San Francisco Bars

Good Drinks

1. Speakeasy Ales &…

Neighborhood: Bayview/Hunters Point

If these guys served beer out of the depths of hell, they'd still deserve five stars because, yes, their beer is THAT good. I've been drinking Speakeasy and visiting the brewery since before they had...

2. The City Beer Store…

Neighborhood: SOMA

too so you can get a good buzz on after drinking one. Inside is a really relaxed environment. Before I went there I thought it would be a frat house type of place but boy was I wrong. Please try it out!!...

3. Inner Mission Tavern

Neighborhood: Mission

drinking some good beer and having some even better conversation, when  I was hit with a severe carne asada craving.   I'm Mexican and I don't want to perpetuate any kind of stereotype about Mexicans...

4. The Black Horse…

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

along the Van Ness corridor. I love this bar, but I'd have to drink myself silly just to endure the hike over there. I guess it's good that it's so far away. Going there will always seem like...

5. Cresta's Twenty Two…

Neighborhood: Russian Hill

Good drinks. Good bartender. No kids.   This is not a dive bar. This a Russian Hill venue patronized by dive bar patrons who refuse to leave Russian Hill.   Jason got it right: "It's a great place...

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Nice Bartenders

1. Inner Mission Tavern

Neighborhood: Mission

went there on a friday and the place was pretty chill, which can be nice sometimes. they served me my first session beer and the bartender was nice enough to leave the caps for me and my companion...

2. The Black Horse…

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

3.5 really  This little gem fits about 10 comfortably. The bartender was very nice, the beer even nicer but we may have had too much of a dirty gay aura about us, cuz nobdy tried to talk to us...

3. Dogpatch Saloon

Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

of the patrons.   Crazy? No way. This is probably pretty typical of the locals who hang out in this nice neighborhood bar. The bartenders are equally nice, with a heavy hand on the pours.    I hear the jazz...

4. Wild Side West

Neighborhood: Bernal Heights

a drink depending on who is bartending, but it is a great place.  The garden outside is nice.  Great to find an alcove and chill with friends or get a little frisky with a special someone in a dark...

5. Broken Record

If this place were located in a better neighborhood it would be packed every night.  Cheap drinks, good food, pool tables, nice patio and backroom, and nice bartenders (Nero is a homie of mine, good...

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