The culmination of the hyper-fresh, hyper-local cocktail movement. They grow some of their garnishes on site & contract with local farms & artisanal spirits makers. Expect awesome. Read more.
This is the first working brewery in the Mission since the 1950s, and you can count on $3 drafts and a menu of inventive but hearty eats. Expect a big back patio for whiling away sunny days. Read more.
A small handful of authentic and delicious German beers are served in ginormous steins, and the bratwurst is the best you'll find outside of Bavaria. Read more.
Go to Park Chalet on a Sunny afternoon and get yourself a $12 64oz Growler of golden goodness and soak it all in on the grass. Refills are only $8 after that.
Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan have a drink here in the Opening Scene of When a Man Loves A Woman
This is a nice bar with black leather booths and an area upstairs with its own mini bar for your special private party. -Mattin Noblia, Top Chef
Get tipsy on craft beers in the back garden or score the front booth for its famous mac ’n’ cheese. Read more.
Going on off days (or off hours) is the way to enjoy some of the best cocktails in the hood.
The strength of this 78-seat bar is the cocktail program, a mix of classic and modern blends. But the real reason to come here: the Negroni on tap.
Try the custom-designed tasting of four 4-ounce beers and barrel-aged and specialty beers.
Twelve Magnolia beers are on tap, and you can choose from five cask ales that are carbonated and served slightly warmer.
Go for the generous-sized, not to mention reasonably priced, martinis; stay for the convivial atmosphere and sing-alongs of show tunes, jazz and contemporary standards in the back piano room.
Of the 24 weekly changing beers on tap, many are local brews and some are even custom-made.
As its name suggests, this sleek bar in a gentler section of the Tenderloin specializes in rye whiskey and specialty cocktails made with rye and other spirits.
This inverted version of the Enchanted Tiki Room for adults puts the simulated rain in the center of the room rather than outside, and replaces the mechanical birds with a live band.
While most of the Richmond regulars rely on "normal" drinks, there's a full menu of all the delectable umbrella-topped tiki classics: mai tai, zombie and of course, the deadly Scorpion Bowl.
The theme is loosely Basque, and happy hour brings $1 pintxos of the day, along with $3 draft beers and $10 sangria carafes.
Open since 1948, it's where the Beats convened to quench their thirst. The upstairs nook might be the most perfect people-watching in North Beach.
SF Weekly’s Best Of 2011 Winner – Editorial Pick – BEST REASON TO STAY IN A HOTELReinvented seasonal & classic cocktails like Kerouac served in a dark-brick & exposed-wood-beam room are the best bet Read more.
Artisan cocktails, lodge-like interior, pool table, Buck Hunter. What more could you ask for? Read more.
Take Your Chance at the Alembic and have a bartender make a drink for you not on the menu.
