Guess Which 2 SF Bars Made the World’s Best List
Hayes Valley-ish Tiki/rum/pirate themed Smuggler’s Cove has checked-in again this year at #16 and fast-rising Mission bar, Trick Dog is a newcomer to the list at #33....
BarsA collection of 56 posts
So There’s a San Francisco Cocktail
In doing my daily reading about cocktails (it’s a tough job), I came across an article from a few years back about variations of the classic Manhattan cocktail....
We Have a Creative Crush on Engine Works
When it comes to warehouse spaces in San Francisco, I usually think of three things: huge rooms storing a plethora of weird things, my fifth-grade fantasy of becoming a sexy steelworker who Flashdances in her loft…...
The Tender Bar
Living where I do, I’ve heard a preponderance of phrases associated with the Tenderloin....
Last Call
It was a regular Thursday evening at The Royal Cuckoo when Big Bones suddenly grabbed his harmonica and started accompanying Chris Siebert, who was playing the Hammond organ behind the bar....
Single Space
By Ashwin Seshagiri....
Booze Cruise
I enjoyed my first (legal) drink at Vesuvio, tasted my first (legal) absinthe at Beretta, and made out with more fools than I care to mention in the big red booths in the back of Li Po Lounge....
High Spirits
This is the first time I’ve waited an hour and 37 minutes for a drink. It’s also the first time I’ve had a cocktail in a church basement with a statue of the Virgin Mary in the corner and a large wooden cross on the wall....