The Cobweb Palace, San Francisco, California, 1856-1897 Abraham Warner was the owner and operator of The Cobweb Palace, a saloon on Meigg's Wharf in San Francisco. The saloon was popular with sailors, locals, and tourists. The bar was filled with cobwebs because Warner refused to kill spiders, as well as cages filled with exotic animals, including monkeys and parrots. Inside the Cobweb Place, as seen around 1890. Close up of Abraham Warner at the bar Although he refused to kill spiders or disrupt their webs, Warner kept himself tidy and well groomed. He sold the Palace at auction in 1893 and died in 1896.