Every election day, John’s Grill in San Francisco hosts a free luncheon where politicians, activists, journalists, and freeloaders gather to eat, drink, and make new friends, all while not paying a dime.

History is a tricky thing. It’s rare that you can perceive the exact moment a cultural shift occurs while it’s actually happening. Usually the slow, steady, relentlessness of time obscures the importance of events, and it’s not until you look back that you realize “That! That was the moment everything