Originally Posted by
cyberdad
The San Mateo property is the old Dunphey Hotel. I stayed there a number of times in the mid 80s.
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then again the Dunphey had been a rather quirky, rambling Hotel.
Thank you for reminding me of the Dunphy. I also stayed there several times in that same era. At that time, it and the old Hyatt House (reputedly, the nation's second airport-specific hotel) were the top-shelf SFO-area hotels.