Joe's Cable Car Restaurant was a restaurant founded in 1965,[1] and owned and operated by Joe Obegi until 2014.[2][3] The restaurant was a popular tourists' destination, which was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2008.[4][5] Though it was a popular landmark on Mission Street in the Excelsior District of San Francisco, it closed in 2014.[6] As of January 2021, the building that Joe Obegi's restaurant occupied is slated to be demolished.[7]