Bars in San Francisco

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Bars in San Francisco

Name	Category	Location

15 Romolo Easy to miss and overshadowed by the neighboring girlie shows...	Bars	North Beach

21st Amendment Brewery The popular 21st Amendment is known for its range of beer types...	Brewpubs / Beer Gardens, Bars	San Francisco

4th Street Bar & Grill San Francisco may not be the best sports town in the country...	Bars	San Francisco

Badlands Shirts off! If a sweaty muscle sandwich sounds like your idea...	Bars	Castro

Balboa Cafe Here you'll spy young (thirtysomething) and upwardly mobile former...	Bars	The Marina and the Presidio


Beach Chalet This restaurant-microbrewery, on the second floor of a historic...	Bars	Golden Gate Park

Bix The retro-chic martini-bar craze keeps going strong at glam...	Bars	North Beach

Blackbird It tries too hard to be hip and cool, but this neighborhood hangout...	Bars	Castro

The Boardroom If you've been looking for a bar where you can watch football...	Bars	North Beach

Bourbon & Branch The address and phone are unlisted, the black outer door unmarked...	Bars	San Francisco

Bow Bow Cocktail Lounge At this quirky, inclusive, divey karaoke bar, you can get your...	Bars	Chinatown

Buena Vista Café At the end of the Hyde Street cable-car line, the Buena Vista...	Bars	Fisherman's Wharf

Bus Stop Popular with frat boys and stockbrokers alike, this Marina/Cow...	Bars	Cow Hollow

The Café Always comfortable and often packed with a mixed gay, lesbian...	Bars	Castro

Cantina Let the skull and crossbones over the entryway of this intimate...	Bars	Union Square

The Cinch This Wild West-themed neighborhood bar has pinball machines...	Bars	Van Ness/Polk

Circa This classy lounge with shimmering chandeliers is dimly lighted...	Bars	The Marina and the Presidio

City Beer Store Called CBS by locals, this friendly tasting room cum liquor mart...	Bars	San Francisco

Cliff House Classier than the nearby Beach Chalet, with a more impressive...	Bars	Western Shoreline

Divas In the rough-and-tumble Tenderloin, around the corner from the...	Bars	San Francisco

Edinburgh Castle Work off your fish-and-chips and Scottish brew with a turn at...	Bars	San Francisco

Elbo Room This popular two-story bar has a little something for everyone...	Bars	Mission District

Elixir The cocktails are well crafted and affordable at the city's second-oldest...	Bars	Mission District

Esta Noche This longtime Mission District dive draws a steady crowd of Latino...	Bars	Mission District

Greens Sports Bar Cramped and packed to the gills with sports memorabilia, Greens...	Bars	Van Ness/Polk

Harrington's Bar and Grill The epicenter for downtown festivities on St. Patrick's Day...	Bars	Financial District

Harry Denton's Starlight Room Forget low-key drinks—the only way to experience Harry...	Bars	Union Square

Hog Island Oyster Bar On a sunny day, is there anything better than sipping wine and...	Bars	Financial District

The Knockout In a grungy but hip section of the Mission, the king of dive...	Bars	Mission District

Knuckles at the Wharf This bar toned down its sports motif in an effort to attract...	Bars	Fisherman's Wharf

Kozy Kar Outrageous and full of sexual energy, this may be the heterosexual...	Bars	Van Ness/Polk

Laszlo Attached to the Foreign Cinema restaurant, Laszlo is a cavernous...	Bars	Mission District

Le Colonial Down an easy-to-miss alley off Taylor Street is what appears...	Bars	Union Square

Lexington Club According to its slogan, "every night is ladies' night" at this...	Bars	Mission District

Lion Pub With big comfy chairs, cascades of potted plants, and a small...	Bars	Pacific Heights

Lone Star Saloon This watering hole is popular with bikers, bears, and the men...	Bars	San Francisco

Lucky 13 Greasers, hipsters, Betty Page wannabes, anyone looking for a...	Bars	Castro

Martuni's A mixed crowd enjoys cocktails in the semirefined environment...	Bars	Mission District

MatrixFillmore Don a pair of Diesel jeans and a Michael Kors sweater and sip...	Bars	The Marina and the Presidio

Midnight Sun One of the Castro's longest-running bars is popular with the...	Bars	Castro

The Mint Karaoke Lounge A mixed gay-straight crowd that's drop-dead serious about its...	Bars	San Francisco

Moby Dick A quintessential neighborhood watering hole outfitted with a...	Bars	Castro

Nihon Whiskey lovers need to check this place out, if only to drool...	Bars	San Francisco

Noc Noc A cross between a Tim Burton film and an Oingo Boingo album...	Bars	Haight

Otis The brainchild of a transplanted New Yorker, this tiny, two-level...	Bars	Union Square

Park Chalet You'll feel like you're in a cabin in the woods as you relax...	Bars	Golden Gate Park

Perry's One of San Francisco's oldest singles bars, Perry's still packs...	Bars	Cow Hollow

Pier 23 Cafe Beer arrives at your table in buckets at this waterfront bar...	Bars	Embarcadero

Pilsner Inn Casual and comfortable—yet still hip and cruise-y—Pilsner...	Bars	Castro

Rite Spot Cafe A Mission tradition for more than 50 years, this classy and casual...	Bars	Mission District

Royal Oak Tiffany-style lamps and cascading ferns contribute to the clubby...	Bars	Russian Hill

SF Eagle After a two-year hiatus, the spacious indoor-outdoor leather...	Bars	San Francisco

Smuggler's Cove With the decor of a pirate ship and a slew of rum-based cocktails...	Bars	San Francisco

Specs Twelve Adler Museum Cafe If you're bohemian at heart, you can groove on this hidden hangout...	Bars	North Beach

The Stud Glam trannies, gay bears, tight-teed pretty boys, ladies and...	Bars	San Francisco

Sugar Just trendy enough, but never pretentious, Sugar has fun cocktails...	Bars	San Francisco

Top of the Mark A famous magazine photograph immortalized the bar atop the Mark...	Bars	Nob Hill

Toronado You come to what may be the city's most popular dive bar for...	Bars	Haight

Tosca Café Like Specs and Vesuvio nearby, this historic charmer holds a...	Bars	North Beach

Trax "Laid back" would be an understatement. Once inside, you won't...	Bars	Haight

Vessel Enticing, romantic, and ultrahip in one package, Vessel has a...	Bars	Union Square

Vesuvio Cafe If you're only hitting one bar in North Beach, it should be this...	Bars	North Beach

View Lounge Art-deco-influenced floor-to-ceiling windows frame superb views...	Bars	San Francisco

Wild Side West A friendly pool game is always going on at this mellow, slightly...	Bars	Bernal Heights

The Wreck Room Shuffleboard, arcade basketball, a jukebox, and plenty of flat-screen...	Bars	Nob Hill

Zeitgeist It's a bit divey, a bit rock and roll, but Zeitgeist is a good...	Bars	Mission District
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