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San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places
Badlands is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

1. Badlands

6.6
4121 18th St (btwn Castro & Collingwood), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 88 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: Happy Hour here runs late and hard, the Thursday and especially Friday afterwork scene 6pm-8.30pm is intense. The drinks are insanely cheap so hope you make it out of this place standing up.

Toad Hall is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

2. Toad Hall

6.9
4146 18th St (btwn Castro & Collingwood), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 61 tips and reviews
QBar is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

3. QBar

6.3
456 Castro St (btwn Market & 18th St), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 80 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: Wednesday Night is the night at QBar, who knew San Francisco go out hard on Wednesdays. The crowd starts late, midnight.

The Café is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

4. The Café

6.9
2369 Market St (btwn Castro & Noe), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 47 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: The only dance club in the Castro. Whatever your flavor is they have a different theme night and watch out, sometimes lesbian night, better ask first...not that we don't love our sisters.

440 Castro is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

5. 440 Castro

7.9
440 Castro St (btwn Market & 18th), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 83 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: One of our favorite bear/daaddy bars on the planet. If you're not a bear, it's a fun place to come chill and be man handled.

The Edge is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

6. The Edge

8.1
4149 18th St (at Collingwood St.), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 62 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: In the heart of castro, this is one place that's a little edgy but has a neighborhood feel, in case you don't want to rage it is a good place to come practice yoga in leather.

Midnight Sun is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

7. Midnight Sun

8.0
4067 18th St (btwn Castro & Hartford), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 42 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: The tall man bars. This place has really tall tables. Stretch! A stage, sing a longs, and weekly tv show gathering, a fun place.

8. Moby Dick

7.7
4049 18th St (at Hartford St.), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Castro · 51 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: Castros neighborhood bar, with pool tables.

Lookout is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

9. Lookout

7.4
3600 16th St (at Market St), San Francisco, CA
Gay Bar · Duboce Triangle · 64 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: Sunday afternoon this place is packed with a revel sporty crowd.

Blackbird Bar is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

10. Blackbird Bar

8.9
2124 Market St (at Church St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Duboce Triangle · 179 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: The only upscale gay place in the Castro, far pricier than the rest of Castro but the setting makes for some smart conversations.

Mission Dolores Park is one of San Francisco's Gay Marathon of Places.

11. Mission Dolores Park

9.4
Dolores & Church St (btwn 18th & 20th St), San Francisco, CA
Park · Mission Dolores · 505 tips and reviews

Hornet AppHornet App: The South West corner is known as the gay beach, on a warm day boys lay in their underwear grabbing some vitamin D.