A perfect spot for sunset cocktails, the Beach Chalet, a historic Willis Polk-designed building on the coast, is home to a fine restaurant and brewpub. The...
1000 Great Highway
The secretive locale and supper-club menu of Bix, named for owner Doug 'Bix' Biederbeck ('very vaguely related' to 1920s and '30s jazz cornet legend Bix...
56 Gold Street
Home to a wine bar and gallery, this stylish yet unpretentious hotel is named after the Hôtel Biron in Paris, which houses the Rodin museum. The walls...
45 Rose Street
This brewpub's decor plays up to its history: built in 1903, it was a focal point of hippie culture in the 1960s, before being taken over by quasi-legendary...
1398 Haight Street
Younger sibling of the well-known Beach Chalet , the Park Chalet doesn't have the same views of Ocean Beach (it backs on to Golden Gate Park), but it does...
1000 Great Highway
This venerable lounge, which is essentially a long bar with a few extra seats, opened the day after Prohibition was repealed in 1933, and keeps the old-time...
1524 Stockton Street
Formica-topped tables, massive copper espresso machines, Caruso warbling from an ancient jukebox… bars with interiors this lush deserve to double as movie...
242 Columbus Avenue
Beer-lovers beware: although the Trappist can hold a mere 46 patrons, it's easy to get lost in this place for days. Working with a small group of...
460 8th Street