Cika wannan jumla: A 1954, Simpson ya kafa kungiyar
Six Gallery a 3119 Fillmore Street a San Francisco tare da Wally Hedrick, wani mai zane-zane mai zane-zane da kuma memba na kungiyar Beat; Deborah Remington, mai zane-zane mai ban sha'awa da aka sani da zane-zane mai ban sha'awa; Jack Ryan, mawaki; Hayward King, wani mai zane wanda ya zama darektan Cibiyar Richmond Art, da kuma Jack Spicer, mawaki da kuma memba a San Francisco Art Institute. Kafin a mayar da shi ɗaya daga cikin ɗakunan hotunan haɗin gwiwar ɗalibai na farko a yankin, sararin ya kasance shagon gyaran mota. Herb Caen ya rubuta a cikin San Francisco Examiner a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1954 cewa Gidan Gida shida "mutane shida ne suka tallafawa da sha'awar zane-zane, kiɗa, shayari, mutunci da sauran abubuwa masu mahimmanci". Yawancin sanannun masu zane-zane, ciki har da Joan Brown da Manuel Neri, sun gudanar da nunin su na farko a Gidan Hotuna shida. A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 1955, Allen Ginsberg ya karanta sanannen wakarsa, "Howl" a bainar jama'a a karon farko a wani karatu a Gidan Hotuna shida. "Howl" mai wallafa Lawrence Ferlinghetti, mawaki Michael McClure, da Jack Kerouac suna cikin masu sauraro, amma Simpson, yana gida yana barci bayan aikin dare a tashar mai, ya rasa karatun. An rufe Gidan Gida shida a shekara ta 1957.