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Cocktail joints to try in SF

Cocktail joints to try in SF

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Created by Daniel Salinas • Updated On: November 28, 2012

Places that I know I want to go to, or that friends have said I should go to, or that foursquare suggested. NOTE: Not sure if these places are good or not

1. Rickhouse

8.4
246 Kearny St (at Bush St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Downtown San Francisco-Union Square · 250 tips and reviews

Susan L.Susan Loh: if you're going to wait for a cocktail, might as well order an entire punch bowl. either way, you'll stumble out of here.

2. Rye

8.3
688 Geary St (at Leavenworth St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Lower Nob Hill · 140 tips and reviews
Hog & Rocks is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

3. Hog & Rocks

3431 19th St (San Carlos St.), San Francisco, CA
Gastropub · Mission District · 173 tips and reviews
620 Jones is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

4. 620 Jones

7.6
620 Jones St (at Geary St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Lower Nob Hill · 148 tips and reviews
15 Romolo is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

5. 15 Romolo

8.1
15 Romolo Pl (btwn Fresno St & Broadway), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · North Beach · 213 tips and reviews
Beretta is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

6. Beretta

9.1
1199 Valencia St (at 23rd St), San Francisco, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mission District · 487 tips and reviews
Comstock Saloon is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

7. Comstock Saloon

9.0
155 Columbus Ave (at Pacific Ave), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Chinatown · 217 tips and reviews
Destino Latin Bistro/Pisco Bar is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

8. Destino Latin Bistro/Pisco Bar

1815 Market St (at Pearl St), San Francisco, CA
Peruvian Restaurant · Mint Hill · 75 tips and reviews

9. 83 Proof

7.9
83 1st St (btwn Market & Mission), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Financial District · 86 tips and reviews
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

10. Tommy's Mexican Restaurant

7.7
5929 Geary Blvd (at 23rd Ave), San Francisco, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Outer Richmond · 67 tips and reviews
Latin American Club is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

11. Latin American Club

7.8
3286 22nd St (at Valencia St), San Francisco, CA
Lounge · Mission District · 126 tips and reviews
Local Edition is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

12. Local Edition

8.6
691 Market St (at 3rd St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 267 tips and reviews
Bar Agricole is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

13. Bar Agricole

355 11th St (at Folsom St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · SoMa · 213 tips and reviews
The Alembic is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

14. The Alembic

8.8
1725 Haight St (btwn Cole & Shrader St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Haight Ashbury · 236 tips and reviews
Tradition is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

15. Tradition

441 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Cocktail Bar · Tenderloin · 91 tips and reviews
Smuggler's Cove is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

16. Smuggler's Cove

8.8
650 Gough St (at McAllister St), San Francisco, CA
Tiki Bar · Civic Center · 328 tips and reviews
Bourbon & Branch is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

17. Bourbon & Branch

8.8
501 Jones St (at O'Farrell St), San Francisco, CA
Speakeasy · Tenderloin · 318 tips and reviews

BravoBravo: Once you get the daily passcode online, walk into a dark moulin-rouge setting and have yourself the finest cocktails around. This place is the french laundry of bars, good luck getting in. -Yigit Pur

Dolores Corner is one of Cocktail joints to try in SF.

18. Dolores Corner

1600 Dolores St (29th St.), San Francisco, CA
Sports Bar · Noe Valley · 16 tips and reviews