Alfred Zampa was a working-class Italian-American who worked on every bridge in the Bay Area, including the Carquinez Bridge, and is now remembered as the accidental founder of the “Halfway to Hell Club” and the namesake of the Alfred Zampa Bridge.

North Beach can be a conflict of interests.  You got all this cool history, the center of the city’s Italian culture, aaaand…douche bags.  Even after you live in the city for years, you still make the occasional excursion over to this venerable hood hoping for the best, and usually getting