I went to a meet-up hosted at Dogpatch labs once. Great venue. Pier 38 is not quite in the Dogpatch neighborhood. I grew up in the Bay Area, but never heard of

I went to a meet-up hosted at Dogpatch labs once. Great venue. Pier 38 is not quite in the Dogpatch neighborhood. I grew up in the Bay Area, but never heard of a Dogpatch neighborhood in S.F. until after the internet came along. The wikipedia article is no help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch,_San_Francisco,_California http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch,_San_Francisco,_Califo.... When did Dogpatch first get called Dogpatch? Perhaps it has something to do with the Hell' Angels clubhouse? Naturally the name comes from Al Capp.