What It's Like at The Riptide in the Outer Sunset
High ceilings, brick floor, knotty pine, taxidermy, and a fire going. The Riptide is the townie bar you want to visit....
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What It's Like at Twin Peaks Tavern in Castro
Twin Peaks is generally credited as the first known gay bar in America with full-length open plate glass....
SF Oasis Finally Reopens
After roughly seven months of work there is now a gold-tiled bar, a fresh crop of murals, a crocodile-textured wall upstairs. Oasis leans hard into a maximalist, Moulin Rouge cabaret....
The Cocktail Map of San Francisco
San Francisco did not invent the cocktail, but we have spent roughly 175 years acting like we did. If a drink made this list, somebody who actually sat on the stool swears by it....
Here's Where Celebrities Drink at San Francisco Bars
Sam Smith ended a 20-night residency by walking Kim Petras to a Castro bar for one more round. That's the kind of night this map is made of....
San Francisco Keeps Losing Pool Tables. These 32 Bars Still Rack 'Em Up.
You can still find a table on a Tuesday night. You just have to look sideways into the back rooms of dives, behind the jukebox, past the dartboard, occasionally under a chandelier....
Bars With Live Music in San Francisco
These are the spots where you can walk in on a Tuesday, order a drink, and find a jazz trio or a blues band playing ten feet away from you....
Brides of March Is the SantaCon You Actually Wanted
The Brides of March is what happens when you take the same anarchic DNA of SantaCon, but you let joy be the point....
San Francisco's Favorite Quiet Spots, According to the People Who Live Here
Hunter Pence asked SF locals for their favorite quiet spots. The answers were a love letter to the city....
Lilah brings the boom with shaved ice and low-proof cocktails
San Francisco’s hot days have met their match with Lilah’s shaved ice. Colorful and refreshing, these drinks bring a new vibe to the Marina....
Ginger’s reopens just in time for Pride
What better weekend to reopen the Financial District’s only queer-identified bar than during Pride?...
Michelin-starred restaurant is reborn as a casual-chic San Francisco bar: RTB Wine Bar
Although San Francisco lost fine dining spot Avery back in November, this upscale wine bar replaced it in the same location on Fillmore....