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199 Valencia St (at Duboce Ave), San Francisco, CA
Beer Garden · SoMa · 387 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: Day Drinking. Popular mission biker bar with large outdoor beer garden and BBQ, great for sunny day drinking. Great Bloody Mary’s. Motto: “Warm Beer, Cold Women”.
Cocktail Bar · Mission Dolores · 95 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: cocktails well crafted & affordable @ second-oldest saloon. Sunday's do-it-yourself Bloody Mary bar. Boasting an impressive whiskey collection. favorites like H.'s Celery Cup No. 1,
Jessica Rae: grungy but hip, king of dive bars (cheap beer & photo booth) who dare to venture south of Cesar Chavez St. cover for bands on weekends, but never more than $10 Bingo on Thursday. best taquerias nearby
2534 Mission St (btwn 21st & 22nd), San Francisco, CA
Bar · Mission District · 56 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: classy; movies projected on walls. Dim lighting, candles. upscale cocktails & single-malts. loud music and cacophonic levels of conversation keep it lively. DJs spin most nights after 9.
Jessica Rae: variations on the martini are a specialty. The Godiva Chocolate Martini is a crowd favorite. In the intimate back room a pianist plays nightly, and patrons take turns boisterously singing show tunes.
Indian Restaurant · Mission District · 129 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: craft a unique cocktail menu unlike any, heavy on Indian spices and flavor profiles, including its own house gin produced by local distiller Old World Spirits: cardamom-rich Blade Gin.
Jessica Rae: for cocktail geeks who disdain pretension. guest bartending appearances by local & visiting drink masters, bar staff display an adept hand at elegant but never fussy cocktails. tunes of '70s and '80s.
741 Valencia St (btwn 18th & 19th), San Francisco, CA
Bar · Mission District · 51 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: An agave spirits collection of more than 300 bottles is reason enough to visit. A generous list of tequila and mezcal cocktails, neighboring Tacolicious restaurant's guac and queso.
American Restaurant · Mission Dolores · 111 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: Zagat 27. "Good food AND good drinks. Spirit-heavy or seasonal drinks (like an Ojo del Tigre with blood orange and tequila) are delicious and impeccably crafted." Cost: $55
3202 Mission St (at Valencia St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Bernal Heights · 74 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: Dimly lit, sexy, hodgepodge of mid-century thrift store lamps, paintings, & furniture accented with shades of red. A strong small batch spirits selection.
Cocktail Bar · Mission District · 278 tips and reviews
Jessica Rae: Fan through a Pantone color swatch menu of original cocktails, impeccably made, and chow on winning food (Peruvian popcorn or Fernet ice cream?) Just get there at early to avoid the crowds.