><figcaption>In 1951, President Truman awarded Mardikian the Medal of Freedom.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1942, Mardikian was appointed as a food consultant to the <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster_General_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Quartermaster General of the United States Army">Quartermaster General of the United States Army</a>, a position that he would hold until 1954. GIs everywhere are grateful to Mardikian for improving the quality of their meals. The <i>Reader's Digest</i> has conferred the title "Champion of G.I. Chow. <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian would receive presidential commendations for the drastic changes that he made to the United States military.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1944, he published a cook book, <i>Dinner at Omar Khayyam's</i>, that was reprinted numerous times over the next two decades. </p><p>In 1945, he donated his services as caterer for the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_International_Organization" title="United Nations Conference on International Organization">United Nations Conference on International Organization</a> that was held in San Francisco and established the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>. Even though Mardikian had a comfortable life in the United States, he would periodically get depressed because he missed his uncle, Krikor Amirian.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After the end of World War II, Mardikian feared that his uncle may have been killed. He was finally able to locate him in late 1945. In order to ensure their reunification, Mardikian asked the local Allied general to shelter his uncle and family. Mardikian helped them to escape to Austria and then, finally, to Italy. His reunion with his uncle was emotional. </p><p>In addition to finding his long-lost family, Mardikian traveled the world trying to convince Armenians to move to the United States. Over 5,000 Armenians immigrated to the United States because of his efforts.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1951, Mardikian was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Freedom_(1945)" title="Medal of Freedom (1945)">Medal of Freedom</a> by President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> for his work as a consultant to the Quartermaster General of the United States Army. A portion of the citation reads, "With vigorous energy, keen powers of observation and analysis and a dynamic personality, he enlisted the enthusiastic interest of commanders and soldiers alike in the preparation and service of food under varying conditions in the combat zone."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Mardikian would appoint his uncle as his chief Armenian typist and <a href="/wiki/Soghomon_Tehlirian" title="Soghomon Tehlirian">Soghomon Tehlirian</a> as his assistant. </p><p>He would go on to write and contribute to entrepreneurial and philanthropic causes, including the founding of American National Committee to Aid Homeless Armenians (ANCHA).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Omar_Khayyam's_restaurant"><span id="Omar_Khayyam.27s_restaurant"></span>Omar Khayyam's restaurant</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Omar Khayyam's restaurant"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:200_Powell_Street,_San_Francisco.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="200 Powell Street, San Francisco, California (the green building)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/220px-200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/330px-200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg/440px-200_Powell_Street%2C_San_Francisco.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2083" data-file-height="2548" /></a><figcaption>200 Powell Street, San Francisco, California (in 2022, the green building)</figcaption></figure> <p>George Mardikian's 'Omar Khayyam's' was located at 200 Powell Street in San Francisco in the basement of a building on the northeast corner of Powell Street and O'Farrell Street. The entrance was off O'Farrell Street.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After passing photographs of Mardikian "breaking bread" with various notable people (including Dwight Eisenhower and Eleanor Roosevelt),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> diners would descend into the cavernous, sumptuously decorated restaurant below. </p><p>On the left at the bottom of the stairs was the Rubaiyat lounge with velvet banquettes, low Persian lamps, and a gleaming chrome cash register. Tables in the restaurant were contained in curtained chambers out of the <i><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Nights" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian Nights">Arabian Nights</a></i> decorated with wall-hangings and inscriptions from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam">The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam</a></i>. Mardikian would customarily "break bread" (a special flat bread served at the restaurant) with his diners as a sign of hospitality. He used Armenian folk tales to sell items on his menu.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The menu was exotic (for the time), featuring a mix of Armenian, Middle Eastern, and African cooking adapted for American palates.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian also made a point to emphasize the health benefits of his homemade yogurt, which at the time was not part of an American diet.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-1980s, a fire destroyed the restaurant. