Sports nights, stiff drinks, old-fashioned drag shows and lip-synching on weekends, plus a long-standing Tenderloin location all combine to make this a...

Young suburbanites drenched in scent and sporting the latest in designer label knock-offs flock to this flashy video bar, which boasts one of the few...

A double-shot of old-school San Francisco gay bar, circa 1979. With an ostensible Western theme, this comfortably ramshackle haunt harks back to the days...

Laid out like a spacious 1940s piano bar, complete with plush decor and classic movie posters framed and artfully lit on the walls, Deco somewhat...

In business for decades, this gay-Latino-drag-sports bar attracts a gregarious, diverse clientele. There's a pool table for the daytime and animated drag...

The site of an infamous brawl with cops during the 1979 White Night riot that followed the lenient sentencing of Dan White, Harvey Milk's assassin, this...

This self-proclaimed 'nasty little biker bar', a veritable SoMa institution, is a magnet for the biker crowd, although gay locals and tourists seem to love...

Once unabashed 'bear country', the Lone Star has of late become more of a fashion show for beauty bears. That said, it's still a jolly enough place, with...

An eclectic crowd (including drag queens on the weekends) shows up for the superb martinis at this treasured former speakeasy. A fold-down Murphy stage...

Martuni's is a warm, inviting piano bar with an open mic. The martinis are enormous, the music mostly show tunes, and the clientele extremely varied. The...

The big draw at Midnight Sun is video - that is, classic and contemporary music cross-cut with comedy clips, The Sopranos or Sex and the City. Two-for-one...

This rough-and-ready sports bar is a haven for queer jocks and those who adore them. Fervent fans pack the place to root for the San Francisco '49ers, and...

A true neighbourhood bar, Moby Dick's is exactly as it has been since the 1980s. It's popular with pool players (despite the fact that there's only one...

This high-ceilinged art deco retreat with pedestal tables is a coffeehouse by day and a cocktail bar by night. The crowd is quite young, a mix of straights...