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1956, Mardikian published his memoirs, <i>Song of America</i>. An excerpt from the book is quoted on a wall plaque in the entrance hall to the <a href="/wiki/The_American_Adventure_(Epcot)" title="The American Adventure (Epcot)">American Adventure</a> Pavilion at Disney's <a href="/wiki/Epcot_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Epcot Center">Epcot Center</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mardikian would also help Republican candidates all over the country. He starred in the television show, <i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Your_Life_(American_franchise)" title="This Is Your Life (American franchise)">This Is Your Life</a></i>, airing May 5, 1954 with host <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Edwards" title="Ralph Edwards">Ralph Edwards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mardikian died on October 23, 1977. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMardikian1944" class="citation book cs1">Mardikian, George (1944). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yr0lAQAAMAAJ"><i>Dinner at Omar Khayyam's</i></a>. New York City, NY: <a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">The Viking Press</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dinner+at+Omar+Khayyam%27s&rft.place=New+York+City%2C+NY&rft.pub=The+Viking+Press&rft.date=1944&rft.aulast=Mardikian&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dyr0lAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Mardikian" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMardikian1956" class="citation book cs1">Mardikian, George M. (1956). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZA1AAAAIAAJ"><i>Song of America: Fascinating Narrative of an Armenian Immigrant</i></a>. New York City, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Publishing, Inc.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Song+of+America%3A+Fascinating+Narrative+of+an+Armenian+Immigrant&rft.place=New+York+City%2C+NY&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill+Book+Publishing%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Mardikian&rft.aufirst=George+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5ZA1AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Mardikian" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKeraghosian2021" class="citation web cs1">Keraghosian, Greg (2021-08-16). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/America-s-best-known-and-best-loved-chef-ran-16347392.php">"The amazing tale of the genocide survivor who changed how SF eats"</a>. <i>SFGATE</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Oxford University Press. p. 131. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-935070-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-935070-4"><bdi>978-0-19-935070-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Great+Catastrophe%3A+Armenians+and+Turks+in+the+Shadow+of+Genocide&rft.pages=131&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2015-01-02&rft.isbn=978-0-19-935070-4&rft.aulast=Waal&rft.aufirst=Thomas+de&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdqObBQAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Mardikian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMardikian1956" class="citation book cs1">Mardikian, George (1956). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/songofamerica00mard"><i>Song of America</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>: <a href="/wiki/McGraw-Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="McGraw-Hill">McGraw-Hill</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Song+of+America&rft.place=New+York+City&rft.pub=McGraw-Hill&rft.date=1956&rft.aulast=Mardikian&rft.aufirst=George&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsongofamerica00mard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Mardikian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation serial cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16784/"><i>Why I Close My Restaurant</i></a>. <i>This I Believe, Inc</i>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bob_Edwards_Show" title="The Bob Edwards Show">The Bob Edwards Show</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2022-07-08</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Online+Archive+of+California%2C+California+Digital+Library&rft.atitle=Ralph+Edwards+Productions+production+records&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Foac.cdlib.org%2Ffindaid%2Fark%3A%2F13030%2Fkt767nf2nr%2Fdsc%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+Mardikian" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Jane Holt, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1944/11/12/archives/delights-of-armenian-cookery.html">Delights of Armenian Cookery</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i> (Sunday Magazine), November 12, 1944</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx?type=glpnews&search=george%20mardikian&img=\\na0037\6773934\31419092.html">Beloved Land: Immigrant Mardikian Lifts Up Voice in His Son of America</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Tribune" title="Oakland Tribune">Oakland Tribune</a></i>, June 17, 1956</li> <li>Vartkes Sinanian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121019172046/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-105267987.html">Remembering A Legend: George Mardikian</a>, <i>The Armenian Reporter</i>, December 25, 2004.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Mardikian&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13831440/">George Mardikian</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li>Short radio episode <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071129154901/http://californialegacy.org/radio_anthology/scripts/mardikian.html">Potato Salad</a></i> by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=California_Legacy_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="California Legacy Project (page does not exist)">California Legacy Project</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/358/18922598085_dbf22ffb1e_b.jpg">A link to a matchbook from Omar Khayyam's</a></li> <li>Online book: <i><a href="//archive.org/details/dinneratomarkhay00mard" class="extiw" 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